Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-27
In DEFENSE OF KRUPP
EMPEROR WILLIAM DELIVERS
ADDRESS TO HIS EMPLOYEES.
Charges the Socialists With Response
bility for the Death Of an In
nocent Man.

A dispatch from Essen, Germany, last
night says Emperor William, after attend
| Ing the funeral of Herr Krupp, and before
departing for Berlin addressed the direc-
tors Of the Krupp works and deputation
of the workmen at the railway station.
His majesty said:
Il feel must express to you how deeply
am affected by the death of Herr Krupp.
The empress sends to you 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, en-
joyed the hospitality of Herr and Frau
Krupp, and have felt the influence of his
charm and amiability.
I'm the course Of years our relations be-
came such that I may describe myself as
a friend of the deceased and of his house.
l.. therefore, felt that could but attend
his funeral. for 1 considered 1t my duty to
stand beside the widow and daughters of
my friend. Certain special circumstances
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 German 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 mortal
assailable 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.
The man who was German to the core,
who lived always only for others and for
the welfare Of the fatherland, and, above
assailed This deed, with it's consequences,
is nothing less than murder, for there is no
d1rerence between him who mixes and pre-
sents poisonous draught to another, and
him who, from the safe shelter of his ed-
tor1al sanctum, with the poisoned darts of
his ISLANDERS robs his fellow man of his
honorable name and kills him by the men
tai fortunes he inflicts.
who were they that committed this
shameful act upon our friend? Men who
hitherto had passed as Germans but are
now 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 today
In the streets of Essen bowed their last
farewell with weeping eyes to the coffin of
their bsRefactor."
Turning to the deputation Of Krupp work
men, Emperor William continued:
You, Krupp workmen, have always kept
loyal to your employer and have stuck to
him in your hearts with gratitude not m
mixed with pride. I have seen the name
OF our German fatherland exalted every
where 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 am
confident that you will find the right way
to demonstrate clearly and tangibly to the
German working world that in the future
1t will be out Of the question for honest,
honor-loving German workmen whose es-
cutcheon has been stained to hold any COM
munity Of relationship with the authors of
this shameful deed He ,bo
himself off from these people will morally
bring certain measure of this guilt upon
his own head.
II am confident" concluded his majesty,
that the German workmen are fully i'm
bued with a sense Of the gravity Of the
present moment, and that as German men
they will find solution for this serious
question"