Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-27
EUROPE WRESTLING UP GHOSTS OF DEAD
SEERS REGARDING WARS PROGRESS
Statesmen Hang he Words Of Fortune TeIrs-Wha Half The
World Fights The Oha Hall Propheses. and II Seems 10 Help
VANCE THOMPSON IN PHILADELPHIA EVENING LEDGER.

over In Europe Il would seem tina
while half the world Is fighting tn
other half Is prophesying.
II IL a queer sort OF collaboration
but you can't blame the stay-at- home
for helping out In the best way the,
| can, and bucklng up the weary fight
ers with prophecies OF victory il n,
| bad thihg-usefnl In It's way as knit
| Ting socks.
Even the governments look at IL II
that tolerant ana hopeful way. Yot
may remember a cnblegrnm frou
Berlin which stated that the police
| had taken the ban off the fortune
tellers eiairvoyants and psychics and
that they are cheering up the war.
saddened population immensely.
haven't the falntest doubt IL is true.
In Parts, 1 know, the prophets go
about the streets and their prophecies
fill The little war time newspapers.
And In London there is even a new
publication. which gives "Telepathic
War News" price two-pence. IL Is as
though the war. which has plunged
Europe back into a state Of barbar-
ism, had brought with Il medieval
sense of mystery. And darkly the
seers brood every man In the cham
bers OF his Imagery like the anclents
Of Israel
German Retreat TOretold.
What Interests me most are The pre-
dictlOns which have been dug up out
Of the half-forgotten caves Of prophe-
cy Many of them have been cabled
10 the American newspapers, notably
the rather vague one OF Tolstoi and
the more exact--perhaps too exact
prophecy Of Mayence, which has long
been known in Germany one Of the
most curious wac brought TO light by
The Daily Chronicle, OF London II Is
q prophecy made by Father Vianney,
the famous Cure OARS. IT Is to he
found in "Voix Prophetiques on
Slgnes, Apportitions ct Predictions
Moderne." published in two volumes
in Paris by Victor Paine In 1877
the fifth edition. OF course, IL had
been written long before. II predict
cd the invasion of France in 1870 and
the success Of the Prusslans.
Then II foretold the present war
ana second Prusslan invasion. The
prediction goes on to say: "The enc
my WIN not 20 Immediately They will
Turn again and destroy as they come. |
Effective resistance will not be made. |
fhcy VIII be allowed Ia advance, and |
after that their communications will |
be eut and they will suffer great loss. /
They viii be followed and few will /
reach their goal Then an that they |
have taken away win be restored and |
more IN addition. Much more terri |
bic things will happen than have yet
been seen, but great triumph will |
10 witnessed on the Feast OF our Lady
(September 81
Now II you bear in mind that this
late marked the turning point of the
ierman campaign in France--the
commencement Of the German retreat !
you will admit II Is a fairly accurate
prediction. And there is another
lueer thing in the course OF his
prophecy Father Vianncy predicts
hat at the outbreak Of the war his
will have begun; but
hat there viii not be time TO finish
he ceremonial before the war inter-
'enes,
That IS precisely what has hap
'ened
The proceedings for the canonlza-
ion Of the Bienbeureux j. NJ. y. Wan
icy were begun and, after war was
declared, were brought to an abrupt
nd.
Concerning Belgium and Poland.
And there Is another you should
cad
II was written by Dom Bosco, n
portuguese priest, who died dozen
ears ago. At that time it was print
I In lie Matin--in June, 1901. So
fprp Ia no question nf thta. heinz n |
after the event" II runs
! follows: "In 1913 great Euro
san war will break out. Germany
III be completely torn to pieces, but