The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-07-18

IL kndleS tne mln0S Lnat are SLlll II
cradles and follows them to theil
graves.
"The third torch is that of law
that dangerous foundation of all au.
thentic traditions, which first does its
fatal work in the family, then sweeps
through the larger would Of literature
art and craftsmanship.
"The great conflagration will start
about 1912, set by the torch of the
first arm in the countries of Southeast
ern Europe. 1t will develop into a
destruction and calamity in 1913. In
that year see all Europe in flames
and bleeding. l hear the lamentations
of huge battlefield.s.
"But about the year 1916 the
strange figure from the north-a new
Napoleon-he is a man of little mill
taristic training, writer or a journ-
alist, but in his grip most of Europe
will remain until 1925.
"The end of the great calamity will
mark new political era for the Old
World. There will be left no empires
or kingdoms, but the world will form
a federation of the United States of
Nations. There will remain only four
great giants-the Angle-Saxons, the
Latins, the Slavs and the Mongolians.
AFTER the year 1925 see a change
| in religious sentiment The second
torch of the courtesan has brought
about the fall Of the Church. The
ethical idea has almost vanished.
Humanity is without moral feeling.
"But then a great reformer arises.
He will clear the world of the relics Of
monotheism and lay the corner stone
of the temple of pantheism. God,
soul, spirit, and immortality will be
the peaceful beginning of an ethical
era. The man determined to this
mission is a Mongolian Slav. He is
already walking the earth-a man Of
active affairs. He himself does not
realize the mission assigned to him by
superior powers.
"And, behold, the flame of the third
torch, which has already begun to des-
troy our family relations, our standard
of art and morals. The relation be-
tween woman and man is accepted as
prosaic partnership of the sexes.
Art has become realistic degeneracy.
political and religious disturbances
have shaken the spiritual foundations
of all nations.
"Only small spots here and there
have remained untouched by those
three destructive flames. The anti
national wars in Europe, the class war
of America and the race wars in Asia
have strangled progress for half a
century. l see heroine of literature
and art rising from the ranks of the
Latins and Persians, the world of the
tedious stuff of the obvious.
at is the light of symbolism that
shall outshine the light of the torch
of commercialism. In place of poly
gamy and monogamy of today there
will come poetogamy-relations of
the sexes based Fundamentally on the
poetic conceptions of life.
"And l see the nations growing
larger and realizing that the alluring
woman of their destiny is after all
nothing but an illusion. There will be
a time when the world will have no
use for armies, hypocritical religions
and degenerate art. Life is evolution,
and evolution is development from the
simple to the more complicated forms
of the mind and body.
Il see the passing show of the world
drama in its present form how it fades
ike the glow of evening upon the
One motion of the hand
If commercialism and a new history
oegins.'
The late author-reformer finished,
opened his eyes and looked at me
slightly confused.
Had l gone to sleep?" he asked
ne. Il beg your pardon"
When l read the vision-talk to him
lie listened gravely and nodded, say
ng that it was correct. Upon my re-
Iuest he signed the document and
landed it to me with a blessing. l
eft him the same day, and immediate
y upon my arrival informed the czar
f my readiness to see him.
l was received at the court in an
Informal way and led into the cars
rivate study. handed him the paper
lie opened it nervously and read with
agitation.
"Well, its very interesting" he said.
| will make copy for myself, and
orward the other copies, with trans |
atoms, to the Kaiser of Germany, /
nd through him TO the King of Eng |
md. The original shall be kept in my |
rivate archives. | shall ask the kali |
er and the king not to make any COM |
tents on the matter, as l do not like 4
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