The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-27
SCORED BY WILLIAM
GERMAN EMPEROR DENOUNCEs AC-
CUSERS OF KRUPP.
FUNERAL OF THE GUNMAKER
WAS ATTENDED by IMPRESSIVE
CEREMONIES.

Emperor Followed the Remains to
the Grave on FOOt-Indignant Over
the Cruelty and Malice of the Per-
secut0rs of Herr krupp-His At
tendance Upon the Funeral Was
Designed TO show His Faith in the
Great Gunmaker EmperOr's
Speech to the Krupp Directors
and WOrkmcn.
Essen, Prussia. Nov. 26.-The re-
mains of Herr Krupp were buried to-
day. The obsequies were impressive.
Emperor William followed the hearse
on foot from the old home of the de-
ceaseds grandfather to the cemetery.
Practically the entire population or
Essen attended the funeral.
The presence of Emperor William at
Herr Krupps funeral to-day was de-
signed by His Majesty to show his alb
solute disbelief of the accusations that
caused the gun manufacturers death.
A statement was issued that the En-
peror was indignant at the cuelty and
malice of the Social Democratic
charges, and he is said to have person.
ally expressed his feeling in the mat
ter to Rev. Mr.. Klingemann, who de-
livered the first of the two funeral
orations
About $4,000 of the Krupp workmen
were drawn up on either side of the
route. Prince Henry of Prussia was
represented by Commander Schmidt
Won Schwindt. At the cemetery, as the
coffin was lowered into the vault be-
side that of the deceased father. EN-
peror William saluted and great cho-
rus of workmen's singing societies
chanted a requiem.
Then followed two funeral orations.
Address of the Emperor.
Before departing for Berlin the EN-
peror addressed the directors of the
Krupp works and a deputation of the
workmen at the railway station. His
majesty said
II fell 1 must express to you how
deeply l am affected by the death of
Herr Krupp. In the course of years
our relations became such that / may
| describe myself as a friend of the de-
ceased and of his house. !, therefore,
| felt that / could not but attend his
| funeral for | considered 1t my duty
| to stand beside the widow and daugh-
! tiers of my friend. Certain special cir
| cumstances which attended the sad
event also impelled me, as the supreme
| head of the empire, to be present here
in order to hold the shield of the Ger
man Emperor over the house and mem
DRY of the dead.
"Those who We're intimately ac-
| quainted with the departed knew with
| what delicate and sensitive nature he
was endowed, and that offered the
only point of attack through which he
might be dealt mortal blow. He has
| been the victim of his unassailable in
tegrity. A deed has been done in Ger
man lands so base and mean that 1t
| made all hearts shudder and must
| have brought to the cheek of every
| German patriot a blush of shame at
| the disgrace cast upon our whole ma
| ton.
Like Draught of Poison.
1.-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 differ
| ehce between him who mixes and pre-
sents a poisonous draught to another,
| and him, who from the safe shelter of
| his editorial sanctum, with the poison
ed darts of his ISLANDERS, robs his fell
| low-man of his honorable name and
kills him by the mental tortures he
| inflicts.
shameful act upon our friend? Men
who hitherto had passed as Germans,
but now are unworthy of this name.
Men sprung from that class of the
labor population which owes so in
fnitely much to Herr Krupp and of
which class thousands to-day in the
streets of Essen bowed their last fare
well with weeping eyes to the coffin
of their benefactor."
Advice to the Workmen.
Turning to the deputation of Krupp
workmen, Emperor William continued:
You, Krupp workmen, have always
kept loyal to your employer and have
stuck to him in your hearts with graft
itude not unmixed with pride. / have
seen the name of our German Father
land 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 pre-
serve the honor of your master and
shield his memory from defamation. /
am confident that you will find the
right way to demonstrate clearly and
tangibly to the German working world
that in the future it will be out Of the
question for honest. honor-loving Ger
man workmen. whose escutcheon has
never been stained. to hold any COM
munity or relationship with the au-
thors 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.
Il am confident that the German
workmen are fully imbued with a sense
of the gravity of the present moment.
and that as German men they will find
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