The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-03
Devil Pens Epistle
To Kaiser Wilhelm

Louis Syberkrop of Creston has &C
quired much fame in recent weeks as
author of satire on Kaiser Wilhelm.
Requests have come to him from
Tumulty, Secretary Daniels and Roose-
welt, 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.
ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of All Germany
and Envoy Extraordinary of Al
mighty God:
my Dear Wilhelm:
II can call you by that familiar
name for l 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 l have shaped your destiny
for my own purpose.
III IuC udyo VI 4SOLlc CIcdLcu d
roughneck known in history as Nero.
He was vulgar character and suited
my purpose at, that particular time.
In these modern, days a 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
of hell. gave you abnormal ambi-
ton, likewise an over supply of ego
tism that you might not discover your
own failings; I twisted your mind to
that Of mad man with certain nor
NAL tendencies to carry you by, q
most dangerous character placed in
power; I gave you the power of a
hypnotist and certain magnetic force
that you might sway your people.
I am responsible for the deformed
arm that hangs helpless on your left,
for your crippled condition embitters
your life and destroys all noble i'm
pulses that might otherwise cause me
anxiety, but your strong sword arm
is driven by your ambition that
squelches all sentiment and pity; I
placed in your soul deep hated for
all things English, for of all nations
on earth hate England most: wher-
ever England plants her flag she
brings order cat 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. I planted in your soul cruel
hatred for your mother because SHE
was English and left my good friend
Bismarck to fan the fame I had kim
died. Recent history proves how we'll
our work was done. 1t broke your
royal mothers heart, but l 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 tool of mine
sooner than l expected.
ITO assist you and further hasten
my work sent you three evil spir-
its, Nietzsche Treitschke and later
Bernhard, whose teachings inflamed
the youths of Germany, who in good
time would be willing and loyal SUBJ
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 sowed the seed in your heart
that blossomed into the assassination
Of the duke and his wife, and all hell
smiled when it saw how cleverly you
saddled the crime on to Servia.e l
saw you set sails for the fjords Of
Norway and I 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 naval power. Murder is dirty
work, but it takes Hohenzollern 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 be.
ginning, 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 murder
of civilians showed my teachings had
borne fruit. Your treachery toward
neutral nations fastened universal
upheaval, the thing I most desired.
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 su.
preme, for you have no mercy; you
have no consideration for the baby