The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-28
THIS is MURDER,
CRIES The KAISER
Herr Krupp Was Slain by an
Editorial.
so THE EMF EROR ASSERTS
He Attends the Funeral ard Makes an lmps-
stoned Address 10 The Directors and
Workmen cf the KrUpp Works
al! EsS-h,
at Ess-h.
By the Associated Press }


Essen, Prussia, Nov. 26.-The remains
of Herr Krupp were buried today. The
obSequies were impressive. Emperor
William followed the hearse on foot from
the old home of the deceased's grant
father to the cemetery. Practically the
entire population of Essen attended the
funeral
The presence of Emperor William at
Herr Krupp's funeral today was designed
by His Majesty to show his absolute
disbelief of the accusations that caused
the gun. manufacturer death. A state
ment was issued that the Emperor was
indignant at the cruelty and malice Of
the Social Democratic charges and he is
said to have personally expressed his
feeling in the matter to Rev. Mr.. Klinge
mann. who delivered the first of the two
funeral orations.
About $4,000 of the Krupps workmen
were drawn up on either side of the route.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, was repre-
sented by Commander Schmidt Won
Schwindt At the cemetery, as the cof-
fin was low cred into the vault beside
that of the deceased father Emperor
William saluted and a great chorus OF
workmens singing societies chanted
requiem.
Then followed two funeral orations.
BEFORE departing for Berlin, the En-
neror addressed the directors of the
Krupp Works and deputation of the
workmen at the railway station. His
Majesty said:
Il feel l must express to you how
deeply | am affected by the death OF
Herr Krupp. Those who were intimately
acquainted with the departed knew with
what delicate and sensitive nature he
was endowed, and that offered the only
pcint of attack through which he might
be dealt a mortal blow. He has been
the victim of his unassailable integrity.
A deed has been done in German lands
so base and mean that it 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 nation
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
it's consequences, is nothing less than
murder. for there is no difference be-
tween I'm who mixes and presents
poisonous draught to another, and him
who, from the safe shelter of his edi-
torial sanctum, with the poisoned darts
OF his ISLANDERS robs his fellow man OF
his honorable name and kills him by
the mental tortures he inflicts.
who were they that committed this
shameful act upon our friend? Men who
hitherto has passed as Germans, but now
are unworthy of this name. Men sprung
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
workmen, Emperor William continued:
You, Krupp workmen always have
kept loyal to your employer and have
stuck to him in your hearts with graft
tude not unmixed with pride. ] have
seeh the name of our German Fathefland
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. l am conf
dent 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
honorloving German workmen, whose
escucheon has been stained to hold any
community or relationship with the au-
thors of this shameful deed. He who
does not cut himself off from these peo-
pie will morally bring a certain measure
of this guilt upon his own head
Il am confident" concluded His Ma
jesty, that the German workmen are
fully imbued with a sense of the gravity
OF the present moment, and that as Ger
men men they will find a solution for
this serious question"