Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-22
As Seen BY The SEERS
Some Famous World Prophecies In
Review
SOME OF THEM WERE NEARLY RIGHT


All However. Seem to Have Over
looked America, the Great Agency
sv Which the Mighty Work Was
Accomplished.
Now that peace has come again 'S
the world, interest turns TO the men ah'
women Of all ages and Of all races VINO
for hundreds Of years have proph' sec
a mighty world conflict, and TO the rel
ativcly few others who from time ''
time predicted dates for the ending o'
the struggle.
These prophecies have come IRON
men and women OF all walks in he
from the poet 10 the Rolshevik' Many
have envrlopcd the words III mystery
and aIlcgory. others have reSOrt'd u
Ouiia boards, TO cahalistlc cOmbiha'
,ions of figures and even TO incHnta'
tIUns.
The most famous Of these prophecies
have come from Lord Alfred lehhy
son. from Madame Thcbes. in farlS
from Mother Shipton." who lived dur
ing the days Of the Tudor dynasty 4O'
years ago. in England. and another Is
attributed 10 Brother Johannes
monk who wrote ut the beginning ol
the seventeenth century.
But from them all the one that Is th'
most sane, which has been derived
without the inspired vision OF the poet
or the appeal to the occult, or TO th'
forms Of witchcraft, is that OF Augus'
Bcbcl, a German Socialist
Bcbcrs Prophecy.
Bcbers prophecy needs no words ol
emotional appeal in which to set II
forth. Its force is enhanced by It's very
simplicity. Writing in 1900 on the sub
icct Of the Permanent Army and tho
Militia" ne says:
4 war between two great powers VII
with mathematical precision. lead to
general European conilagration.
The German fleet. no matter no"
large il may be, will be destroyed by
the English fleet that is certain to b'
its superior in force, and Germany vii
lose all her colonies almost immediate
" after the declaration Of hostilities.
Should Japan join her forces witt
the enemies OF Germany, and thl:
would be inevitable IL Germany fight:
England, then all the German colonies
in the Far East will be irretrierablS
lost, despite all the superhuman sac
rihces brought in acquiring them.
But the most fatal result OF such
war would be the loss Of the German
merchant marine and Of the world.
markets, which will be~captured bS
England.
A war with France and Russia, will
England us their ally. would also NEAR
the complete destruction Of the power
OF Germany.
Both France and Russia would bt
pleased at the prospect Of Germany
warning against England. In that case
their wishes would come true. fol
France would regain AlS;lce and Lor'
rainc, while Russia would see realiZa'
ton OF her centuries old dream Of pos
sessing the whole Of Poland and sever
al important ports at the mouths OF
the Nicman and Vistula.
Victories in the war Of the future
will not come to the German arms as
easily as the newspapers and school
rooms would lead us to believe. The
superiority over the enemy the Ger
mans possessed in 1870 Is absolutely
impossible nowadays.
Prophecy Verified by Armisticc.
The truth OF Bebers prediction the
world knows from the terms Of the ar
mistice promulgated hy Marshal FoCh
at the dramatic meeting OF the Ger
man white flag bearers in the mar
shars humble headquarters. plain
railroad car.
True. the German Socialist ignored
any part in the world conflict Of the
United States. but that can be consid'
cred to be due to the opinion preva
lent in Germany especially. but accept
ed by the rest OF the world, that Amer
lea could not rise above the desire OF
the dollar and would to the end, as
they did for three years, gather wealth
untold from the nations that were &c.
tually fighting.
Bebel was jcered by the press OF
Germany and insultcd by the militar'
lists whose downfall he has witnessed
but in the light o. recent events the
prophetic words Of ia, Socialist cabi-
net-maker have proved true.
Even more noteworthy in its forecast
of aerial accomplishments and the sug-
gestion OF the League OF Nations is the
prophetic vision Of Tennyson, express
ed in Locksley Hall:
For dipt into the future. far as human eye
could see.
Saw the Vision of the world. and all the won
der that would be:
Saw the heavens fill with commerce argosics o.
magic sails.
Pilots Of the purple twilight. dropping dowr
with costly bales:
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there
raincd q CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies graphing in th'
Far along the worldwide whisper Of the south
wind rushing warm.
With the standards of the peoples plunginf
through the thunderstorm
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer. and th'
battle-aaGs were furld
In the Parliament Of man. the Federation o.
the world
This far-sighted vision Of the poe
and that OF the practical prophecy OF
the Socialist cabinet maker amazed
But it is the prophecies OF the seeress
conjured from what she pleased to cal
her CLOSED cases." that fascinate. Fol
in all mankind. no matter what hi:
creed. there is ever eagerness to heark'
en- to the voice OF mysticism, the sug
gestion Of the occult
Madame Thebcs'S Predictions.
Madame Thebes had a great vogue
in Paris for ten years prior TO hel
death in December. 1915. Whence sh'
came no one knows. Her name is sait
to have been Anna Victorine Savigny
She was 20 years old when she died
These meager facts as to her life serv