The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-05-02

hOyai F3iace, berlin.-My DedF
Lucifer: Your kindly letter received
and Its contents noted. Indeed, my
dear satan, you fiatter me but ! can
not help but feel that all of your
praise Is not misplaced. / will tell
you frankly, / was O little incensed
when you compared me with Nero. To
my mind Nero was a faker. But on
second thought / realize he did not
possess the many advantages / do for
carrying ON his devilish work. He had
no guns that would carry for twenty
miles. He had no gas bombs or flame
thr0wers. He never had the opportun-
fly to drop bombs on sch0olh0uses and
kill little children. He could not send
his aviators over towns and drop pol
6oned candy for the children to eat.
He did not have submarines by which
he could sink passenger ships and Kill
hundreds of women and babies. Ia
king all this into consideration, think
that Nero did pretty well, considering
the disadvantages under which he
worked, II / had lived In those days
/ do not know as / could have inn
proved ON his methods of raising hell,
although some OF 1t looks crude to us
now with our refined cruelties. Nero
simply murdered his mother In cold
blood. made mine suffer all the
ag0nies of broken heart before death
relieved her Of her sufferings. / thank
you from the bottom OF my heart for
your gifts to me. My abnormal am
billions have made me the most hated
man In the world. 1t has sent my
soldiers through peaceful countries
bent on murder, rapine and arson. 1t
has made q million widows, and has
40 vail chi II
has produced an army of a million
men manned, without arms, without
legs without sight. 1t has bereft some
Of them of reason and they will &c
through life with their minds a blank
It has robbed thousands of women OF
their virtue, and has brought thou
sands more in my realms as slaves. My
name is coupled with curses In every
cline. Until now / have always cursed
the fate which left me q witheret
arm, but i now discern your inscru
table wisdom. Without that, nigh
have had human instincts, which would
interfere with my ambitions, and 4
might have made me show q semblenc'
of pity as / saw the result Of my fiend
fish work. Without that twist in IN,
moral makeup might have told m,
generals to treat the Belgians witt
consideration and kindness. Nigh
have told Tirpitz to order his sub
marine commanders not to sink ship
without warning and to give passen
gers a chance to save themselves. In
deed, my dear Mephfsto, / share wit
you your hatred of all thing
English. 1t was England tina
:. stopped my victorious soldiers q
the Marine and prevented me from cor
Quering the world and making a
my vassals. 1t was England who trie
to interfere with my plans by PR
posing meditation when had all m
plans set for world conquest. Emf
land has taught savage people Chrii
tianity and the love OF their fellow
men, while i have endeavored TO IL
still hatred In their hearts and max
them fiends in, human form. My hs
tired for England is only exceeded b
my hatred for America. Had It ne
been for that country, all EuroT
would have been helpless at my fet
long ago. Shells made with America
money killed my soldiers and for tn
cannot forgive America. So the q
cret Is out. You hint that / had
hand In the Saravejo assassination.
fiattered myself that l had kept tn
covered up and no one would suspe'
that / had hand In 1t. Well, 1t is q
right. / suppose you inspired 1t In n
and have a right to share In the q
cret. You will have to admit 1t w,
clever In me to be on my yacht at Il
time of the discord and treas6
among the Russians and thousands
those persons persisted through treac
cry. Lucifer you make me laugh
times You express surprise at n
posing as a personal friend Of Gt
and telling my people that God w
help them to victory. Can you not s.
my plans? My friendship with God
simply to delude the poor, simp
fools, who are dying that my ami
lions may succeed. / have to hai
them this bunk once In a while
keep their breasts barred to the enem
Without 1t they would quit fighting
tried the same bunk ON the neutr
nations but they were too clever to b
lieve It, have taught my people til
creed since / came to the throne. II
children i'm all the schools are taug
to hate things not German. They a
taught that Germany. Is invincit
and everything that do is not wron
i have discussed 1t under the name
kulture. MY alliance with the Tur
was clever move on my part as
gave me an excellent opportunity
pass the buck. When they c0mmenc
Strengthening the Christians no o
connected my name to 1t. as the Tur
had slaughtered Christians for &C
turtles. You need not fear your wo
viii be neglected or sighted / ha
six sons that are as capable OF ords
ing cruelties as myself. Sometimes
believe the Oldest boy has little mo
subtle cruelty in his self than ha,
Some have compared me to NapoleC
That makes me incensed Napole
never battered down historic cathedf
the work of centuries. Napoleon new
ordered his men to make war ON wo
en- and children; Napoleon never Ii
a trail OF illegitimate children whe
his armies passed; Napoleon tried
spread civilization In conquered cou
tries, while l have spread kultul
Mime Is to rule the world. You talk
Indicating in my favor. Don't do
lie us have a dual throne. With 70
experience coupled with my nature