Evening star., 1922-12-20
ALLEN APPROVED
KLAN, EVANS Says
Interview Held and One Civ
en- Out Different, Ku Klux
Chief Declares.
SCOUTS KANSAN'S OPINION
Grateful He Has Relegated Him
self to Political Oblivion"
Wizard Asserts.
SCOUTS KANSAN'S OPINION

Gov. Henry Allen of Kansas, arch
enemy of the ku kiux Klan. was as
sailed bitterly by DR.. w. II. Evans,
newly-elected imperial wizard of the
Invisible Empire" yesterday after
noon, for his alleged statement that
the khan head had sought an inter
view with him. III which he made a
hoiu attempt to convert him to the
cause of secret order.
1T is sad and rcvrettable to con-
template the statement credited to
Mr. Allen in the morning papers
vhere the Kansas governor is ALE ed
to have said I sought an interview
with him Monday at his hotel IN
Washington" said Or Evans. las Il
matter of fact | came to Washing on
on important business and had no in
tention uf wasting any Tim" with Mr..
Allen. | WAS surprised When leaving
the Il ming room ot my hotel u be IN
trnCtucad to Gov. Alien. Instead of
h"in.r bored with the lengthy and
MEANINGLESS platitudcS given out IN
tn, morning pap"rs. | listened to Mr..
Allen Two or three minutes, III Whlch
Lr said he WIS heartily in sympathS
Will the khan principles. but r'-C.s-
tered some objections 10 the khan re
gala"
Regrets "scnse of Proportion"
at is, indeed, Il matter to he re-
GREETED that Mr.. Alien is not blessed
with that keen sense of proportion
which tells u man when he mas been
thoroughly defeated and repud!ated.
continued the imperial wizard.
II do not know whether the OBJ
iectious of Mr.. .tll"a were directed at
the material in til" rob" or whether
he was under the impress on they are
not cut To stNii-h pattern 40
know, however. tNGt ~ more hearty
and aupar.ntlv t.u.rr- approval was
ever p!accl upon 'Hc klaa principles
than Mr. Allen cNlr"s>'d IN haif
apologetic manner dug = IN. two or
three minutes W" tai's-
klau Accepted, lie says.
1T makes little or ." dir"rril''
what GOV. Allcn s1NS. ana what ht
Gnes means even less The klan l.
brr. and America has accepted 1t a
m. militant spirit Of operative pa
triotlsm
."rhe spirit Of klau-kraft has en-
wrapped tht United Sta'"S in a man
H.. Of love for country which design
ing and ambitious politicians cannot
break: and in Il few brief years IN"
influence of the klan viii have so
eusulfed the thought of the country
What we can EXPECT intelligent ieslS-
lation from the Congress OF the
United States which viii drag down
the white far OF supire inertia from
nur leeiSla-iy,. halls and raise in its
place the militant fla" Of red. white
and blue which means the thing near
est the heart of every rea' American.
Petty and insignificant dissension
widely scattered over the country
only serves to illustrate the vast con-
cert of approval 1t takes few men
like Mr. Allen to prove the justice Of
khan kraft. W. are profoundly CRATE
ful 70 Mr.. Allen for tn. sacrifice he
has made in relocating himself to
political oblivion in the stand ne has
taken. to oppose those men of America
who have pledged their votes. their
money, their sacred honor and their
lives. If necessary. TO MAINTAIN our
national honor uuimpeachsd. UNI
stained. untainted and unsullied by
the foul breath OF alien influence"