Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-10

When Louis Syberkrop of Creston,
Iowa. wrote the satire on Kaiser Will
helm which follows he little thought
1t would attract the attention which
1t has. Requests for copies have come
to him from Theodore Roosevelt, Sec
rotary Of the Navy Daniels, Secretary
to the President Tumulty and other
notables. The article is in the form
of letter from his Satanic Majesty
to his human prototype. 1t says:
To Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
OF Prussia, Emperor of all Germany
and envoy extraordinary of AL
mighty God.
My Dear Wilhelm: l will call you
by that familiar name, for l have al
ways 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-
ting for my purpose.
In the days Of Rome l created \
roughneck known In history as Nero.
He was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time
In these modern days of classic de-
mon and efficient supernatural was
needed. and as I knew the Hohen-
zolleern blood l picked you as my
special instrument to place on earth
an annex Of hell. ! gave you abnor-
NAL ambition, likewise an oversupply
Of egotism that you might not discov-
er your own failings; l twisted your
mind to that Of a mailman with GER
tain normal tendencies to carry you
by, most dangerous character. plac-
ed in power. l gave you the power
of a hypnotist and a certain mag
netic force that you might sway your
people. l am responsible for the de-
formed arm that hangs helpless on
your left side, for your crippled con-
dition embitters your life and de-
stroys all noble impulses that might
otherwise cause me anxiety, but your
strong sword arm is driven by your
ambition that squelches all sentiment
and pity; 1 placed In your soul a
deep hatred OF all things English, for
all nations on earth l 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, md in due
time practical citizens; she is the
great civilizer. of the globe and I
HATE HER. l planted In your soul
a cruel hatred OF your mother be-
cause SHE was English, and left my
good friend Bismark to fan the fame
had kindled. Recent history proves
how we'll our work was done. II
broke your royal mothers heart. but
/ gained my purpose.
The inherited disease of the Hohen-
zollerns killed your father, just as II
will kill you, and you became the
ruler Of Germany and tool OF mine
sooner than / expected
To assist you and further hasten
my work. I sent you three evil spir-
its-Nietzshe, Tritschke and later
Bernhardt-whose teachings imam.
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 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 wife stood In your way. II
was then that l sowed the seed "
your head that blossomed into tn,
assassination OF the duke and hi,
wife, and all hell smiled when It saw
how cleverly you saddled the crime
on Serbia. saw you set sail for the
fiords of Norway. and l knew 20,
would prove an abb. How cleverly
done, so much like your noble grand
father who also secured an ASSASSIN
| W iCnONC OiQ hih6 riCQCiiSh VI DCh
mark, and later robbed that countr'
OF two provinces that gave German!
an opportunity to become nava
power. Murder is dirty work, blu
1t takes Hohenzollern to make ava,
and get by.
Your opportunity was at hand; yo'
set the world on fire and bells Of hel
were ringing; your rape on Belgium
caused much Joy. 1t was the begin
ming. the foundation of a perfect hel
on earth; the destruction of nobl'
cathedrals and other infinite work
OF art was hailed with Joy in the In
fernal regions.
You made war on friends and TO-
alike and the murder OF civilian
showed my teachings had born fruit
Your treachery toward neutral ma
lions FASTENED a universal upheava
the things l most desired. Your un
dersea warfare Is master stroke