Milford chronicle., 1917-12-21
SATAN HANDS IN
HIS RESIGNATION


OF Mr. syoerkop's article. It is.
"Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Internal Region.
10 Whhelm 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
Tor have always been very close to Won
much closer than you would ever know
From the time that you were vet an nm
developed being in your mothers womb
have shaped your destiny for nv 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 classic demon and efficient
super-criminal was needed and as l know
the Hohenzollern blood picked YOU az my
special instrument to place on earth an
annex Of hell l gave you abnormal am
oitlon' likewise an oversupply Of egotism,
that you might not discover your own
failings; 1 twisted your mind to that of
a mad man with certain normal tenden-
cies to carry you by, a most dangerous
power placed in power; / gave you the
power of a hypnotist and a certain mag
netic force that you might sway your peo-
pie. I 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 sentiment and
pity; placed in your soul deep hatred
for all things English, for all nations on
earth 1 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 become tillers of the soil and in
due time practical citizens; she is the
great civilizer of the globe and 1 HATE
HER. 1 planted in your soul a cruel
hatred for your mother because she was
English and left my good friend Bismark
to fan the flame I had kindled Recent
history proves how well our work was
done. 1t broke your royal mothers heart
but I had gained my purpose.
"The inherited disease of the Hohen-
zOllerns killed your father, just as it viii
kill you, and you became the ruler of
Germany and tool or mine sooner than
I expected.
ITO assist you and further hasten my
work I sent you three evil spirits, Neitz-
sche, Treitscke and later Bernhard,
whose teaching inhamed the youth 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 per-
fect-you cast your ambitious eyes to-
ward the Mediterranean, Egypt, India and
the Dardanelles 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 bios
somed into the assination of the Duke
and his wife, and all hell smiled when it
saw how cleverly you saddled the crime
on to Servia I saw you set sail for the
fjords Of Norway and 1 knew you would
prove an alibi How cleverly done, so
much like your noble grandfather who
also secured an assination to remove old
King Frederick, of Denmark, and later
robbed that country of two provinces
that gave Germany an opportunity to be-
come a naval power. Murder is dirty
work, but it takes a Hohenzollern to make
a way and get by.
"Your opportunity was at hand; you set
the world on fire and bells of hell were
ringing; your rape Of Belgium caused
much joy, it was the beginning of the
foundation of a perfect hell on earth, the
destruction of noble 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 murder OF
civilians showed my teachings had borne
fruit. Your treachery toward neutral
nations hastened a universal upheaval.
the thing most desired. Your undersea
warfare is a master stroke, from the
smallest mackeral pot to the great Lus-
itania you show no favorites; as War
Lord you stand supreme, for you have
no mercy; you have no consideration tor
the baby clinging to its mothers breasts
as they both go down into the deep to-
gether only to be torn apart and leisur-
" devoured by sharks down among the
corals.
'I have strolled over the battlehelds OF
Belgium and France. 1 have seen your
hand of destruction everywhere; it's all
YOUR work, super-fiend that I made you.
l have seen the fields Of Poland, now
wilderness fit for prowling beasts only
no merry children in Poland now; they
all succumbed to frost and starvation
I drifted down into Galicia where for
merly Jews and Gentiles lived happily
together; / found but ruins and ashes
I felt a curious pride in my pupil, for II
was all above my expectations. was
in Belgium when you drove the peaceful
population before you like cattle into
slavery; you separated man and wife ana
forced them into hard labor in trenches.
I have seen the most iendish rape com
mitted on young women, and those VINO
were forced into maternity were eursing
the father Of their offspring, and began
to doubt if my own inferno was really up
to-date.
you have taken millions Of dollars
from innocent victims and called it in
demnity: you have lived fat on the lana
YOU usurped and sent the real owners
away to starvation. You have strayed
away from all legalized war metnods
and introduced a code of your own. You
have killed and robbed the people OF
friendly nations and destroyed their prop
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