The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-23
ANCIENT PREDICTIONS.
The Ffte Of turkey.

Inc capture Oh tie eHtiTC lOTCtt III
Schipka pas, must he +, garded as settling
the tate of Turkey. Even if England were
now TO interior. either with arms or diplO
macy, she could accomplish nothing. she
has allowed the movement to pass when her
assistance might have prevented Russian
success. With the loss Of her opportunity,
she has lost her power.
Russia, that great empire. having Of, 000,-
000 of population. an area OF more than
600 900 square miles, and an army of
7OOt 90 men. which can be readily increased
TO 2U0, 900. is now ia position 10 grasp,
with its never relaxing hand an immediate
addition TO that vast territory. At last the
long coveted prize-Coustaniinople,a and the
control Of the BJsphorus and the Darda-
ntlles, for the possession of which she has
hereditarily maintained a struggle for many
vesrs against the combined powers OF
Europe and Asa-is within reach. The
friendship which at one period existed
between the Emperor Alexander and
Napoleon was broken off because Napoleon
r. sisted Alexanders W shes 10 drive the
Turks out OF Europe and gain possession of
Cons antinopls. During the conference at
Talsit Alexander remarked that the BOspho
rus was the ''ksy o his front door, to which
Nsro' con, with his fer Re aching ssgsciiy, re-
marked Sire, il is the key 10 the d0min-
ion Of the world"
That Russia will now use that key. and
that the possessions OF England in India are
in peril, no one can doubt who is familiar
with the aggressive and grasping policy of
territorial = xtenSion. which has always char
acterized the Russian government since the
rule of Peter he Grett.
TuIk-y will share the fac of Poland and
Hungary, aud the same calamity may yet
befall other nations. that have calmly and
without any s9pirent concern been idle
specta'o rs of the heroic struggle OF the
Turks against the overwhelming hosts OF
Russia.
But, to the predictions. the FIRST Of which
are contained in the following lines. They
we're certainly published before the Crimean
war (1S53). and, il is asserted, were made
public III t53:
ain twice two hundred years, the Bear,
The Crescent shall aSsail.
But il e. e Cock and Bull unite,
The Bear stall not prevail.
But look, in twice ten years again,
Let Islam know and fear,
The Gross shall wax, the Crescent wane,
Grow pale, and disappear"
Twice Two hundred years. from 1853,
brings us to 1858 In March of 1858 Russia
demanded the proiectorate OF ali Greek
Christians in Turkey France (the cOck)
and England (the buli) sent q fleet to the
entrance of the DArdanelles. and offered
mediation, which bling rejected the porte
declared war in October. 1858. This was the
beginning.of the "Cimean war, France
and England having declared warm alliance
with Turkey against Russia, in March, 1884
In 1856 peace was concluded by congress at
Paris. The bear did not prevail"
Twice ten years" from this period, brings
us to 1876, during which year disturbances
commenced in Herr govins, Bosnia, Bulga-
ria, Montenegro and Servia, which finally
involved the porte in a war with the last two
named provinces, and although attempts at
compromise and mediation were made by
the congress which assembled at COnstanti-
nope in the fall of 1876. Servia alone yielded
TO Turkish authority. MONTENEGRO refused
all ovtrtures looking to submission, and
Russia. having completed preparations for
the war; made haste to take such action as
has already given assurance that
sThe Cross shall wax, the Crescent wane,
Grow pale and disappear
The other remarkable. prophecy is known
as Mother Shipton's." and was published In
1885, 1t was republished in l6fl. All the
events predicted i'm It, save the last, which is
to happen in the near future, have come to
pass:
.sCarr'ages without horses shall go,
And accidents ill the world W IN woe.
ArOani the world thoughts shall ny
Ia the twinkiing OF AN eye
Water shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange yet shall be true,
The void upside down shall be,
And gold b. found at OF of tree.
Through hills men shall Tide,
And 40 horse or ass snail be at his slde.
Under water men SIN IL walk,
Shah ride, shs 81 ep, shall talk.
in the air men shall be seen,
In white. in black, IN green.
Iron IN the water shall float,
AS easy as y wooden bat.
Gold snail b. found, ana found
In n land that's not now known.
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England at last shall admit a Jew.
The world To an emu sh ill come
In ighteen hundred and eighty-one."
Both of the prophecies quoted are re-
markable for the clear and explicit state
ment of the events which were predicted,