The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
DEVIL PENS EP|S1LE
TO KAISER WILHELM

" NHlO6ul VuluU66UI
Louis Syberkrop of Creston has
acquired much fame In recent weeks
as author OF satire on Kaiser Will
helm. Requests have come to him
from Tumulty, Secretary Daniels
Roosevelt, and people In every state
of the union and In Canada have
asked for copies Of Mr.. Syberkrop's
article. 1t Is:
"Ottumwa. Iowa,
The Internal Region.
June 20, 1917
"To Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern,
King of Prussia, Emperor of All
Germany and Envoy Extraordin-
ary OF Almighty God
"My Dear Wilhelm:
II can call you by that familiar
name for 1 have always been very
close to you, much closer than you
could ever know.
"From the time that you we're yet
an undeveloped being in your
mothers womb have shaped your
destiny for my own purpose.
'ln the days Of Rome created
roughneck known in history as Nero.
He was vulgar character and suit
ed my purpose at that particular
time. In these modern days clas-
sic demon and efficient super-crim-
inal was needed, and as l know the
Hohenzollern blood, picked you as
my special instrument to place on
earth an annex of hell. l gave you
abnormal ambition. likewise an over
supply of egotlsm. that you might
not discover your own failings.
twisted your mind to that of a mad
man with certain normal tendencies
to carry you by, most dangerous
character placed in power; gave
you the power of hypnotist and
certain magnetic force that you
might sway your people. am res
ponsible for the deformed arm that
hangs helpless on your left. for your
crippled condition embiters your
life and destroys all noble impulses
that might otherwise cause me
is driven by your ambition that
squelches all sentiment and pity;
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 i
HATE HER. l planted in your soul
cruel hatred for your mother be-
cause SHE was English and left my
good friend Bismarck to fan the
flame l had kindled. Recent history
proves how we'll our work was done.
1t broke your royal mothers heart,
but 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
sooner that l expected.
ITO assist you and further hasten
my work sent you three evil spirits.
Nietzsche Treitschke and later Bern
hardi, whose teachings inflamed 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 ambitious archduke and his more
ambitious wife stood in your way.
1t was then that I sowed the seed in
your heart that blossomed into the
assassination Of the duke and his
wife, and all hell SMILED when 1t saw
how cleverly you saddled the crime
on to Servia. l saw you set sails
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 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 a Hohenzol-
lern 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 Bel
GUM caused much joy, it was the
beginning, the foundation Of per-
feet 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
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