Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-16

prince. from the Isle of Captivity"
(This Is dark saying.)
Girl Who Saw Visions.
Catherine Emmerich, the German
girl who saw visions and whose works
are household books in Germany and
the United States, saw demons under
mining Paris.
This is extraordinary, because
around 1900, when she wrote, mona
dreamed of the metropolitan subway.
Woe the day when the streets Of
Paris sink under foot!" exclaimed
Catherine Emmerich. THE day of
fire and destruction is might"
But not Of ruin, because the concen-
sus of % prophets mentioned is that
three kings" -four kings" "the
kings" or 1.-The kings armed by the
Lord are to purify the proud city for
an era Of faith and love.
Is Emperor William one Of those
armed by the Lord?" Doubtless.
Yet, at the same time, the prophecies
are singularly unanimous to give him
bad luck. Here is an ominous one.
In the German revolutionary year
1848-1s49, the then Prince William of
Prussia (later William /. or William
the Great) fed Berlin, disguised as a
postman. Via Hamburg he reached
London and the protection Of Queen
Victoria. The family was anxious to
know If Prince William would be-
come King and even Emperor las had
been already hoped). The famous
Nine. Lenormand. who had foretold
to Napoleon and Josephine, separately,
before their marriage. their unimagi-
nable rise in the world, still lived
aged SO, in Paris Prince William
went to her for consultation.
Cryptic Arithmetic.
Shall I become Emperor of Ger
many?" he asked. Certainly" she
answered. "When?" he asked ner
Take this year of German fate" said
Nine. Lenormand, land add to 1t the
sum of it's digits-1S49 plus / plus
plus 4 plus equal 1871
How long shall I be Emperor" he
asked. Until your DEATH" she an
swered. "when?" do as before
1871 plus / plus plus Z plus equal
1885,"
Shall my heirs continue to reign
Emperors?' asked William. Yes, u
said the pythoness. until" ''When?'
add, always" she said solemnly
1883 plus l plus plus 8 plus s equal
1871"
Kaiser William only knows the ex-
act words, preserved in parchment
Some say that Prince William asked
instead: shall the empire continue@
Others: Shall the empire be- VIC
torious?"
Equally strange is the putting OF
1913 for 1914. Nostradamus called
1913 the Year of Perils." Vosne-
gensky, the Russian peasant who, in
1878, predicted the rise and fall Of
Napoleon, foretold that "'in 1913 an
empire shall crumble and a kingdom
be reborn" Susanna Welt. the Ant
werp bankers wife, who, in 1913, be-
ing perfectly healthy, fell into con-
vulsions and showed fear and amaze
ment!-"What is the natter" they
asked her. Il am a hundred years
ahead / see iron ships. Oh. my
poor country! Desolation, desolation"
A Strange Intermixture.
The whole thing was so extraordi-
nary, and her sight" so detailed and
interesting, that her husband pub
lished it in French, Flemish and Ger
man in 1920. Along with the desc
lation" of Belgium in 1918, she saw
"the suicide Of an emperor in war.
'the death of an emperor held Sc
cret." "a king proclaiming the re.
public" and "a republic proclaimins
a king"
Again, the celebrated prophecy OF
Mayence, whose remembrance in Ger
many had such a bad moral effect
dates from 1854. Thirteen Of it's Is
verses have come true, from the wal
with Austria to the triumph of the
empire in our times. Verses IA to Is
remain unfulfilled:
14-"In that day seven species
shall fight against three, in the Quar-
tier des Bouleaux from Ham to Pader-
born.
15-"Woe to you Of the North-tht
seventh generation must pay the
price of your ambition! Woe to you
of the East; never were such armies
seen in the world!
16--"Three times the sun shall pass
over the heads Of the combatants
without being seen through the clouds
of smoke and gases.
17-"Atslast, the Chief shall be vic
torious.
1S-"Half shall be destroyed. and
half shall fee"
Now, the woe warned people "of the
North" may. of course, be Russians
and those of the East. Servians; vel
the warnings to the seventh genera
ton is disquieting. Seven generations
(30x7) equals 210 years-and ths
Kingdom of Prussia dates from 1901
The additional brings US to the army
class of 1911! 1t is actually under
the flag.
Equally curious is the reference te
Ham and Padeborn. Ham Is little
town of F'rance-the northeastermos
reached by the Germans in this cam
paign. And it seems that there ex-
lists a field of Bouleaux (birch trees
near Paderborn in Westphalia!
Both Bismarck and Heine are