New Britain herald., 1924-09-24
HALLS KLUXERS AS
 SAVI0RS 0F WORLD
Klan Last Refuge of American Patriotism, Evans Asserts
DO NOT HATE CATHOLICS

Negroes, But System Which Runs
 "Counter to Anglo-saxon In-
 stinct,' Speaker Asserts.
 Kansas City. Sept. 24.--The Ku klux Klan was held up as "The last refuge of American patriotism, worthy of the name", by Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, in ad- dressing the second Imperial Klon- violation of the order here today.
 "Klansmen and Klanswomen are veril the Salt of the earth, upon whom depends the future of civili- Eation", he declared. ,E..
 Future Is In Balance -
 Asserting that the future of Amer lea, and the white race, Hangs in the balance, he said that The blood which produces human lead ership must be protected from in- ferior blood, and from the compe- tition which saps the vitality of lead ership. because it makes the strug- gle for existence such a burden that people stagger under it".
 You" he told his klan audience, "are of this superior blood. You are more--you are leaders in the only movement In the world at pre- sent, which exists solely to establish a civilization that will insure these things, .... --.
 History has proved and is prov Ing daily, the speaker declared, That only Nordic and Anglo Saxon people have reached a high level of intelligence.
 Immigration, Problem
 Turning to immigration, he said:
 ''fhe undesirable hordes from oth- CT lands are driving to our shores the millions who for one reason or another have been hesitating. Every attack upon the Klan more clear cut the issue of Americanism against slienism. Americans are sometimes slow, but they are plodding and dis cerning and they are honest. Hence. they will eventually discover the Klan--and recognize it as the last refuge of American patriotism, worthy of the name.
 Unified at Last
 Unified at last, with purpose that is definite and holy with mili- tant organization, with the zeal and coura ge and loyalty which made the Nerdic and Anglo-Saxon peoples the greatest on earth, we are ready to stand as the French stood at Verdun and shout to the alien hordes, Thou Shalt Not Pass ....
 Millions of. Americans are in arduous quest of leadership toward better government, adequate law en- forcement, the elevation of society and more perfect national patriot ism. The Klan alone supplies that"
 Warning Klansmen not to under estimate the strength of the op- position "To the forward march of the Klan," MT. Evans said:
 When petty prosecutions failed, our enemies resorted to direct ter rorism. They started a series of riots which has shed blood and dis graced our country throughout the summer, and 1t is still in evidence perhaps to remain for some time to come. Most of the attacks were plan ned and directed by the same forces which were behind the early form of persecution. Some, it must be acknowledged. have been the prod uct of racial instincts, hostile to Americans and everything American"
 No Racial Hatred
 He declared that the outside world will eventually know that Kansmen do not hate Roman Cath olics, Jews, negroes or aliens"
 The Klan's fight" hecontinued Ifs not with the people. but with systems and instincts and principles which run counter to Anglo-Saxon instinct, American and Protestant christiani- ty. The Kan does not exist to com mand people In their religious beliefs. Our watch cry Is Back to the Con- stitution'
 "The constitution of the United States tolerates creeds, but it favors none. Hence, the only demand the Klan makes of the Roman Catholics church is that she cease meddling in American politics and that she come down from her self-erected pedestal of special privilege and take her place alongside the Methodist, Bap- tist and other churches.
 "The Klan believes in the upbuld- ing of the American nation-found- ed, as history emphatically declares on the supremacy of the white race, the genius of the Nordic and Anglo Saxon peoples, and the free private Interpretation of Gods word.
 The Lord has guided US and shaped the events in which We re- joice. He has held Us under his protection. The fact that we have this divine guidance and protection should, and must, increase our faith in the Kan in its growth in grace and power in it's mission in its final eon1 rlefe yirtoryn