The Green Forest tribune., 1917-12-14


 multy, Secretary Danles, ex- President Roosevelt and many other prominent people la every state .n til. union and m Canada have asked Tor copies of Mr. Slberkrops article.
 It is:
 ''Ottumwa, Iowa,
 The Internal Region,
 June 18th 1917. To Wilhelm von Hohenzeller, King
 of Prussia, Emperor of All Germany
 aud Envoy Extraordinary of Al
 mighty God:
 My Dear Wllhelm; 1 can call you by that familiar name for 1 have al ways been very close toyou, much closer than you could ever know.
 From the time that you were yet undeveloped l have shaped your desti- ny tor my own purpose.
 Tn the days of Rome l created roughneck known in history as Nero. He was vulgar character, and suited my purpose at that particular time. In these modern days a classic and ef- ficient super criminal was needed, and as 1 knew the Hohenzollern blood. 1 picked you as my special instrumen to place on earth an annex of hell. 1 gave you abnormal ambition, likewise an over supply of egotism that you might not discover your failings I twisted your mind to that of mad man with certain normal tendencies to carry you by, most dangerous char acter placed in power; I gave you the power of hVpnotist and cer- tain magnetic force that you might sway your people. 1 am responsible for the deformed arm that hangs help less on your left, for your crippled con- dition embitters your life and destroys all noble impulses that otherwise might cause me anxiety, but yoIr strong sword arm is driven by your ambition that squelches all sentiment and pity; l placed in your soul q deep hatred for all things English, for of all nations on earth, hate Eng land 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 prac- tical 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 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 l gained my purpose.
 ''The inherited disease of the Ho- henzollerns killed your father and it will kill you. and you became ruler of Germany and tool of mine sooner than l expected.
 "To assist you and further hasten my work l sent you three evil spirits, Nietzche, Treitschke and Bernhard, "iioSC IGdStiibSo youlilS Ol Germany who in good time would be willing and loyal subjects and eager to spill thier blood and pull your chest nuts, yours and mine; the spell has been perfect-you cast your ambitious eyes toward the Mediterranean, Egypt, India and the Dardanelles and you be- gun your great railway to Bagdad, but the ambitious archduke and his more ambitious wife stood in yoar way. It.was then that I scwed the seed in your heart that blossomed into assassination of the duke and his wife, and all hell smiled when 1t saw how cleverly you saddled the crime on to Servia I saw you set sail for the fjords of Norway and knew you would prove an alibi. How cleyerly done, 50 much like you noble grandfather, who also secured an assassin to remove old King Frederick of Denmark and later robbed that country of two provinces that gave Germany an opportunity to become naval power, Murder is dirty work, but it takes a Hohenzol- Tern to make way and get by.
 Your opportunity was at hand, you set the world on fire and bells of hell were ringing; your rape on Belgium caused much joy. It was the begin ming, the foundation of perfect hell on earth, the destruction of noble ca thredrals 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 civil Hans showed my teachings had borne fruit. Your treachery toward neutral nations hastened a universal upheavel, the thing most desired. Your under- sea warfare is master stroke; from smallest mackeral pot to the great Lu- sitana you showed no faYorites. As a war lord you stand supreme, for you have no mercy, you have no consider aton for the baby clinging to it's moth er's breast as they both go down into the deep together, onlyto be torn apart and leisurely devoured by the sharks down among the coras.
 ''I have stroled over the battle fields of Belgium and France have seen your hand of destruction everywhere, [ tte, ,.H, |