Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-19
Issued. on Friday of Each Week
A Message From Lucifer to Kaiser
Wilhelm.

A Message From Lucifer to Kaiser
Wilhelm.
Louis Syberkrop, of Creston, Ia., has
acquired much fame in recent weeks as
author of q satire on Kaiser Wilhelm.
Requests have come to him from
Tumulty, Secretary Daniels and Roose.
welt and people from every state in the
Union and in Canada have asked for
copies of this article which is as follows :
"O:tumwa, Iowa.
1.-THE Internal Region.
7'-. "June %, 1917.
ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern King OF
Prussia, Emperor of all Germany and
Envoy Extraordinary Of Almighty God:
..My Dear Wilhelm:
II can call you by that familiar name for I
have always been very close to you, much
closer than you could ever know.
'From the time that you were yet an
being In your mothers womb
have shaped your destiny for my own pur-
pose.
"ln the days OF Rome created rough.
gar character and suited my purpose at that
particular time. In these modern days q
classic demon and efficient super criminal
blood picked you as my special instrument
to place on earth an annex OF hell. gave
you abnormal ambition, likewise an over
cover your own failings; i twisted your mind
to that Of mad man with certain normal
tendencies to carry you by, most dant er-
the the p power Of a Sypnotist and a certain mag.
netic force that you might sway your people:
I am responsible for the deformed arm that
hangs helpless on your left, for your crippled
condition EN- bitters your life and destroys all
noble i'm pulses that might otherwise cause
me anxiety, but your strong sword arm Is
sentiment and pity;I placed In your soul 2
nations on earth ! hate England most,
order out Of chaos and the hated Cross FOL.
lows the Union Jack, under her rule Wild
tribes become tillers of the soil and in due
izer 81 the globe and HATE HER.
planted In your soul cruel hatred for your
mother because she was English and left my
kindled. 1t broke your royal mothers heart,
but gained my purpose. Recent history
proves how well our work was done.
"The inherited disease Of the Mohenzollerns
you became the ruler of Germany and tool
Of mine sooner than expected.
"To assist you and further hasten my work
sent you three evil spirits Niet zSase
teachings inflamed the youths OF Germany.
who in good time would be willing and !oya!
subjects and eager to spill their blood and
spell has been perfect-you cast your ambi-
tfous eye toward the Mediterranean, Egypt,
India and the Dardanelles and you began
your great railway to Bagdad, but the ambi-
tious archduke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way. 1t was then that sowed
the seed in your heart that blossomed into
and all hell smiled when 1t saw how cleverly
you saddled the crime onto Serbia. l saw
you set sails for the ijords Of Norway and !
knew you would prove an alibi How clever
~ done, so much like your noble grand
father who also secured An assassin to re-
old kns FrsSs1,ck q q aaa
that gave Germany An opportunity to
become . naval power. Murder is dirty
work but 1t takes q Hohenzoliern TO make
away and get by. g
the world on fire and bells OF hell were ring
ing; your rape on Belgium caused much JOY
It was the beginning, the foundation Of per,
cathedrals and other infinite works q art
was hailed with Joy in the Internal regions
You make war on friends and roe alike ana N,
ings had borne fruit Your treachery toward
neutral nations fastened q universal
upheaval, the thing l most desired: Your
the smallest mackerel pot to the great Lusi:
tiana you show no favorites; as q War Lord
you stand for you ~ have aye no mercy .iS
ing to its mothers breast as they both 60
down into the deep together, only to be torn
apart and lelsurely QeVOufeQ Dy BnaTks
down among the corals. -
II have strolled over the battlefields OF
Belgium and France. have seen your hand
of destruction everywhere, it's all your work,
super-hend that l made you; l have seen e,
the fields Of Poland, now wilder ness mt Tor
Poland now, they ali succumbed to frost and
starvation drifted down into Gaiicia
PLY together; found but ruins and ashes;
felt . curious pride in my pupil for It was all
above my expectation. l was In Belgium
before you like cattle into slavery; you sep.
arated man and wife and forced them to
hard labor in trenches have seen the most
and those who were forced into maternity
were cursing the father Of their offspring
and began TO doubt If my own Inferno was
really up-to-date.
.You have taken millions of dollars from
innocent victims and called 1t indemnity:
you have lived fat on the land you usurped
and sent the real owners away to starvation;
You have strayed away from all legaliZed
war methods and introduced q code OF your
own. You have killed and robbed the people
OF friendly nations and destroyed their prep.
erty. You are q liar, hypocrite, and a
buffer of the highest magnitude. You are
part Of mine and yet you pose as personal
aa all tsnrs IN
your path and leave nothing for coming
generations.
'I was anna zed when saw you form part
nef6nlp Win the lid possible UT X, INC CnIOu
&c killer of Christians and you q devout wor
shipper in the Lutheran church. / confess
Wilhelm, you are a puzzle at times. A
Mohammedan army commanded by Ger
man officers assisting one another In massa
creing Christians Is q new line ofwarfare
When . Prussian officer can witness nude
woman being disemboweled by q swarthy
Turk, committing a double murder with one
cut Of his saber and calmly stand by and SET
house full OF innocent 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 the pupil hae
become the master. am back number
and my dear wilhelm, 1 abdicate In YOU
favor. The great key OF hell will be turned
over to you. The gavel that has struck tn
doom OF damned souls since time began Il
yours. 1 am satisfied with what l have
done, that my abdication in your favor is FOL
the very best interests of HELM the future
am q your majesty's service.
"Afectionately and sincerely,
"LUCIFER H. SATA NJ
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