Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-19

In The Bulletin several weeks ago
there was printed letter written by
His Satanic Majesty to Kaiser Will
helm. Now the German Kaiser re-
plies to Lucifer, and this is a copy
of the letter:
Royal Palace, Berlin.
My Dear Lucifer:
Your kindly letter received and its
contents noted. Indeed, my dear Sa-
tan, you flatter me, but l cannot help
but feel that all your praise is not
misplaced.
will tell you frankly, was little
incensed when you compared me with
Nero. To my mind, Nero was
piker. But on a second thought
realize that ne did not possess the
many advantages / do for carrying
on his devilish work. He had no guns
that would shoot for twenty miles; ne
had no gas bombs or flame throwers; /;
he had never had the opportunity to
drop bombs on schoolhouses 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 sink passenger ships and kill
hundreds of women and babies. TAX
ing all this into consideration, | think
that Nero did pretty well, considering
the disadvantal es under which he
worked. If l had lived in those days
/ do not know as / could have i'm
proved on his methods Of raising hell,
altho some of it looks crude to US
now. with our refined cruelties.
l Nero simply murdered his mother
I in cold blood; / made mine suffer all
/ the agony of broken heart before
death relieved her sufferings.
/ thank you from the bottom of my
heart for your gifts TO me. My alb
normal ambition has made me the
most hated man in the world. 1t has
sent my soldiers thru peaceful vii
lages, bent on murder, rapine and
arson. II has made a million widows
and has made a million mothers child
less. It has produced an army Of a
million men MANNED. without arms
without legs and without sight. It
has bereft some of their reason and
they will 90 thru life with their minds
a blank. It has robbe5 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 a with
cred arm, but l now discern your in
scrutable wisdom Without that
might have had human instincts
which would interfere with my ambi-
tions. and might have made me show
a semblance of pity as ! saw the re-
suit of my fiendish work. Without
that twist in my moral makeup
might have told my generals to treat
the Belgians with consideration and
kindness. / might have told Tirpitz
to order his submarire commanders
not to sink ships without warning
and to give passengers a chance to
save themselves.
Indeed. my dear Nephisto, l share
with you a hatred for all things Eng
( lish. 1t was England that stopped my
victorious soldiers at the Marine and
prevented me from conquering the
world and making all nations my
vassals. 1t was England that tried to
/ interfere with my plans by proposing
mediation when ! had all my plans
set for a world conquest. England
has taught savage people Christianity
and the love of their fellowmen, while
Z have endeavored TO instill hatred
into their hearts and make them
fends in human form.
My hatred for England is only ex-
ceeded by my hatred for America.
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 Saraveio
assassination l flattered myself that
/ had kept this covered up and no
one would suspect that I had any
hand in it. Well. it is all right. |
suppose. You insured it in me, and
have a right to share in the secret.