Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-03
Satan Tenders His Resignation.

from Tumulty, Secretary Daniels and
Roosevelt, and people in every State
of the Union and in Canada have ask
ed for copies of Mr.. Syberkrop's arti-
Gle. 1t is as follows:
The Internal Region.
To Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern, King
of Prussia, Emperor of All Ger
many and Envoy Extraordinary OF
Almighty God.
My 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, have shaped
your destiny for my own purpose.
In the days of Rome | created
roughneck known in history as Nero;
he was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that particular time.
In these modern times classic demon
and efficient super-criminal was need
ed, and as know the Hohenzollern
blood picked you as my special in
strument to place on earth an annex
of hell. | gave you abnormal ambi-
ton, likewise an over-supply of ego
tism, that you might not discover your
own failings. | twisted your mind in
to that of mad man with certain
normal tendencies to carry you by, a
most dangerous character placed in
power. | gave you the power of
hypnotist and a certain magnetic force
that you might sway your people. |
am responsible for the deformed arm
that hangs helpless on your left, for
your crippled condition embitters your
life and destroys all noble impulses
that might otherwise cause me anx-
iety, but your strong sword arm is
driven by your ambition that squelches
all sentiment and pity. placed in
your soul a deep hatred for all things
English, for of all nations on earth |
hate England most. Wherever Eng
land plants her flag she brings order
out of chaos, and the hated Cross fol-
lows the Union Jack; under her rule
wild tribes become tillerS of the soil
and in due time practical citizens.
She is the great civilizer of the globe
and HATE HER. planted in your
soul a cruel hatred for your mother
because she was English, and left my
good friend Bismarck to fan the flame
| had kindled. Recent history proves
how we'll our work was done 1t broke
your royal mothers heart, but gained
my purpose.
The inherited disease Of the Hoh-
enzollerns killed your father, just as
it will kill you, and you became the
ruler Of Germany and a tool of mine
sooner than expected.
To assist you and further hasten my
work sent you three evil spirits,
Neitzsche, Treitscke and later Bern
hardi, whose teaching inflamed the
youth of Germany, who in good time
would be willing and loyal subjects
and eager to spill their blood and pull
your chestnuts, ours and mine. The
spell has been perfect-you cast your
ambitious eyes toward the Mediterra-
mean, Egypt, India and great trailway
toward Bagdad, but the ambitious arch
duke and his more ambitious wife
stood in your way. 1t was then that |
Sowed the seed in your heart that
blossomed into assassination of the
Duke and his wife, and all hell smiled
when it saw how cleverly you saddled
the crime on to Servia. saw you set
sail for the fjords of Norway and |
knew you would prove an alibi. How
cleverly done-so much like your noble
grandfather, who also secured an assas-
sin to remove old King Frederick of
Denmark, and later robbed that coun-
try of two provinces that gave Ger
many an opportunity to become naval
power. Murder is dirty work, but it
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; it was the beginning,
the foundation of a perfect hell on
earth. The destruction of noble ca
thedrals 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 nations
fastened universal upheaval, the
thing most desired. Your under-sea
warfare is master stoke. From the
smallest mackerel pot to the great
Lusitania you show no favorites. AS
a War Lord you stand supreme, for
you have no mercy; you have no con-
sideration for the baby clinging to its
mothers breast as they both go down
into the deep together, only to be torn
apart, and leisurely devoured by sharks
down among the corals.
| have strolled over the battlefields
of Belgium and France. | have seen
your hand of destruction everywhere.
It's all your work, super-fiend that
made you. have seen the fields of
Poland, now wilderness fit for prowl-
ing beasts only; no merry children in
Poland now; they all succumbed to
frost and starvation. drifted down
into Galicia, where formerly Jews and
Gentiles lived happily together. found
but ruins and ashes. felt curious