Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17

acquired much fame in recent weeks
as author of a satire on Kaiser Will
helm. Requests have come to him
from Tumulty, Secretary Daniels and
Roosevelt, and people in every state of
the union and in Canada have asked
for copies of Mr.. Syberkop's article.
It is:
"Ottumwa, Iowa.
'"The Internal Region.
June %, 1917
'To Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of all Germany
and Envoy Extraordinary Of Al
mighty God:
'My Dear Wilhelm:
81 can call you by that familiar
name, for l 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 mothers
womb | have shaped your destiny for
my own purpose.
"In the days Of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as Nero;
he was a 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 I know the Hohenzollern
blood I picked you as my special in
strument to place on earth an annex
to hell. | gave you abnormal ambi-
ton, likewise an Over-supply of ego
tism that you might not discover your
own failings. I twisted your mind to
that of mad man with certain nor
NAL tendencies to carry you by, a most
dangerous being placed in power; |
! @f 4scA
certain magnetic force that you might
sway your people. | am responsible
for the deformed arm that hangs help
less on your left, for your crippled
condition embitters your life and de-
stroys 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; I placed in your soul a deep
hatred for all things English, for of
all nations on earth | 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
HATE HER. I planted in your soul a
cruel hatred for your n other because
SHE was English and lnft my good
friend Bismarck to fan the flame
had kindled Recent history proves
how well our work was done It broke
your royal mothers heart, but I gained
my purpose.
"The inherited disease of the Hob
enzollerns killed your father, just as
it will kill you, and you became the
ruler Of Germany and a tool of mine
soner than l expected.
ITO assist you and further hasten
my work | sent you three evil spirits,
Nietzche, Treitschke and later Bern
hardi, whose teachings inf1amed 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 Med
iterranean Egypt, India and the OAR
danelles and you began your great
railway to Bagdad, but the ambitious
arch-duke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way IT 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 sad
died the crime onto Servia. [ saw you
set sail for the fjords of Norway and |
knew you would prove an alibi How
cleverly done! so much like your noble
grandfather, who also secured an as
sassin to remove old King Frederick
of Denmark, and later robbed that
country of two provinces that gave
Germany an opportunity to become a