The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-23
SATAN HAS QUIT To.
ALLOW EMPEROR To
COMPLETE WORKS

cessor to the throne OF Hades. The
Michigan paper continues:
His Satanic Majesty had abdlcated
the throne of Hades, naming Kaiser
Wilhelm as his successor and CONFESS
| ing himself a novice and back num-
| Der in infamy and evil deeds, accord
| ing to a bitter and scathing satlrlcai
missive addressed to the German
ruler and signed by "Lucifer H.
Satan" through which Louis Syber-
krop of Creston, Ia, has within the
| last few weeks won fame for himself,
| and Requests for copies from Colonel
| Roosevelt, Secretary Daniels OF the
| navy department. Joseph Tumulty,
the Presidents secretary, and many
others prominent in public life.
Syberkrop's satiric epistle, dated
"The Internal Region, June %, 1877"
| and addressed Ito Wilhelm Won
Hohenzollern, King Of Germany, En-
peror of all Germany and Envoy E.x-
traordinary of Almighty God" reads:
Always Close to You.
"My Dear Wilhelm:
81 can call you by that familiar
name, for I have always been very
close to you, much closer than you
could ever know.
"In the days of Rome I created
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 de-
mon and efficient supernatural was
needed; and as / know the Hohen-
zollern blood, I picked you as my
| special instrument to place on earth
an annex of hell. / gave you abnor-
NAL ambition, likewise an over supply
| of egotism, that you might not dis
cover your own failings; / twisted
your mind to that of mad man with
| certain normal tendencies to carry
you by, most dangerous character
placed in power; / gave you the power
! of a hypnotist and a certain mag
netic force, that you might sway your
people. ! am responsible for the de-
formed 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
arm is driven by your ambition that
squelches all sentiment and pity; |
placed in your soul deep hatred for
all things English, for of all nations
on earth I hate England most; wher-
ever 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 I HATE
HER. l planted in your soul cruel
hatred for your mother because SHE
was English and left my good friend
Bismarck to fan the flame / had
kindled. Recent history proves how
we'll our work was done. 1t broke
your royal mothers heart, but l
gained my purpose.
Ruler of Germany.
THE inherited disease of the Hob
enzollerns killed your father, just az
1T will kill you, and you became the
ruler of Germany and a tool of mine
sooner than I expected.
ITO assist you and further hasten
my work / sent you three evil spirits,
Nietzsche, Treitschke and later
Bernhard, whose teachings inf1amed
the youths of Germany, who in good
time would be willing and loyal sub
Jects 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 Mediterranean, Egypt India and
the Dardanelles, and you began your
great railway to Bagdad, but the am
bilious archduke and his more anbi-
tlous wife stood in your way. It was
then that / sowed the seed in your
heart that blossoned into the assassi-
nation of the Duke and his wife, and
all hell smiled when it saw how clev-
erly you saddled the crime onto Ser
bla. / saw you set sail for the fiords
OF Norway, and | knew you would
prove an abb. How cleverly done.
so much like your noble grandfather.
who also secured an assassin to re-
move old King Frederick of Denmark.
and later robbed that country of two
provinces that gave Germany an op-
portun1ty to become a naval power
Murder is dirty work, but it takes
Hohenzollern to make away and get
by.
Bells of He'll Are Ringing.
"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
cathedrals and other infinite works
of art was hailed with joy in the in
fernal regions. You made war on
friends and foe alike, and the muir
der of civilians showed my teachings
ward neutral nations fastened a uni
versal upheaval, the thing ! most de-
sired. Your under-sea warfare is a
master stroke, from the smallest
mackerel pot to the great Lusitania
you show no favorites; as war Lord
YOU stand supreme, for you have no
mercy; you have no consideration for
the baby chngine to its mothers
breast as they both go down into the
deep together, only to be torn apart
and leisurely devoured by sharks
down among the corals.