The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
KAISER WILLIAMS SPEECH AT
ESSEN.
TALKS TO KRuPp WORKERS
Arraiqns the Men Who Assaulted
Character and Whose Poisoned
Darts Caused Death.

Essen, Prussia, Nov. 27.-The re-
mains Of Herr Krupp are buried. The
%obsequies were very impressive. EN-
peror William followed the hearse on
foot to the cemetery.
Liyeried servants bore behind the
hearse, on velvet cuchions, the orders
conferred on Herr Krupp by SOW
ereigns all over the world. The city
was hung in black and the street
lamps were alight and hooded with
crepe. At the cemetery, as the coffin
was lowered into the vault beside that
of the deceased's father, Emperor Will
liam saluted and a great chorus of
workmen chanted a requiem. Then
followed two funeral orations. Rev.
klingemann, superintendent of the
synod, the highest ecclesiatsic of the
state church in the province, said:
Friedrich Aired Krupp was a good
man. The heritage of a good name
fell into good hands. He was OF I'M
usual purity of heart and simplicity
of disposition, and had fine moral
feelings"
The clergyman also detailed Herr
Krupp's good works in behalf of his
employees, of the city and of the
fatherland, and continued:
Emperor Williams decision to at
tend the funeral pleases everybody,
for he honors the memory Of the man
who passed away in a truly Christian
spirit. Herr Krupp's last words after
bidding farewell to his family, we're:
"I depart without i'll will or bitter
ness. | depart in peace with all men,
ever with those who treated me the
worst"
Managing Editor Roettger, referring
to the charges against Herr Krupp,
said he thanked the emperor for his
presence at the funeral, adding that
it would "be a shame if the chief Ger
man could be found who va influence
ed to the base inventions of foreign
ers."
After the burial Emperor William
talked with Rev. MI. Klingemann, ex-
pressing the hope that all OF Herr
Krupp's benevolent enterprises would
be continued.
One end of the cottage Of the de-
ceased's father, where the body had
lain in state, was removed in order to
admit the large metallic coffin. Flow
ers in great profusion were piled
around. At the head of the coffin was
Emperor Williams wreath of orchids,
violets and palms.
Before departing for Berlin, the en-
peror addressed the directors of the
Krupp works and a deputation OF
workmen at the railway station. His
majesty said:
81 feel l 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. |
have often, with my wife, enjoyed
the hospitality of Herr and Frau
Krupp, and l have felt the influence
of the ~deceased's charm and amiabil-
ity.
"In the course of years our relations
became such that may describe my
self as a friend of the deceased and
of his house. l, therefore, felt that |
could not but attend his funeral, for
l considered it my duty to stand be.
side the widow and daughters of my
friend. Certain special circumstances
which attended the sad event also
impelled me, as supreme head OF the
empire, to be present here in order
to hold the shield of the German EN-.
peror wei the house and memory OF
the dead.
"Those who were intimately ac-
quainted with the departed know
with what a delicate and sensitive ma
ture he was endowed, and that offered
the only point 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 makes all harris
shudder, and must have brought tc
the cheek of every German patriot a
blush of shame at the disgrace cast
upon our whole nation.
This man, who was German to the
core, who lived always and only fol
others and for the welfare OF the
fatherland, had his honor assailed
This deed, with its consequence, is
nothing less than murder, for there is
no difference between him who mixes