The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-27
EMPEROR MUCH STIRRED.
Earnestly Expresses Himself on the At
tacks on Herr Krupp

Earnestly Expresses Himself on the At
sacks on Herr Krupp
Essen, Prussia, Nov. 26.-Before de-
parting for Berlin the emperor address,
ed the directors of the Krupp works
and deputation of the workmen at
the railway station. His majesty said:
Il feel I must express to you how
| deeply I am affected by the death of
Herr Krupp. The empress sends to
you all an expression of the same sor-
row, and she has already express d her
feelings to Frau Krupp in writing.
have often with my wife enjoyed the
hospitality of Herr and Frau Krupp,
and I have felt the influence of the
| deceased's charm and amiability. In
the course of years our relations be-
came such that I may describe myself
as friend of the deceased and of his
house. l therefore felt that / could not
but attend his funeral, for considered
| it my duty to stand beside the widow
and daughters of my friend. Certain
special circumstances which attended
the sad event also compelled me, as the
supreme head of the empire. to be pres
ent here in order to hold the shield of
the German emperor over the memory
of the dead.
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 be-
tween him who mixes and presents a
poisonous draught to another and him
who from the safe shelter of his edito-
/ riol sanctum with the poisoned darts of
! his ISLANDERS robs his fellow-man of s
| honorable name and kills him by the
mental tortures he inficts. Who was
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
! to-day in Essen bowed their last fare
| well with weeping eyes to the coffin Of
| their benefactor."
] 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
tude 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 your of your dear master.
1t lies with you to defend and preserve
the honor of your master and to shield
his memory from defamation. I am
confident that you will find the right
way to demonstrate clearly and tan
gibly to the German working world
that in the future it will be out Of
the question for honest, honor, loving
German workmen, whose escutcheon
has been stained to hold any commun-
ity or 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
II am confident" concluded his mai
esty, that the German workmen are
fully inmued with sense of the gray
ity of the present moment and that as
German men they will find solution for
this serious question"