The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-05-31
PREDICTION OF WAR MADE
II 800 YEARS AGO.
Allegory From Pen of Monk Was
9sClearly Forecast of Great
War New On. "

thesGreat War, the following ale
CORY, written by monk, fgothei
Johannes. 400 years. ago. appeRf-
ed.N 1t was reprinted in recent
issue Of the New York Herald.
Ia scanning the allegory it seems
reasonable foIinterpret the anti,
Chfist, as here used, to signify
armed militarism Certainly Ger.
many has Believed it to be her ho-
ly mission to civilize the whole
world. Yet 50 : great is the differ
ende between the German view
thai individuals are of valreonly
forS the preservation of the state
and the view of all English speak-
ing people that we as individuals
construct a government for the
benefit cf the individuals, that the
former theory of government can
notsbut seem contrary to the spirit
of Oh list. "a,
undersea and aerial warfare. re-
ferfcd to in the phrase blood
shonld flow in the domain Of the
four elements at once,'' seems to
be fpreshadowed in the old tesla
ment, and of course many passages
show an, analogy between therhis--
torysof the nations in Bible times
and5he present situation. Y
3 THE ALLEGoRy. .ne4f
(In deciphering the allegory, it
should be remembered that. France
is represented as a cock, England,
by aieopard,, Russia bya white
eagle. Germany j BY a black eagle
and Austria as the ethet eagle
while theilatnf stands for iasticfs
mercy and taIsha1 lA i
"Towarsl the year 1000, the an
ti-Christ willnianifest itself. His
army wall surpass in numbers all
that can be imagined. iis
There wIlfbs Christians among
the legio5ls and there viii be Mo-
hammedaas and sasag ge soldiers in
the rankssefs saiassdef feEaers of the
lamb. giIIslA saiA 7alisHlilF "a
For the 6rst time tlae lamb Will
be all red. There wifi not be q
single spot in the Christiah world
that will mot be red, and red will
be the heavens, the earth, the
waters, and even the air, for blood
will flow d, the domains of the four
elements ht once.
"pheA black eagle viii, throw
himself ph the cock. who will lose
many feathers, but will strike
back hs1picalys with, shis;; spuTs. n
He soonsxouldFbe cfu shed we're It
not for de leopard Fand HIS ciaws.
The blaea eagle will surprise the
cock froaf the other side and will
invade the country of the Geek to
the middle of it.
THE White eagle, coming from
the northf will surprise the black
eagle anti the other eagle, and will
invade ahe country of the anti
Christ fldan one end to the other.
The blaek eagle will see himself
forced I'd jiberate the cock in order
to fight gthe whle Eagle aha ths
cock will spursaeR tlseb black eagls
into the ebun.ry If the anti Christ
to help aR white eagle.
THE Battles fought up to then
will be s nothing compared tc
those thai will take place in the
country II Luther. for the, sever
ages viii together pour in the fire
of their ISensers on the inpiou'
earth. khich signifies thatSstb'
lamb wilt order the extinction o
the racelSf the atH Christ
"wb4I thesheasf sees that he j
lost, he s7ill become furious, ant
for manysmohahs fifa the Beak D
the Whit eagle. the. claws of tn
leopard Hhd the spurs-Uf the coo
will strife at him furiously.
''Theyawillctoss rivers Iovef tn
bodies dEthe slain, and these, i
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