The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-27
ALLEGORY TELLS
OF KAISER'S FALL
Document Written by German Monk at
Close of 80 Years War Follows
Closely Present Events.


Closely Present Events.
Overthrow of the kaiser is predicted
in an odd allegory which was written
by a German monk, Brother Johannes,
in 1850 at the close of the Thirty
Years war. The allegory is regarded
as remarkable in that it follows closely
the events of the great war now rag
ing. The book containing the allegory
is very rare.
Through the courtesy of Dr. A. f.
Nightingale, GIG Sheridan road, who
came into possession of translation
Of the allegory. The News-Index is able
to present an account of it.
All Nations Represented.
In the allegory France is represented
as a Cock, England as Leopard, Rus
STA as a White Eagle, Germany as a
Black Eagle, Austria as the Other
Eagle while the Lamb stands for JUS
tice, mercy and truth. AS translated
it reads as follows:
Toward the end of the year 1000
the Antiehrist will surpass himself. His
army will surpass in numbers all that
can be imagined. There will be Chris
tians among the legions and Mohamme-
dams and savage soldiers among the de-
tenders of the Lamb. For the first
time the Lamb will be all red There
will not be single spot on the Chris
tian world that will not be red, and
the red will be in the heavens, the wa
tiers, and even in the air, for blood will
flow in the domains of the four ele-
ments at once.
Eagle to Attack Cock.
"The Black Eagle will throw himself
on the Cock, who will lose many feath-
ers, but viii strike back heroically with
| his spurs He would soon be lost were
it not for the help of the Leopard and
his claws. The Black Eagle will come
from the country of Luther, will sur
prise the Cock from another side, and
viii invade the country of the Cock
up to the middle of it. The White
Eagle coming from the north will SUR
prise the Black Eagle, and the Other
Eagle will invade the couatry of the
| Cock up to the middle of it.
"'The Black Eagle viii see himself
| forced to liberate the Cock in order to
fight the White Eagle and the Cock will
pursue the Black Eagle into the coun-
try of the Antichrist to help the White
| Eagle. The battles fought up to then
will be as nothing compared to those
which will take place in the country OF
Luther, for the seven angels will to-
gether pour in the fire of their censors
on the impious earth, which signifies
that the Lamb will order the extermi
nation of the race of the Antiehrist
Will Become Furious.
"When the Beast sees that he is lost
he will become furious, and for many
months the beak of the White Eagle
tthe cfaws'of the leopard and the~spar:
of the Cock will fercely strike at him
; They will cross rivers over the bodie.
of the slain, and these in places will
change the course of the waters. They
; VIII bury only the men of noble fami
( lies, the leading commandments, ant
l princes, because fof the carnage mad,
+ by the armies will be joined by Thu
wholesale death, those who will die o
hunger or the pest.
"The Antichrist win ask many time
for peace, but the seven angels VIII,
walk in front of the three animals de
Tending the Lamb have declared tina
victory will only be granted on condi
ton that the Antichrist be crushed Xix
straw on the barn floor. The executor
of justice of the Lamb could not sto
: them. That which makes the deere
. of the Lamb so implaeable is that tn
: Antichrist has pretended to be a fol
e lower of Christ and to act in His name
:, and if he does not perish the fruit o
I the Redeemer would be lost and tn
n doors of Hades would prevail agains
: the Saviour.
Fight Near Essen.
''The fight which will take plac
where the Antichrist FORCES his arm
= will not in any way be a human figh
) Essen location of the Krupp gu
n works. The three animals defendin
g the Lamb will exterminate the las
v army of the Antichrist; but they wi
: be forced to erect on the battlefield
5 pyre as large as city, for the bodi,
it of the dead will change the aspect {
the countryside, as there will be mound
of the slain
"The Antichrist will lose his crow
anu ult III SOilludc anu liiduHtSS. IL
empire will be divided into % estate
= but none of them will possess fortresse
DR. armies or vessels. Cautiously there a
% states in Germany now. where;
when this prediction was written the
ly were 25 prineipalities in the empire
"The White Eagle, by the order
ST. Michael, will drive the Cresce
xe from Europe, and will install himse
in Constantinople. Then win begin +;
era of peace and prosperity for t
nd earth, and there will be no more wa
to Each nation will be governed by
i'll desires and will live according to t
ne rules of justice. The Lamb will rel
i'm and the supreme happiness of huma
ity will begin. Happy will be tho
Escaping the perils of that period. TIL
will be able to enjoy the fruit of t
= reign of the Spirit, and the purging
humanity, which can only come aft