The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-09

of art was hailed with joy in the in
fernal regions
"You made war on friends and foes
alike and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had borne fruit.
Your treachery toward neutral ma
tions fastened universal upheaval,
the thing most desired Your under
sea warfare is master stroke, from
THE smallest mackerel pot to the great
! Lusitania you show no favorites; as
ia war lord you stand supreme, for
you have no mercy; you have no con-
sideration, for 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.
Il have strolled over the battle
fields of Belgium and France; I have
seen your hand of destruction every
where: it's all your work. super-fiend
that / made you. have seen the
fields of Poland; now a wilderness fit
for prowling beasts only; no merry
children in Poland now; they all sue
cumbed to frost and starvation
drift down into Galicia where former
ly Jews and Gentle lived happily to-
gether; / found but ruins and ashes;
II felt curious pride in my pupils, for
| it was all above my expectations. I
was in Belgium when you drove the
peaceful population before you like
cattle into slavery; you separated
man and wife and forced them into
hard labor in trenches. l have seen
the most fiendish rape committed on
young women and those who were
forced into maternity were cursing
the father of their offspring, and I be-
gan to doubt if my inferno was up to
date.
You have taken millions of dollars
from innocent victims and called it in
demnity; you have lived fat on the
land You usurped and sent the real
owners away to starvation You have
strayed away from legalized war
methods and introduced a code of
your own. You have killed and rob-
bed the people of friendly nations and
destroyed their property. You are a
liar, a hypocrite and a buffer of the
highest magnitude You are a part of
mine and you pose as personal
friend of God All Wilhelm, you are
wonder. You wantonIy destroy all
things in your path and leave nothing
for coming generations
Il was amazed when I saw you form
partnership with the impossible
Turk, the chronic killer of Christians,
and you a devout worshipper in the
Lutheran church. confess, Wilhelm,
you are puzzle at times. A Moham-
medan army, commanded by German
officers. assisting one another in mas
sacreing Christians is a new line of
warfare. When a Prussian officer
can witness nude woman being dis
emboweled by swarthy Turk, COM
hitting double murder with one cut
of his asher. and calmly stand by and
see house full of Armenians locked
up, the house saturated with. oil and
fired, then my teachings did not stop
with you, but have been extended to
the whole German nation / confess
my Satanic soul grew sick and there
and then | knew my pupil had become
the master. I am back number and,
my dear Wilhelm, / abdicate in your
favor. The great key to hell will be
turned over to you. The gavel that
has struck the doom of damned souls
since time began is yours. I am sat
isfied with what have done; that my
abdication in your favor is for the
very best interests of HELM the fu-
ture / am at your majesty's service.
"Affectionately and sincerely,
"LUCIFER H. SATAN"