The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-12-13
LETTER FROM SATAN
TO GERMAN KAISER


of satire on Kaiser Wilhelm. Re-
quests have come to him from Tu-
nudity, Secretary Daniels and Roose-
Welt. and people in every state OF the
union and in Canada for copies of
his article. 1t follows; 81
"Ottumwa. Iowa"
"The Internal Regions"
June ?. 1917"
ITO Welhelm Won Hohenzollcrn.
King of Prussia. Emperor of all Ger
many and Envoy Extraordinary of
Almighty God;
My Dear Wilhelm can call you
that familiar name. for | 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 moth
er's womb | have shaped your des-
tiny for my own purpose.
Makes Her Blush
an the days of Rome | created a
Irough-neck known in history as Nero.
He was vulgar person and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these modern days classic demon
and efficient supernatural was need
ed and as | know the Hohenzollern
blood, picked you as my special in
strument to place on earth an annex
to hell.
Il gave you abnormal ambition,
likewise an oversupply of egotism
that you might not discover your own
failings. | twisted your mind to that
of mailman, with certain normal
tendencies to carry you by-a most
dangerous character placed in pow
err / gave you the power OF hyp-
notist and certain magnetic force
that you might sway your-people.
Embittered by Deformity
81 am responsible for the deform-
ed arm that hangs helpless on your
left, for your crippled condition en-
bitters your life and destroys all no
| Bile 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 | hate England most. Where
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 | hate her.
planted in your soul cruel hatred
for your mother because she was
English, and left my good friend,
Bismarck. to fan the flame | kindled.
Recent history proves how well our
work was done. 1t broke your royal
mothers heart, but | gained my pur-
pose.
"The inherited disease OF the Ho-
henzollerns killed your father, Just
as it will kill you and you became
the ruler of Germany and tool of
mine sooner than / expected.
Three Evil Spirits.
ITO assist you and further hasten
my work | sent you three evil spirits
! -Nietsche, Treitschke and later
Bernhardi-whose teachings inflam-
ed 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 per
fect-you cast your ambitious eyes
toward 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 blossomed in
to the assassination of the duke and
his wife and all hell smiled when it
saw how cleverly you saddled the
crime on to Siberia. | saw you set
sail for the fiords of Norway and
knew you would prove an alibi.
How Like Grandfather.
How cleverly done, so much like
your noble grandfather, who also Sc
cured an assassin to remove old King
Frederick of Denmark, and later
robbed that country of two provinces
that gave Germany an opportunity to
become a naval power. Murder is
dirty work, but it takes Hohenzol-
Tern to make away and get by.
Improved on Hades
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 per-
,ect 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 friend and foe alike and the muir
der of civilians showed my teach
| ings had borne fruit. Your treachery
toward neutral nations fastened
Universal upheavel-the thing | most
lesired. Your .undersea warfare is a
nasterssroke; from the smallest
nackerel boat to the great Lusitan-
a Won showed M favorifeS AZ a war