WILHELM AT KRUPPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17011, 19 November 1918, Page 6

WILHELM AT KRUPPS.

EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH. •■" * ■.• . ■. \ ',*•'.. . : ;TEMALE ADMISSIONS. /•; 5 The attempt of the er-Kaiser to* hearten his former objects- and to persuade them .: that the responsibility for the war did not I rest upon him were exemplified in hisspeech to the workers ,at .Krajips"on Septeiaber 12. He teid i~: : . 'S: w' r _: * It is'no wonder that; there i» dissatis- * faction here and there j but to whom, after all, do we owe thin! t Who 'spoke at the '!. very beginning of tile war of starving out German women 'aid. children ' Who is ,ft who mtrcduced terrible hatred into this -war? That was the enemy. Every one is of yon, into the • remotest cotter* of' our Patoerlaad, knows that"!-left no stone I unturned '■ to t shorten this war as far J as possible lot your people and for the entire civilised European world- In December, 1916, I presented to the enemy a public, I' clear, and unambiguous offer of peace in lthe?namei'Of>the German Empire and of my allies. mockery, contempt were the answer. Ho up'above kibwalny! sense , of respcmsibUity. , 'SepeitedW. during -the past montha the responsible of. the imperial Government huve unambiguously * given \to " understand '; to.. everyone • who wished to understand'that we are at all times ready to offer our hand to peace. Z Th» answer ', is the declared intention of bringing about the destihiction, ? disintegration, the crushing. oPGnrmany.v To make peace two are needed. If both are not willing "is one can 1 do nothing,' presuming that ha does hotoverthrew-the J other. Thus irtt ire confronted with our enemies. . absolute will to destruction, and against the" absolute will' . destruction 'we must oppose the' absolute will" to preserve oat existence. Our brave army but there has shown yon, both will and deed. In the assault orlrithdrawal'to the trenches tie 'only thin« that matters is Jhat the enemy should lose ias much as possible. That thas happened,: and is still happening., " i Even though in the ; opinion; or -. many '/among yon ■ the: war ; is, lasting = too long, .: every- German man and every .German woman must,' In the face of these incom•pahbly.beroio deed* of our /army .and I navy, b» aware 'that xwe := are fighting and straggling for . our existence, - and f thai^wfe' must put forth our utmost :ieffort '■-■ to defend ourselves victoriously. i The;German knows »'no hatred— only * know the honest wrath which , deals sthe enemy the blow, when b> liesyostrato andbleedihg we;eitemdito;'mm' our nana and see to bis recovery. Hatred manik fest* iteelf only among the peoples i who I feaTthomjelves beaten. H, therefore, such Sterrlbla hatred exists among our enemies it owes its origin: to the fact thaf; their "cfiJrmlaUons have been wrong. Evefyoiie who tows the character of. th 9 jkugloI Saxcns knows ; what It means to flgh.w»th them—how ' tenacious - they are, -. We 'do not know when the struggle frill eml,bnfci one thins win know, namely, ire mar fight the battle through. ISitlSif &-.i : i "i%-K S4 jjust look the four years' waryhß con- % tinued. What • immense achievement* .We have behind 1 Half the world stood t against as arid '-jam, loyal!.aittiea/- and, now we • have peace with Russia, -pfcaco with fP.onmanl*.* v i B*rvia and f. Mo itenegno are finished. Only in the west .'doJ.W).v still fight, and ; is it. to be "^thou, tha the good God will'- abandon vus ; there l»t the ;= fast moment!s We should bi jashaHear&! the faint-heartedness which comes ,when on* gives credence to rumours. From .the ; facta ■ which . you yourselves have txperifenced forge for yourselves a firm belief in the future of your Fatherland - •' 'My request,-my demand Of ; you, and, tbjrough you, of all the workers wh<i have proved themselves i bo:' admirable . and Scapable]'(and, 'through, you;again, 3 of; the fe enure German people, is this— me and my ; relations to my people my words of August 'i 4, x '. iSW, ; hold f good.; I know; no : parties, I know only Germane. ' : It ;■ il nbw no time for factions, 'we must all now cunibine into a block, and here the most •pjrppriate word is: ' "Be hard as steel, * and the; block of., the German people, ■ Welded into steel, shall show its strength to the enemy.'' Whoever therefore, ■amflag you is /determined to obey this . summons, whover has bis heart in the ? r!gh'» place, whoever Intends to keep faith, '• let.'him stand up 1 .Now, promise me on hehslf of the entire German labour: "We intend to fight and hold out. to the lost, so Wp us God!" Whoever so intends . let . him answer , "Yes." {The assembly ' answered with'a loud "Yes.")' I thank yon. With this "Yes "I go now.to the Field Marshal.; Now it is for every one . ©f us to fulfil his vow of duty and to exert ;; body> and mind to the utmost for the Fatherland, Every doubt must be banished from the mind and heart; Oar watchword ©)w Is« "German swords raised! heart*, strong! muscle* taut!" On to the battle again, everything that stands '. against, us, no matter how long it lasts! So. help us God, amen. And now, farewell.' . , ~'....' r-