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Show I I Emperor Addresses ! People at Krupp Mu-i Mu-i nitions Works. PRAISES WORKERS ! Blames Ales for Con-i Con-i tinuing the World ! War. J AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12. Speaking at the Krupp munition works at Essen, Es-sen, Emperor William declared that I every one in the remotest comer of ! the fatherland knew that lie had "lett ! no stone. unturned to shorten the war as far as possible for your people and for the entire civilized European world." Tho emperor said It took two to inako 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 determination to preserve her existence. exis-tence. In beginning his address at the mu-I mu-I nitions works, the emperor said: "What I want to do today is to ex- press my imperial thanks to the direc-( direc-( tors of the Krupps, the foreman, the I workmen and the work-women for the I absolutely astounding manner in which the Krupp works have been placed at the disposal of tho German army and ; its supreme war lord. Very groat work has been accomplished from the directors down to the last workman and work-woman, and this under increasing in-creasing food and clothing difficulties and the losses, sorrows and cares which have spared no home, neither princely house nor modest workman's dwellings. Thanks All Workers I "Industrial mobilization without dis-j dis-j Unction of age or sex has constituted a demand-such a3 never before was made upon the German people and yet it was responded to willingly and joy- ruiiy. in that connection I should like, above all, to express my warm thanks ns the country's father, to the women as well as the girls and tho men for for the self-sacrificing performance I of their duty despite their harassing I cares. No ono amongst our people , should imagine I , am not conversant with this. i "In my journeyings through the I land, I have spoken with many a wi-l dow. many a peasant, many a member I of the landwehr and the landstrum, 'whose hearts were heavy with cares i jbut who glowed with the thought of I duty firsL I have heen touched by 1 I your cares to tho depths of my heart.! "What paternal suggestions could do to diminish the burden as far asi possible has been done. Much could! have been done otherwise. -ami it Is no wonder there is dissatisfaction here and there. Blames the Enemy "But io whom, after all, do we owe this? Who spoke at the very beginning begin-ning of the war of starving" out the German women and children? Who! was it who introduced terrible hatred, into this war? It was the enemv! ' "Every one of you In the remotest! - j. . i - r l i i . l corner ai inuiurmnu Knows I leftj (no stone unturned. to shorten the warl as far as possible for you and your I people and for the entire civilized' European world. In December, 1916, I presented the enemy publicly with a clear and unambiguous offer of peace in the Jiamo of tho German empire and . . ..(Continued on Page 1) KAISER WANTS PEACE fc i - (Continued From Page 1) my allies. Jeers, mockery and contempt con-tempt were the answer. Ready for Peace "He up above knows my sense of responsibility. Repeatedly, during the past months, tho responsible leaders of the Imperial government havo unambiguously un-ambiguously given to understand, to everyone who wished to understand, that we are at all times ready to offer tho hand to peace." Tho emperor declared the Intent of Germany's enemy was the outspoken will to destruction, the disintegration, the crushing of Germany. "To make peace," ho added, "two aro needed. If either is unwilling the other cannot, presuming that he does not overthrow the other. Thus wo are confronted with the enemy's absolute will to destruction. And against this absolute will to destruction we must place our absolute will to preserve our cxistenco. "Our brave army out there has shown you this will Indeed. Whether in assault or withdrawal, or trench fighting tho only thing that matters Is that the enemy should lose as much as possible. That lias occurred and continues to occur. German Death-Defying Nayy "Our death-defying navy also has proved that It beat the enemy at the Skagerrak despite his great superiority. superiori-ty. Our U-boats, like a consuming worm, gnaw at the enemy's vitals more than our enemies will 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 incomparable in-comparable heroic deeds of our army and our navy, be aware that we are fighting and struggling for existence and that we must make the utmost effort to defend ourselves victoriously, not only through the work but as regards re-gards the thoughts of our people. "Many among you havo often asked themselves during this long war: 'How did such a thing hapen? Why did we have to undergo such a thing after forty years of peace?' I think it is a question well worthy of an answer and which must be answered for the future fu-ture for our children and our grandchildren." grand-children." The Kaiser's Conclusion. "I have thought long on the matter and havo come to tho following answer: an-swer: "In this world God clashes with evil, i That is how things have been ordered i from on high; the yes and the no; the no of the doubling mind against the yes of the creative mind; the no of the pessimist against the yes of the optimist, the no of the unbeliever against the yes of the champion of faith; the yes of heaven against the no of hell. "You will acknowledge that I am right In describing this war as the product of a great negation. And do you ask what negation it is? It is the negation of the German people's right to existence. It is tho negation of all our kultur, a negation of our achievements, achieve-ments, of all our work. , "The German people were industrious, indus-trious, meditative, assiduous, imaginative imagina-tive in all domains. It Is a nation with body and soul. But there were peopla who did not wish to work, but to rest on their laurels. Those were our enemies. enem-ies. We got close to thom through our profitable work and the development of our industry, science and art; through our popular education and social legislation. Thereby our people throve, and then came envy. Envy of Enemies. "Envy induced our enemies to fight and was came upon us. And now when our opponents see that their hopes havo been deceptive and how our mighty generals after whom your new workshops are rightly named, havo dealt them blow upon blow, hatred springs up. We only kffow tho honest wrath which deals the enemy the blow, but when ho lies prostrate and bleeding we extend to him our hand and see to his recovery. "Hatred manifests itself only among peoples who feel themselves beaten. If, therefore, such terrlblo hatred exists among our enemies it owes its origin to the fact that their calculations calcula-tions have been wrong. Everyone who knows the character of the Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons knows what it means to fight them how tenacious they are. Wo do not know when the struggle wjll end, I but one thing we do know, namely, that we must fight the battle through. "And now, my friends, let me draw your attention to something moro. You have heard what recently happened in Moscow tho mighty conspiracy against the present government. The parliamentary-governed, the democratic demo-cratic British nation, has ondeavored to overthrow tho ultra-democratic government which the Russian people had begun to construct because thfo government considering tho intorests1 of Its fatherland, wishes to maintain j its people in the peace for which it clamors. "But tho Anglo-Saxon docs not yet desire peace. That is how things are. It is proof of his foellng of inferiority that tho Anglo-Saxon has recourse to such criminal means." Everything Depends on . Final Effort "Everything now depends upon our final exertions. Everything Is at stake and because of their great respect for the great Gorman army because they soo they cannot overcome our army and navy, they aro trying to overcome us by means of Internal disintegration and to weaken us by false rumors. "Tho3o do not emanate from the German people. They are artificial productions. But whoever heard .of such rumors, whoever passed on unsubstantiated un-substantiated news In tho railway workshop or elsewhere, or sins against the fatherland, He is n traitor and liable lia-ble to severe punishment no matter whether ho bo a count orr-a workman. "I know vrtry wpU everyone of you will acknowledge that I am right in this matter. Believe me, it is not easy for me to bear overy day the anxiety and the responsibility for a nation of seventy millions, and for more than four years to be a spectator to all the difficulties and increasing distress of the people." i |