Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
FRAN AMERICANS SWEEPING ENEMY BACK
UPON 20M[LE FRONT. IN ST. MIf1lEL REGION
]EEREDANDMOCKED
SAYS THE KAISER
Declares Peace Efforts Are
Spurned; One BeI|igerent
Must Overcome Other.
LAUDS HIS WAR LABORERS

|LAUDS HIS WAR LABORERS
By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, September 12.-Speak
ing at the Krupp munition works at
every one in the remotest corner OF the
fatherland knew that he had 'left no
stone unturhed to shorten the war as far
as possible for your people and for the
entire civilized European world
The emperor said it took two to make
peace-that one could not do it unless
he could overcome the other. Germany,
he declared, was confronted with her
enemies will to destroy her and she
must place against this her determine
tion to preserve her existence.
After mentioning his offers of peace
the emperor said that the German lead
ers had made it plain to every one who
wished to understand that we are at
all times ready to offer the hand Of
peace"
Thanks Krupp Workers.
milton works the emperor said:
MY dear friends at the Krupp
works: 1 have long felt a desire to
as you know. numerous political and
military duties have summoned me to
the various battlefields and regions
OF War-wrecked Europe. Now at last,
to my delight. have succeeded in
coming here to the works which
have been able to observe in their
development since my earliest child
hood and the inspection of which has
always filled me with the greatest
admiration for German science and
inventive energy.
what want to do today is to ex-
press my imperial thanks to the di-
rectors of the Krupps, the foremen.
the worknlen and the workwomen for
which the Krupp works have been
placed at the disposal Of the. German
army and it's supreme war lord. Very
great work has been accomplished by
all. from the directors down to the
last workman and workwoman, and
this under increasing food and cloth
ing difficulties and the losses. sor-
rows and cares which have spared no
home. neither princely house nor mod
est workman's dwelling.
Lauds Self-SacriAce.
Industrial mobilization without
distinction of age or sex has consti-
tuted a demand such as never before
was made on the German people, and
yet it was responded to willingly and
joyfully.. In that connection 1 should
like, above all, to express my warm
thanks, as the country's father, to the
women, as we'll as the girls and the
! men, for the seIf-sacrificing perform
ance of their duty, despite their
harassing cares. No one amongst ouI
people would imagine 1 am not con-
versant with this.
'In my journeyings through the
! land I have spoken with many q
widow, many a peasant, many a mem
ber Of the landwehr and the land
s. rum, whose hearts were heavy with
c>res, but who glowed with the
| thought of duty first. I have been
| touched by your cares to the depths
of my heart.
! what paternal suggestions could
do to diminish the burden as far as
possible has been done. Much could
have been done otherwise, and there
is no wonder there is dissa tisfaction
| here and there.
Introduction Of Hatred.
but to whom, after all, do we owe
this? Who spoke at the very begin
ming of the war of starving out the
German women and children? Who
| was it who introduced terrible hatred
| into this war? 1t was the enemy.
Every one of you in the remotest
corner Of the fatherland knows that
1 left no stone unturned to shorten
the war as far as possible for you
and your people and for the entire
civilized European world. In De-
cember, 1916, 1 presented the enemy
public with a clear and unambiguous
offer of peace in the name OF the Ger
man empire and my allies. Jeers,
mockery and contempt were the an
swer.
Ready to Accept Peace.
God above knows my sense of re-
spcnsibility. Repeatedly during the
past months the responsible leaders of
the imperial government have unam-
biguously given to understand, to
every one who wished to understand,
that we are at all times ready to
offer the hand to peace"
Germany's enemy was the outspoken
will to destruction. the dtsintegration,
the crushing of Germany.
Lauds Army and Navy.
''To make peace he added, two are
needed. II either is unwilling the other
cannot, presuming that he does not over
throw the other. Thus we are con-
fronted with the enemy's absolute will
to destruction, and against this absolute
will to destruction we must place our
absolute will to existence. Our brave
army out there has shown you this will
and deed Whether in assault, or with
drawal. or trench fighting. the only
thing that matters is that the enemy
should lose as much as possible. That
has occurred and continues to occur.
I sfOur death defying navy also has
proved that It beat the enemy at the
Skagerrack despite his great superior
ity. Our U-boats. like a consuming
worm, snaw at tho enemy's vitals more
than our enemies viii admit.
"Even though in the opinion Of many
among you it is lasting too long, every
German man and every German woman
must. in witnessing these incomparably
heroic deeds Of our army and our navy, be
aware that we are fighting and strug-
Cling for existence and that we must
make the utmost effort to defend our.
selves victoriously, not only through the
work but as regards the thoughts Of oul
people.
| MANY among you have often asked
themselves during this long war: How
did such a thing happen? Why did We
have to undergo such a thing after
forty years Of peace7' I think 1t is a