The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-27
Funeral of the Gun Maker Attended
by His Majesty rs a Rebuke to the
Deceased's Maligners.
EXCORIATION OF AN EDITOR
WHO sLANDERED KRUPP IN THE
SOCIALIST vORWAERTs.
His Writings Denounced as Shameful
Address to Workfngmen at
the Funeral.


Herr Krupp, the great gun maker, was held
here to-day. Emperor William was pres
ent. His attendance was designed by his
Majesty to show his absolute disbelief Of
the accusations that caused the gun manu-
facturer's death. A statement was issued
that the Emperor was indignant at the cru
city and malice Of the Social Democratic
charges and he is said to have personally
expressed his feeling in the matter TO a
well-known parsonage. About $4,000 Of the
Krupp workmen were drawn up on either
side OF the route taken by the funeral pro-
cession. Prince Henry of Prussia was rep
resented by Commander Schmidt Won
Schwinde.
Liveried servants bore behind the hearse,,
on velvet cushions, the orders conferred
on Herr Krupp by sovereigns all over the
world. The city was hung in black and the
street lamps were lighted and hooded with
crepe. AT the cemetery as the coffin was
lowered into the vault beside that of the
deceased's father, Emperor William saluted
and a great chorus Of workmen's singing
societies chanted a requiem. Then followed
two funeral orations.
One end of the cottage of the deceased's
father, where the body was laid in state,
was removed in order to admit the large
metallic coffin. Flowers in great profusion
were piled around. At the end Of the coffin
was Emperor Williams wreath of orchids.
violets and palms.
Before departing for Berlin the Emperor
addressed the directors of the Krupp works
and a %deputation of the workmen at the
railway station. His Majesty said: II feel
/ must express to you how deeply L am
affected by the death of Herr Krupp. The
Empress sends to all an expression OF the
same sorrow and she has already expressed
her feelings TO Frau Krupp in writing. 1
have often with my wife enjoyed the hos
pitality of Herr and Frau Krupp, and l
have felt the influence of the deceased's
charm and amiability. In the course of
years our relations became such that L
may describe myself as a friend of the de-
ceased and of his house. l, therefore, felt
that l could not but attend his funeral, for
L considered it my duty TO stand beside the
widow and daughters of my friend. Ger
tain special circumstances which attended
the sad event also impeiled me as the su-
preme head of the empire to be present
here in order to hold the shield of the Ger
man Emperor over the house and memory
of the dead.
Those who were intimately acquainted
with the departed knew with what delicate
and sensitive nature he was endowed, and
that that offered the only point of attack
through which he might be dealt a mortal
blow. He has been the victim of his I'M
assailable integrity. A deed has been done
in German lands so base and mean that 1t
makes all hearts shudder and must have
brought to the cheek of every German pa
triot a blush Of shame at the disgrace cast
upon our whole nation.
The man who was German to the core,
who lived always only for others and for
the welfare of the fatherland, and. above
all, for his own workmen. had his honor
assailed. This deed, with its consequences,
Is nothing less than murder. for there Is
no difference between him who mixes and
presents a poisonous draught to another
and him who, from the safe shelter Of his
editorial sanctum, with the poisoned darts
of his SANDERS robs his fellow-man of his
honorable name and kills him by the men,
tai tortures he inficts.
Who were they that committed this
shameful act upon our friends? Men who
hitherto had passed as Germans, but are
from that class of the labor population
which owes so infinitely much TO Herr
krupp and of which class thousands to-
day in the streets of Essen bowed their
last farewell with weeping eyes to the
coffin of their benefactor."
Turning to the deputation of Krupp work.
men Emperor William continued: You,
Krupp workmen, have always kept loyal
to your employer and la stuck to him
in your hearts with gratitude not unmixed
with pride 1 have seen the name of our
German fatherland exalted everywhere
abroad by the work of your hands. Men
who want to be leaders of the German
workers have robbed you of your dear
master. 1t lies with you to defend and
preserve the honor of your master and
shield his memory from defamation. 1
am confident that you will find the right
way to demonstrate clearly and tangibly
to the German working world that in the
future IL Will be out of the question for
honest, honor-loving German workmen,
whose escutcheon has been stained. to hold
any community of relationship with the
authors of this shameful deed. He who
does not cut himself off from these people
will morally bring a certain measure of
this guilt upon his own head. / am con-
German workmen are fully imbued with
a sense of the gravity of the present
moment and that as German men they will
find a solution for this serious question"