Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-21
SATAN WRITES LETTER TO BILL
HOHENZOLLERN.
COmmends Kaiser on His War Work
and Abdicates the Throne Of
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helm. Requests have come to him
from Tumulty, Secretary Daniels, and
Roosevelt, and people in every state
of the Union AID in Canada have ask
ed for copies of Mr.. Syberkrop's arti-
Gle. It is:
"The Internal Region,
June %, 1917.
ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern,
King of Prussia, Emperor of all Ger
many and Envoy Extraordinary of
Almighty God:
my Dear wilhelm:
II can call you by that familiar
name for have always been very
could ever know.
From the time that you were yet
an undeveloped being in your moth
er's womb l have shaped your des-
tiny for my own purpose.
I'm the days of Rome | created a
roughneck known in history as Nero;
he was vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these modern days a classic demon
and efficient supernatural was need
ed and as l know the HohenZollern
blood l picked you as my special in
|strument to place on earth an annex
of hell. l gave you abnormal ambi-
ton, likewise an over supply of ego
tism that you might not discover your
own failings; twisted your mind to
that of a mad man with certain nor
NAL tendencies to carry you by,
most dangerous character placed in
power; / gave you the power of
hypIotist and a certain magnetic
force that you might sway your peo-
pie. am responsible for the de-
formed arm that hangs helpless on
your left, for your crippled condition
embitters your life3and destroys all
noble impulses that might otherwise
cause me anxiety. but your strong
sword arm is driven by your ambi-
ton that squelches all sentiment and
pity; / placed in your soul a deep
hatred for all things English, for OF
all nations on earth l hate England
most; wherever England, plants her
flag she brings order out of chaos and
the hated Cross follows the Union
Jack; under her rule wild tribes be-
come tillers of the soil and in due
time practical citizens; she is the
great civiliZer of the globe and l
HATE HER. planted in your soul a
cruel hatred for your mother because
SHE was English and left my good
friend Bismarck to fan the flame
had kindled. Recent history proves
how we'll our work was done. 1t broke
your royal mothers heart, but / gain
ed my purpose,
THE inherited disease of the Ho-
henzollerns killed your father, just
as it will kill you, and you became the
ruler of Germany and tool of mine
sooner than / expected.
ITO assist you and farther hasten
my work / sent you three evil spirits,
Nietzshe, Treitschke and later Bern
hardi, whose teachings infiamed the
youths of Germany, who in good time
would be willing and loyal subjects
and eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestIuts, yours and mine; the
spell has been perfect-you cast
your ambitious eyes toward the Med
iterranean, Egypt, India and the OAR
danelles and you began your great
railway to Bagdad, but the ambitious
archduke and his more ambitious
wife stood In your way. 1t was then
that sowed the seed in your heart
that blossomed into the assassination
of the Duke and his wife, and all hell
smiled when it saw how cleverly you
saddled the crime on to Serbia. / saw
you set sails for the fjords Of Nor
way and knew you would prove an
'alibi. How cleverly done, so much
like your noble grndfather, who also
secured an assassin to remove old
King Frederick of Denmark, and lat
er robbed that country OF two proviIl-
ces that gave Germany an opportun-
ity to become naval power. Murder
is dirty work but it takes Hohenzul-
lern to make away and get by.
your opportunity was at hand;
you set the world on fire and bells OF
hell were ringing; your rape on Bel
GUM caused much joy, 1T was the be-
ginning, the foundation OF perfect
hell on earth, the destruction or no
BILE cathedrals and other infinite
works of art was hailed with joy in
the internal regions. You made war
on friends and foe alike and the MUIR
der Of civilians showed my teachings
had borne fruit Your treachery
toward neutral nations fastened
universal upheaval, the thing most
desired. 1OuT uuQeI-ocd Wdiidic 10
a master stroke, from the smallest
mackerel pot to the great Lusitania
you show no favorites; as war Lord
you stand supreme, for you have no
mercy; you have no consideration TO-
the baby clinging to its mothers
breasts as they both go down into
the deep together, Only to be torn
apart and leisurely devoured by
sharks down among the corals.
IT have strolled over the battle
fields of Belgium and France. / have
seen your hand of destruction every
where; it's all your work. super-fiend
that I made you. / have seen the
fields of Poland; now q wilderness
fit for prowliIg beasts only; no merry
children In Poland now they all sue
cumbed to frost and starvation
drifted down into Galicia where for
merly Jews and Gentiles lived happi-
ly together; I found but ruins and
ashes; felt curious pride IL my
pupil for 1t was all above my expecta-
ton. / was in Belgium when you
drove the peaceful population before
YOU like cattle into slavery; you sep
arated man and wife and forced them