Pays
DEVIL IS NOT IN IT BT KAISBK THB WEIED SPELL OF GOD
Satan and &is Inpe Take Back Seat
In Matter ef DeTfliib Deeds
Louie Sykerkrep, af Cravk«&, leiva*
has acquii^ «uch faaae in recent
weeks an ffotiier of a satire on Xaiser
^Wilhelm. Seperte kaTe eente to kiat
from Tumulty, Daniels, Boeserelt and
people in erery state of tka Union and
in <!^nada for eopiea ef kis artiele.
Here it is reprinted front Ka&hua
Telegrapkt
Vke Iniemal Beirion,
June S8, 1917.
To Wilhelnt ron Eohennollern, Xin^ of
Prussia, Kmperor of aJI GemuLny
and Enroy Extraordinary of Al
mighty God,
My Dear Wilhelm:
I cen call you by that familiar name,
for I hare always been rery close to
you, much closer than you could CTcr
know.
From the time that you were yet an
undeveloped being in your mother’s
womb I have ahayed your destiny for
my own purpose.
In the days of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as Nero:
he was a vulgar character and suited
my purpose at that -particular time.
In these modem days a classic demon
and efficient eupercriminai was need
ed, and as I knew the Hohenzollem
blood I picked you as my special in-
stmment to place on earth an annex
of Hell.
1 gave you abnormal ambition, like
wise an oversupply of egoism, that
you might not discover your own fail
ings; I twisted your mind to that of a
mad man with certain normal tenden
cies to carry you by, a most d^ger-
ous character placed in power; T^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 im
pulses that might otherwise cause me
anxiety, but your strong' sword arm is
di'iven by your ambition that squelches
all sentiment and pity.
I placed in your mind a deep hatred
of all things English, for of all nations
on eai-th I hate England most; wher
ever England plants her flag she
brings order out of chaos and the hat
ed cross follows the Union Jack; un
der her rule wild tribes become tillers
of the soil and in due time practical
citizens; she is the great civilizer of
the globe and I hate her.
I planted in your soul a cruel hatred
for your mother because she w^as Eng
lish, and left my good friend Bismarck
to fan the flame I had kindled. Recent
histoi'y proves how well our work was
done. It broke your royal motner’s
heart, but I have gained my purpose.
The inherited disease of the Hohen-
zollerns killed your father, just as it
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 I sent you three evil spirits,
Neitssche, Treitschke, and later Bern-
hard!, 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
chestnuts, yours and mine; the spell
has been perfect.
Playing No Favorites
You cast your ambitious eyes toward
the Mediterranean, Egypt, India and
the Dardanelles and you began your
great railway to Bagdad, but the ani-
bitious arclrduke and his more ambi
tious wife stood in your way.
It was then that I sowed the seed in
your heart that blossomed into the as
sassination of the duke and his wife
and all hell smiled yhen he saw how
cleverly you saddled the crime onto
Sei'via.
I saw you set sail for the fjords of
Norway and I knev/ 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 it takes a
Hohenzollem 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 begm
ning, a perfect foundation of a perfect
hell on earth, the destruction of noble
cathedrals and other infinite works of
art was hailed with joy. in the infernal
regions. .
You made war on friends and ro©
alike, and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had bom© fmit.
Your treachery toward neutral nations
hastened a universal upheaval, the
thing I most d*eired.
Your undersea warfare is a master
atroke, from the smallest macker©! pot
to the great Lusitenia yon show no
X favorites; as a war lord you stand su
preme, for you have no mercy; you
have no consideration fer tie baby-
to its mother’s breast as toey
both go down into the deep together,
only to be tom apart and leisurely
voured by sharks down among the
corals. _
Above All Expectations
Come time ago w© met on the td
middle aged woman who had jl
eome from tramning over the Ol
aeechee bills im uraage county, hul
ing fer gold she said. Bhe looked f
We lear:^ later that she has frittej
away the best part of her life ia 1
fasbiem.
Fer long years she bas lived un<l
tbe weird s^l of gold, and there a
many etiber folba ia North CorelJ
wbo- kace lived under this same spf
We wonder if they Icaow that
bees preduce greater wealth in honi
and wax year by year in Nerth Cair
liaa than the gold yield of ail oil
mines. Our gmd production last
was only $8€,000; our honey and wal
wefo worth $260,000. 1
Gold production is a minor rantt^
even in America; year by year
hens create a greater volume of weall
in eggs alone. California leads til
United States in the production ofl
gold. Last year the total was nearly I
22 million dollars. But her crop ofl
cereals was worth 60 million dollars, f
or nearly three times as much as her I
gold.
Where Our Gold Is
The largest wealth in North Carolina
lies in her soils and seasons, but thi^ j
commonplace fact makes no apical '
romance and stirs no ferment in our|
brain centers. "We have hardly evenB
begun to cash-in our agricultural ad-T
vantages, especially in the Tidewateil
country—our great winter garden, afT
the Washington authorities call it. I
But we frequently find communiticfl
here and there that are paralyzed bj
the weird spell of gold and visions o|
immense sudden wealth some gooi|
day in gold mines.
