Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-10-25
The Devil Abdicates in Favor of
Kaiser Wilhelm.

Louis Syberkrop of Creston, Ia, has
acquired much fame in recent weeks as
author of satire on Kaiser Wilhelm.
Requests have come to him from Tu-
multy, Secretary Daniels and Roose-
welt, and people in every state in the
Union and in Canada have asked for
copies Of Mr.. Syberkrop's article. 1t is:
''Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Internal Region.
June %, 1917.
ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of all Germany
and Envoy Extraordinary of Almighty
God:
my Dear Wilhelm:
Il can call you by that familiar name
for / have always been very close to
you. much closer than you could ever
know.
"From the time that you were yet
an undeveloped being in your mother $
womb | have shaped your destiny for
my own purpose
In 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 needed and
as | knew the Hohenzolern blood
picked you as my special instrument to
place on earth an annex to hell gave
you abnormal ambition, likewise an
oversupply of egotism that you might
not discover your own faiings twist
ed your mind to that of mad man
with certain normal tendencies 10 carry
you by, a most dangerous character
placed in power; | gave you the power
OF o hypnotist aud n certain magnetic
force that you might sway your people.
] am responsible for the deformed arm
that hangs helpless on your left, for
your crippled condition embitters your
life and destroys all noble impulses
that might otherwise cause me anxiety,
but your strong sword arm is driven by
your ambition that squelches all senti-
ment and pity; placed in your soul a
deep hatred for all things English, for
of all nations on earth | hate England
most; wherever England plants her nag
she brings order out of chaos and the
hated Cross follows the Union Jack.
Under her rule wild tribes become
tillers of the soil and in due time
practical citizens; she is the great civil
izer Of the globe and | 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 kinded. Recent
history proves how well our work was
done, 1t broke your royal mother S
heart. but gained my purpose
"The inherited disease of the Hohen-
zollerns killed your father, just as it
will kill you. and you became the ruler
of Germany and a tool of mine sooner
than / expected.
"To assist you and farther hasten
my work | sent you three evil spirits,
Nietzche, Treitschke and later Bern
hard. whose teachings inhamed the
youths of Germany. who in good time
would be willing and loyal subjects and
eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestnuts yours and mine; the
spell has been perfect you cast your
ambitious eyes toward the Medlter-
ranean. Egypt, India and the bar
danelles and you began your great rail
way to Bagdad, but the ambitious arch
duke and his more ambitious wife stood
in your way. Il was then that | sowed
the seed in your heart that blossomed
into the assassination of the Duke and
his wife, and hell smiled when it saw
how cleverly you saddled the crime onto
Servia. saw you set sail for the fiords
Of Norway aud knew you would prove
an abb. How cleverly done. SO much like
your noble grandfather who also secured
an ASSASSIN % remove old King Fred