The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
GETS
LETTER FROM
LOWER REGION
Satire from ''Lucifer H.
Satan Creates Nation
wide Comment.

weeks as author OF satire on Kaiser
wilhelm. Requests have come to him
from Tumulty, Secretary Daniels.
Roosevelt, and people in every State
Of the Union and in Canada for copies
Of his article. Here 1t is, reprinted
from the Nashua Telegraph:
The Internal Region,
June 2s. 1917.
To Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
of Prussia. Emperor OF all Germany
and Envoy Extraordinary OF Al
mighty God:
Ny Dear Wilhelm:
can call you by that familiar name,
for 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 mothers
womb have shaped your destiny for
my own purpose.
roughneck known in history as Nero;
he was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these modern days a classic demon
and efficient supercriminal was need
ed. and as know the Hohenzollern
blood 1 picked you as my special in
strument to place on earth an an
mex OF hell.
1 gave you abnormal ambition, like
you might not discover your own fail
ings; 1 twisted your mind to that of
a mad man with certain normal ten
denotes to carry you by. a most dan
gerous character placed in power; 1
gave you the power OF a hypnotist and
a certain magnetic force that you
might sway your people.
Three EVIL spirits to Assist.
I am responsible for the deformed
arm that hangs helpless on your left,
for your crippled condition embitters
your life and destroys all noble inn
pulses that might otherwise cause me
anxiety, but your strong sword arm
Is driven by your ambition that
squelches all sentiment and pity:
L placed in your mind a deep hatred
OF all things English, for of all ma
tions on earth / 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 become
ttllers Of the soil and In due time
practical citizens; she Is the great
civilizer of the globe and 1 hate her.
l planted in your soul a cruel hatred
for your mother because she was Eng
lish. and left my good friend Bismarck
to fan the flame I had kindled. Re-
cent history proves how well our work
was done. 1t broke your royal
mothers heart, but 1 have gained my
purpose.
The inherited disease of the Hohen-
zollerns killed your father, Just as 1t
will kill you, and you became the
ruler of Germany and a tool OF mine
sooner than I expected.
To assist you and further hasten
my work sent you three evils spirits,
Neitssche. Treitschke, and later Bern
hardi, whose teachings inflamed the
youth of Germany, who in good time
would be. willing and loyal subjects
and eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestunts, yours and mine; the
spell has been perfect
Playing No Favorites.
You cast your ambitious eyes toward
the Mediterranean. Egypt, India, and
the Dardauelles and you began your
great railway to Bagdad, but the am
bilious archduke and his more am
bilious wife stood in your way.
1t was then that 1 sowed the seed
in your heart that blossomed into the
assassination of the Duke and his
wife and all hell smiled when we saw
how cleverly you saddled the crime
onto Serbia.
1 saw you set sail for the fjords OF
Norway and 1 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 a naval power.
Murder Is dirty work, but 1t takes a
Hohenzollern to make a way and get
by.
Your opportunity was at hand; you
set the world on fire and bells of hell
were ringing; your rape on Belgium
caused much joy. 1t was the begin
ming, a perfect foundation of a per-
feet hell on earth, the destruction OF
noble cathedrals and other infinite
works Of art was hailed with Joy in
the Internal regions.
You made war on friends and foe
alike, and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had borne fruit.
Your treachery toward neutral ma
tions hastened a universal upheaval,
the thing most desired.
Your undersea warfare is a master
stroke, from the smallest mackerel
pot to the great Lusitania you show
no faYorttes; as a war lord you stand
supreme, for you have no mercy; you
have no consideration for the baby
clinging to its mothers breast as they
both go down into the deep together,
only to be torn apart and leisurely de-
voured by sharks down among the
corals.
Above All Expectations.
have strolled over the battIefields
OF Belgium and France. I have seen
your hand of destruction everywhere; /;
it's all your work, superfiend that
made you.
now q wilderness fit for prowling
beasts only; no merry children in Po-
land now, they all succumbed to frost
and starvation-I drifted down into
Galicia where formerly Jews and
Gentiles lived happily together; ]
found but ruins and ashes; felt a
curious pride in my pupil, for It was
all above my expectations.
was in Belgium when you drove
the peaceful population before you
like cattle into slavery; you sepa-
rated man and wife and forced them
to hard labor in trenches. I have