The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-01-08
PROPHET SEES END
OF WAR next May
Popular Japanese Seer Now on
VISIT to America.
HIS PREDICTIONS FOR 1915.
He Says Roosevelt Will Continue Go.
ing Down Hill Gracefully and Prssi.
dent Wilson Will Meet Three Big
Problems, Probably Being Psacemak-
Or For Europe.

Following a custom at this time of
the year that was imported into Japan
from China ages ago, Densho Kodama,
a popular Japnese prophet and diviner.
prayed before a fruit trimmed altar
for two hours at the Nippon club in
West Ninety-third street. New York.
While be prayed Kodama held in his
hands bundles of slender sticks, and
occasionally he would burst the bun
die apart. holding a portion in each
hand. He would count the sticks. and
then he would write in his book Of div.
nations. When the ceremony was
concluded Kodama gave out 1915
prophecies concerning the war, incIud.
ing the date Of its ending; concerning
the future Of President Wilson. which
Is bright. and the future Of Colonel
Roosevelt. which Is rather gloomy.
For many years at this time of the
year it has been his custom, Kodama
said. to ask of the almighty power"
about national aud international events
and to announce his prophecies.
Symbols Used In Ceremony.
But this year 1 was away from my
own land" he explained. land so l
ma de by devOtiOns and sought answers
to my questions In the Nippon club.
The prophetic power which invoked
6hint0 religion or any other religion.
1t came to the Japanese before the
standard religions did. In Japan |
would have erected on my altar a
plain piece of wood. on which l would
have draped decorations Of white. But
here l chose a little green tree and
decked it In white and put fruit ear
It and lighted candles. The white dec
Orati0ns represent truth and the power
and purity Of the Almighty power"
A question submitted to Kodama
had to do with Colonel Roosevelt's i'm
mediate future.
1T was a picture Of a stream run.
ming placidly downhill." he answered.
"No tendency to run uphill. or tOrtu-
GUS tendency. That means that Colo
mel Roosevelt will be going down all
next year and nevcr going up at all.
1t also means that he will submit to
It. l saw this picture once before.
asked what would happen to Victori.
anO Huerta In Mexico. He was then
at the height Of his power. but he ran
downhill after that as l prophesied he
would"
KOdama announced the picture he
saw when he inquired about President
Wilson. II saw a man rowing a boat
across rough water" he said. land |
saw him reach the other shore in safe.
ty. This means that President Wilson
will face troubles. but will solve them
all right. predict that he will meet
three big problems next year. two Of
them domestic and one connected with
foreign affairs. lie will settle them all
right. and when he has done so there
will come an end to his unpopularity.
The people will like him for doing it.
One will come to him from the south
west. I would say from Mexico.
Intervention Of Powerful Nation.
"When l asked about the end of the
war l saw a picture which enables me
to predict that the war will end next
May by the Intervention of a powerful
nation. Since one of the problems I
saw brought to President Wilson came
from abroad | feel that he may be the
powerful force which intervenes to
end the war.
The German attack on the allies
line will not make progress. and es-
pecially the Germans will suffer from
the English navies and the French
cannon.
"MOst interesting will he the great
naval battle between the British and
the Germans. which the British will
win In a great victory and crush the
German navics. The French navies
will receive unexpected attacks. prob
ably in the Mediterranean sea. but no
great damages will be rendered.
"The attack Of the Russians on the
Germans will he like Il hunter look
ing in the wrong place. The Russians
will not attack the right place. and the
Germans will win in that district"