The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-19
Royal Palace, Berlin.


q little incensed when you COM
pared me with Nero. To my mind,
Nero was a piker. But on second
thought / realized that he did not
possess the many advantages | do
for carrying on his devilish work.
He had no guns that would
shoot for 20 miles; he had no gas
bombs or flame thrOwers; he had
never had the opportunity to drop
bombs on school houses and kill
little children; he could not send
his aviators over towns and drop
poisoned candy for the children to
eat he did not have submarines
by which he could a'nk passenger
ships and kill hundreds OF wom-
en- and babies.
Taking all this into considera-
ton. think that Nero did pretty
well, considering the disadvan-
tages under which he worked. If
/ had lived in those days | do not
know as I could have improved on
his methods of raising hell, altho
some of it looks Grade to us now.
Nero simply murdered his
mother in cold blood; | made mine
suffer all the agony of a broken
heart before death relieved her
sufferings.
l thank you from the bottom OF,
my heart for your gifts to me. MY
abnormal ambition has made me
the most hated man in the world.
It has sent my soldiers thru peace
full villages, bent on murder,
rapine and arson. 1t has made a
million widows, and has made a
million mothers childless. 1t has
produced an army of million
men manned, without arms, with
out legs and without sight. 1t
has bereft some of their reason
and they will go thru life with
their minds blank. 1t has rob-
bed thousands of women of their
virtue, and has brought thousands
more into my realms as slaves.
My name is coupled with curses
in every cline.
Until now l have always cursed
the fate which left me with
withered arm, but | now discern
your inscrutable wisdom.
Without that, I might have had
human instincts, which would in
terfere with my ambitions, and
might have made me show sem
blance of pity as | saw the result
of my fiendish work. Without
that twist in my moral makeup
/ might have told my generals to
treat the Belgians with considera-
tion and kindness. / might have
told Tirpitz to order his subma-
rine commanders not to sink ships
without warning and to give pas
sengers a chance to save them
selves.
Indeed, my dear Mephisto, I
share with you a hatred for all
things English. 1t was England
that helped stop my victorious
soldiers at the Marine and prevent
ed me from conquering the world
and making all nations my vas
sails.
1t was England that tried to in
terfere with my plans by propos-
ing mediation when / had all my
plans set for world conquest.
England has taught savage people
Christianity and the love of their
fellow-men, while l have endea-
vored to instill hatred into their
hearts and make them fiends In
human form.
My hatred for England is only
exceeded by my hatred for Amer
ica. Had it not been for that
country all Europe would have
been helpless at my feet long ago.
Shells made with American money
killed my soldiers and for this l
can never forgive America.
So the secret is out. You hint
that l had a hand in the Saravejo
assassination. I flattered myself
that l had kept that covered up
and no one would suspect that |
had a hand in it. Well, 1t is all
right, | suppose. You inspired
it in me, and have right to share
in the secret.
You will have to admit that it
was clever of me to be on my
yacht at the time of the discord
and treason among the Russians
and thousands of those brave peo-
pie persisted thru treachery.
Lueifer you make me laugh at
times. You express surprise at
my posing as a personal friend of
God and telling my people that
God will help them to victory.
Cannot you see my plans? MY
friendship with God is simply to
delude the poor. simple fools, who
are dying that my ambition may
succeed. | have to hand them
this bunk once in awhile to keep
their breasts barred to the enemy.
without it they would quit
fighting. l tried the same bunk
on the neutral nations but they
were too clever TO believe It.
I have taught my people this
creed since | came to the throne.
The children in the schools are
tanah to hate all things not Ger
man They are taught that Ger
many is invincible and anything
that | do is right. | have dis
guised 1T under the name of kul-
tur.
My alliance with the Turks was
a clever move On my part as 1t
gave me an excellent opportunity
to pass the buck. When they
commenced Strengthening the