Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29

the reign of the Spirit and the sancti-
come to pass until after the defeat of
Antichrist.' ...-t
1t will be obvious to readers Of this
prophecy that the cock symbolizes
France; the leopard. ENGLAND; the
black eagle. Germany, and the other
eagle" Austria. European common
tators give the white eagle as Russia
but it Is to be noted that the worq
North" is capitalized. which shows
IT. to have hidden meaning: Other
readers think 1t. more probable thai
the white eagle symbolizes the
United States, the bald eagle havipg:a
white head and that possibly the
troop movement south in Russia from
Archangel is the angelic key upon
which victory may be piyoted; ! The
eagle. has white mead, which could
fulfill the symbol of the white eagle.
In the above striking prediction
the Emperor William Is supposed to
christ. In view of his barbarous
methods of warfare and the whole
sale destruction of sacred buildings
by the German troops, this expression
seems to have justification.
A very. appropriate commentary on
this prediction is subjoined in quo
tation from a recent outburst of the
kaiser as reported by La Libertc,
quoting in turn a Polish Journal In
this paper 1t is stated that he adj
dressed the following proclamation to
his eastern army:
Remember who you are. The Holy
Spirit has descended on me, because
l am the emperor of the Germans. l
am the instrument Of the Most High.
Woe and death to those who resist
my WILL Woo and death to those
who do not believe in my miSsion1
Woe and death to towards! let all
enemies of the Germans perish. God
demand their destruction, God who
through me commands you to fulfill
His WILL"
Is
Another remarkable prophecy Is
that which is known as the Prophecy
of Mayence, or Of Strassburg." which
has been frequently cited in Europe
and which is said to have been writ
ten about 1854. 1t runs as follows:
81. When the little people of the
Oder shall feel themselves strong
enough to shake off the yoke of their
protector. and when the barley is
sprouting from the ears, their King
William shall march against Aus
tria.
20. They shall have victory upon
victory up to tho gates of Vienna.
but a word from the great Emperor
Of the West shall make the heroes
tremble on the field of victory and
the barley shall not be gathered in
until he has signed the peace.
shaken off the yoke, and returned
triumphantly to his country.
"3. But at the gathering in Of the
fourth barley aud that Of the oats
dreadful sound of war shall call the
harvesters to arms. A formidable
army, followed by an extraordinary
number Of engines OF war that he'll
alone could have invented, shall start
toward the west
II. Woe to thee, great nation, woe
10 you who have abandoned the rights
divine and human! The God of Battles
has forsakcn YOU, who will succor
you?
"5. Napoleon lit, mockinG his adj
rersary at first. shall soon turn back
toward. the 'Chene-Populeux,' where
he shall disappear, never to reappear.
&c. In spite OF the heroic resistance
OF France. a multitude of soldiers,
blue, yellow and black, shall scatter
themselves over great part Of
France.
~. Asace and Lorraine shall be
carried away from France for a
period and half II period Ca genera
's. The French shall only take