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The Independent several weeks
ago printed a letter written by His
Satanic Majesty to Kaiser Wilhelm.
Now the German Kaiser replies to
Sir Devil and this is the copy of the
letter:
Royal Place, Berlin.
My Dear Lucifer:
Your kindly letter received and its
contents noted. Indeed, my dear sa
tan, you "flatter me, but I cannot help
but feel that all your praise is not
misplaced.
I will tell you frankly that I was a
little incensed when you compared
me with Nero. To my mind; Nero
was a piker. " But on second thought
I realized that he did not possess the
many advantages I do for carrying
on his devilish work. He had no
guns that would shoot twenty miles;
he had no gas bombs or flame throw
ers; he had never had the opportun
ity to drop gas bombs on school
houses and kill little children; he
could not send his aviators over cities
and drop poisoned candies for chil
dren to eat; he did not have the ad
vantages under which ho could sink
passengor ships and kill women and
babies. Taking all this into consid
eration, I think that Nero did pretty
well, considering the disadvantage
under which he worked. If I had
lived in those days I do not know as
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Kaiser Replies to the Devil
and Suggests Dual Throne
I could have improved on his meth- |
ods of raising hell, although some of ,
it looks crude to me now, with my
refined cruelties.
I thank you from the bottom of
my heart for your gifts to me. My
abnormal ambition has made me the
most hated man on earth. It has
sent my soldiers through peaceful
villages, bent on murder, rapine and
arson. It has made a million widows
and has made a million mothers
childless. It has produced an army
of a million men, maimed, without
arms, without legs and without sight.
It has bereft some of their reason
and they will go through life with
their minds a blank. It has robbed
thousands of women of their virtue
and brought them down to the level
of slaves. My name is coupled with
curses in every clime.
Until now I have always cursed the
loathsome disease that left me a
withered arm, but now I discern
your inscrutable wisdom. Without
that I might have had human in
stincts to interfere with my ambi
tion, and might have made me show a
semblance of pity as I saw the re
sult of my fiendish work. Without
that twist in my moral makeup I
might have told my generals to treat
the Belgians with consideration and
kindness. I might have told Tirpitz
to order his submarine commanders
not to sink ships without warning
and to give the passengers a chance
to save themselves.
Indeed, my dear Mephisto, I share
with you a hatred of all things Eng
lish. It was England who stopped
my victorious soldiers at the Marne
land prevented me from conquering
the world and making all nations my
vassals. It was England that tried
to interfere with my plans by pro
posed mediation when I had all my
plans set for a world conquest. Eng
land has taught savage people Chris
tianity and the love of their fellow
men, while I haVe endeavored to in
still hatred into their^ hearts and
make them fiends in human form.
My hatred for England is only ex
ceeded by my hatred for Amreica.
Had it not been for that country Eu
rope would have been helpless at my
feet long ago. Shells made with
American money killed my soldiers
and for this I can never forgive
America.
So the secret is out. You hint that
I had a hand in the Sarajero assas
sination. I flattered myself that I
had kept this covered up and that
no one would suspect that I had a
hand in it. Well, it is all right, I
suppose. You inspired it in me, and
have a right to share in the Becret.
You will have to admit that it was
clever for me to be on my yacht at
the time of the discord and treason
among the Russians, and thousands
of those brave men perished through
treachery.
Lucifer, 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*$ay plans4 My friendship with
-God is simply to delude the poor,
simple fools who are dying that my
ambition may succeed. I have to
hand tftm this once in a while to’
keep tneir breasts bared to the er.e
my. Without it they would quitj
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fighting. I tried the same bunk on
neutral nations, but they were too
clever to believe it.
I have taught my people this creed
since I came to the throne. The
children in the schools are taught to
hate all things not German. They
are taught that Germany is invinci
ble and anything that I do is not
wrong. I have disguised it under the
name of kultur. My alliance with
the Turk was a clever move on my
part, as it gave me an excellent op
portunity to pass the buck. When
they commenced slaughtering the
Christians, no one connected my
name with it, as the Turks had
slaughtered Christians for centuries.
Some have compared me to Napo
leon. That makes me incensed. Na
poleon never battered down historic
cathedrals, the work of centuries;
Napoleon never left a trail of ille
gitimate children where his armies
passed; Napoleon tried to spread
civilization in conquored countries,
while I have spread kultur. His am
bition was to rule Europe—mine is
to rule the world.
You talk of abdicating in my favor.
Don’t do it. Let us have a dual
throne. With your experience cou
pled with my nature we should be
able to make a hell that would far
surpass your previous efforts. And
I am saying this in strictest confi
dence. I feel that I am soon to join
you. I fear that I have overstepped
my ambitions, and I can see the ruin.
A victory by my enemies will mean
my ruin, as my life will be the for
feit. Well, I do not regret it. It
will put me in hell all the sooner,
where I will be with kindred spirits.
There is too much love and charity
on earth to suit me, and when I join
you I will be in my element. I’ll
bring the boys, too, as I am sure you
can have use for them. They are
fine devils. Well, goodbye, Lucifer;
will see you later. Wilhelm.
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