■ Now and then a wild-cat concer.!
leases.one of these properties, make!
a great show above ground, sells blu®
sky stock to foolish people, and mintl
the-pockets of investors much deepcB
than they mine for gold. A hunch #
these chaps has just been rounded
by the Federal authorities. . Eveif
year or so the story is repeated' arl
so it will be till the end of time, vj
imagine.
Busy Days Ahead
It is interesting to learn from Presi-I
dent Alba B. Johnson, of the BaidwiTl
Locomotive Company, that “at no time!
in the history of the works has theriP
been so large an amount of businesJ
upon the books” as now, and that th|
Record-breaking -production of thJ
present year—2254 locomotives madl
in 10 months, or nine every workinjl
day—“will be further continued dui*
ing November, December and thB
months of 1918.”
There are exceptional reasons wlJ
the big plant on North Broad street 1
so -busy, one of them being the veil
heavy orders placed by the America*
French and Russian Governments, bw
still this gi-eat activity is fairly reprl
sentative of the high pressure thl
prevails in many lines of manufactuiB
It is almost needless to say that til
shipyards of the Delaware have nevl
seen anything approaching the rush 1
business that now keeps them on til
jump. With the completion of
new Hog Island yard, where 30,Oi
men are to be employed, it is probl
ble that 100,000 employees will dral
their livelihood from the Bhipyar*
that are scattered along the river fro|
Bristol to Wilmington. Such is tM
demand for ships that these planB
may reasonably expect to be busy fj
several years to come. This activij
keeps many other line of trade, smi
as plate -fniils, engine builders, etJ
in full blast, with equally good proP
pects of long-continued activity. I
The Philadelphia district wifi, theri
fore, enter upon 1918 with liigh eX
pectations of a busy and prosperoif
year. Some day there will _ come I
reaction against the too rapid pa>l
forced by the struggle in Europe, bil
if we may judge by the-country’s ew
perience after the civil war of 1861-6|
this may be postponed for some timi
In the meantime Philadelphia is gi’O'B
ing as never before. The need's of til
present are so urgent that it would I
futile' to worry over the future.-
Philadelphia Record.
The 1917 potato crop is estimated i
consist of 453,000,000,000 bushels, c
half again as much as last year. R|
ports from the commission on car se|
vice indicate that more than 750,0(J
cars "will be needed to handle it.
I have strolled over the battleflelda
of Belgium 'and France. I have seen
your hand of destruction everywhere;
it’s all your work, superfiend that I
made you.
• rhave seen the fields of Poland, now
a wilderness fit for prowling beasts
only; no merry children in Poland now,,
they all succumbed to frost and starv
ation—I drifted down into Galicia
where formerly Jews and Gentiles liv
ed happily together; I found but ruins
. and ahes; I felt a curious prMe in ray
pupil, for it was all above my expecta-
tiems.
I was in Belgium when you drove
the pDacefu! popuhiUon like cattle into
slavery; you SL-parated and wife
aiul fovcod th-cm to hard oba-r iii the
I bave .'.i.i-a ilir' mo. t fiendish
ilLt-L-a open yo..!ng
I •; '•m.- )iU>tcr-
I '-- fin ^ Oi their
owners away to starvation.
You have strayed away from legal
ized war methods and introduced v
code of your own. You have killa
and robbed the people of friendly nj
tions and destroyed their propert|
You are a liar, a hypocrite and a blu;
fer of Hie highest magnitude. You ai
a part of min© and yet you’pose as tl
personal frierwi of God.
Ah, Wilhelm,-you are a wonder! Ya
wantonly destroy all things in yoj
path and leave nothing for comii|
generations.
Content to Take a Back Seat
I was amazed when I saw you fori
_ partnership with the impossibj
Turk, tha chronic killer of Chrietin
and you a devout worshipper in 1
Lutheran church. I confess, WilheU
you are a puzzle at times. I
A Mahommedan army, commandJ
by German officers, assisted one el
other in massacreing Christians inP
new line of warfare. I
When a Prussian officer can witnel
a nude w'oman being disemboweled 11
a swarthy Turk, committing a doubl
murder by one cut of his saber, ail
calmly stand by and see a house fil
of innocent Armenians locked up, til
house saturated with oil and fired, thil
my teachings did not stop with yol
but have been extended to the whoi
German nation. . f
I confess'my satanic soul grew sul
and then and there I knew the pujl
had'become'the master. I am a ba'.I
number, aii(b v,y dear Wilhelm, I nba|
cate in your favor. ^
The great kc-y of hell will be lu
'OV .ri'yni.i. The gavel thal lias
e d<!c-iVi= ol; da/nred sc'-'e “