Evening Star
- 14-inch rainfall causes 3 deaths
- U.S. envoy confers on Chinese issues
- White-clad hosts assemble for second unmasked Ku Klux Klan parade
The Star puts flood danger, diplomacy and a Klan procession before Washington readers. Its Emporia dispatch says the rising Neosho threatens further building and livestock losses after several rivers inundated southeastern Kansas. In Tokyo, an American inquiry reportedly receives a qualified Japanese assurance against intervention in China. Meanwhile, the paper describes Klan members assembling near the Capitol for a parade and convention, using the organization's ceremonial language.
Translation
14-inch rainfall causes 3 deaths
Hundreds of square miles inundated in Kansas—hundreds are homeless.
Associated Press. EMPORIA, Kansas, September 13.—The Neosho River, rising a foot and a half since midnight, today threatened to inundate new territory and increase the damage to buildings and the heavy livestock losses caused yesterday, when the floodwaters of the Cottonwood, Verdigris and Neosho Rivers swept a section of southeastern Kansas approximately 25 miles wide and 60 miles long.
U.S. envoy confers on Chinese issues
Tokyo will keep hands off in war, foreign minister tells MacVeagh at parley.
Associated Press. TOKYO, September 13.—The United States Ambassador, Charles MacVeagh, today called informally on Baron Kijuro Shidehara, foreign minister, and inquired regarding Japan’s attitude toward China in the latter country’s troubled condition. It is understood that Baron Shidehara stated that Japan does not contemplate any interference, except what may be necessary for the protection of the lives and property of her nationals.
The foreign minister declares that Japan’s policy is virtually the same as America’s, and hopes peace will come out of the present chaos.
White-clad hosts assemble for second unmasked Ku Klux Klan parade
Uncounted thousands flock to the capital by train and automobile—2,000 cars parked at 3 camping grounds.
Three-day convention to follow procession.
Dr. Evans, Imperial Wizard, up for reelection, leads spectacular march from Peace Monument. Veterans of original order take part in the display.
Reenacting the scenes of a year ago, a mighty host of members of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, gathered today in the shadow of the Capitol for their second pretentious parade down the nation’s main street this afternoon.
Context
Flooding beyond the riverbank
The Kansas report describes a regional emergency spreading across three river systems. Its combination of building damage, lost livestock and homelessness shows why high water affected both town life and agricultural livelihoods. The Neosho was still rising after the previous day’s inundation, so communities faced a continuing threat even where the rain itself had passed.
Why nonintervention came with an exception
China’s fighting also endangered foreign shipping. A September 8 American diplomatic telegram described a failed British attempt to free merchant vessels detained at Wanhsien: British warships came under fire and shelled the town. Against that immediate background, Shidehara’s distinction between staying out of China’s war and protecting Japanese nationals mattered. It left room for protective action while disavowing participation in the internal struggle.
The Klan puts itself on public display
The 1920s Ku Klux Klan opposed Black civil rights and also targeted immigrants, Jews and Catholics; it was active in northern as well as southern states. The Washington procession presented this exclusionary movement as a visible national force. White robes, an unmasked march, chartered travel and a convention turned membership into a public spectacle. The article’s references to leadership reelection and veterans show an organization displaying both its hierarchy and its claimed continuity.
Original
14-INCH RAINFALL CAUSES 3 DEATHS
14-INCH RAINFALL
CAUSES 3 DEATHS
Hundreds of Square Miles
Inundated in Kansas—Hun
dreds Are Homeless.
By the Associated Pres*.
EMPORIA, Kans., September 13.
The Neosho River, rising a foot and a
half since midnight, today threatened
to inundate new territory and increase
the damage to buildings and the heavy
live stock losses caused yesterday,
when the flood waters of the Cotton
wood, Verdigris and Neosho Rivers
swept a section of southeastern Kan
sas, approximately 25 miles wide and
60 miles long.
U.S. ENVOY CONFERS ON CHINESE ISSUES
U.S. ENVOY CONFERS
ON CHINESE ISSUES
Tokio Will Keep Hands Off in
War, Foreign Minister Tells
MacVeagh at Parley.
By the Associated Pres*.
TOKIO, September 13.—The United
States Ambassador, Charles Mac-
Veagh, today called Informally on
Baron Kljuro Shidehara, foreign min
ister, and inquired regarding Japan's
attitude toward China in the latter
country’s troubled condition. It is un
derstood that Baron Shidehara stated
that Japan does not contemplate any
Interference, except what may he
necessary for the protection of the
lives and property of her nationals.
The foreign minister declares that
Japan s policy is virtually the same
as America’s, and hopes peace will
come out of the present chaos.
WHITE-CLAD HOSTS EORM FOR SECOND UNMASKED PARADE OF KU KLUX KLAN
WHITE-CLAD HOSTS
EORM FOR SECOND
UNMASKED PARADE
OF KU KLUX KLAN
Uncounted Thousands Flock
to Capital by Train and
Auto—2,ooo Cars Parked
at 3 Camping Grounds.
THREE-DAY CONVENTION
TO FOLLOW PROCESSION
Dr. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Up for
Re-Election, Leads Spectacular
March From Peace Monument.
Veterans of Original Order Take
Part in the Display.
Re-enacting the scenes of a year
ago, a mighty host of members of
the Invisible Empire, Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan, gathered today in the
shadow of the Capitol fur their sec
ond pretentious parade down the
Nation’s Main street this afternoon.
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