Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
.Tha Infernal Region.

personal 1eLIGT from Gfu NlSn ~ 49,
former pupil;
1.-THE Internal Region
ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern hing H., q
Prussia Emperor OF All Germany an l
Envoy Extraordinary. of Almighty Goa
MY Dear Wilhelm: i.
II can call YOU by that familiar name
for | have always been very close ~ f,,So
much closer than you could ever kHoW'
From the time that you were YET ~ . III
developed being in your mother Woilip,
/ have shaped your destiny Tor my own
In I the days Of Rome / created
roughneck known in history as Ner9' ne
was a vulgar character ana suileu ln5
purpose at that particular time. IN Ihese
modern times a classic demon anu e.
ficient super criminal was needea atu
as I know the HohepzoHerm ploou pics
ed you as my special ihst lII we
place on earth an annex OF he'll. Baye
YOU abnormal ambition, likewise an oNSl- ~.
supply of egotism, that you i4is tl.;, 80
discover your own fallings. tWi .;f ~
YOUR mind to that OF MAD lnal, VII
certain normal tendencies to carry yo9
by q most dangerous character lA 800
in mower, / gave you the power o. = tiy X
otist and certain Inegne s1a ~ an, re-
you might sway your people. am 49,
sDonsible for the defofmea ailn go
hargs helpless on your lelt, Iol yuaa 49,
crippled condition embitters your ~ . -. s.1s4
otherwise cause me anxiety Dut YOU
strong sword arm is driven Dy your f,tn s9
bition that squeiches all sentlne1t 4 ane1
pity; [ placed in your soul o9Sp III t 81
for All things English, for OF all nallolla
on earth | hate England most; WlleEcESi
England plants her flag she brings OF
der out Of chaos ana the nai lev, ( ,,Ie vija
tribes become tillers of the soil ana "a
due time practical cit!zens she II ~.
great civilizer of the gsooe ana ! ii aa,Ii
HER. / planted In your soul a eruel
hatred for your mother because sne Nas
English, and left my good friend lis
marck to fan the flame had klnd ca, ~
cent history proves how Wei cur Moa ~,
Was done 1t broke your royal motileI
heart but / gained my purpose
seThe inherited disease OF tue 1ohsn n1
zoIerns killed your b 5asaer ' TIE ruler Of
Germany and tool of mine sooner thai'
TX aaSo assist Won and further hasten my
.,oris / sent YOU three evil spirits, Neitz-
seha Treitscke and later Befnnafuls
whose teaching inflamed the youths Is, "a
Germany, who in good time wousd pc viii VIII
ing and loyal subjects and eager TO SIM
their blood and pun your chestnuts, OUTS
and mine; the spell has been pertecl,--
YOU cast your ambitious eyes toWaru I lIso
Mediterranean, Egypt, India ana the l1ai
daneles and you began your great traa-
way to Bagdad, but the ambitlous aIen
duke and his moro ambitious wile stooa 5
in your way. II was then Inal . som i,,s,,
the assassination of the Duke ana niS
wife, and all he'll smiled when. II saw now
cleverly you saddled the crime on 70
Servia saw YOU set sail Tor the tJotas
Of Norway and I knew you woua prove
an aiibi How cieverly done, SO much
like your noble grandfather VINO als0 Sc
cured an assassin to remove Old hhs
Frederick of Denmark, and later robbed
that country of two provinces that gave
Germany an opportunity 70 become a Ia
Val Dower. Murder is dirty work, but II
takes q Hohenzouern TO make d way "'iu
Your ~ opportunity was at hand; You set
the world on fire and bells OF nell We're
much 10y, it was the beginning, the
foundation of perfect hell on earth; the
destruction of noble cathedrals ana otner
infinite works of art was hailed with JOY
in the Internal regions. You made war
on friends and foe alike, and the murder
of civilians showed my teachings had
horne fruit Your treachery toward nen-
tral nations fastened a universal up
heaval, the thing | most desired 1ouf
under sea warfare is master Stroks,
from fhe smallest nackerei pot TO the
great Lusitana you show no favorites'
as a Warf Lord you stand supreme,
for you have no mercy: you nave no con-
sideration for the baby cfinglng TO It's
into the deep together, only to be torn
apart and leisurely devoured by sharks
down among the corals.
~ have strolled over the battlefields OF
Belgium and France: I have seen your
hand of destruction everywhere: it's all
your work, superfiend that made YOU
have seen the fields OF Poland; now
wilderness fit for proving beasts only
no merry children in Poland now; they
ali succumbed to frost and starvation.
7 drifted down into Galcia where former
" Jews and .Gentiles lived happily to-
gether: ! found but ruins and ashes;
felt curious pride in my pupil, for it was
ali above my expectations. was IN
Belgium when you drove the peaceful
nnnulation before you like cattle into Slav-
ery. YOU separated man and wife and
forced them to hard labor in trenches.
have seen the most fiendish rape com
mitted on young women, and those who
were forced into maternity were ephr Tslnt
the father of their offspring. and | began
TO doubt if my own inferno was really
up to date.
s.You have taken millions Of dollars from
inocent victims and called 1t indemnity;
YOU have lived fat on the land you
usurped and sent the real owners away
ia starvation You have stayed away
from all legalized war methods and IN
troduced code of your own. You have
killed and robbed the people of friendly
nations and destroyed their property.
You are a liar, a hypocrite and bluffer
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