Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1912 — 1912 IS BLACK YEAR [ARTICLE]

1912 IS BLACK YEAR

Prophetess of Paris Makes a Dark Forecast. Mme. de Thebep, the Famous French Seeress Predicts Many Kinds of Catastrophies In Europe During Next Twelve Months. Paris. —One long horrid vista of catastrophes is all that Mme. de Thebes, the famous Paris “prophetess.” can see in the history of the approaching year. She states that 1912 is “The Black Year,” and predicts for humanity practically every misfortune except housemaid’s knee. War will come at the end of the year, when the French armies will go forth. There is just a sporting chance that the cataclysm may be- postponed till 1913, but it Is absolutely certain I to come then. It will be so great that “it will not only turn Europe upside down, but other continents as well, and particularly Asia. We shall reach the paroxysm of the peril when the earth quakes at home. We shall be at the end of our ordeals when the essential substances', particularly milk, are lacking. “There is a hard winter in prospect, a muggy spring, a heavy summer and a bitter autumn.’’ There will be most frlghtfv’ storms and the wine will be second rate. “Blood and fire everywhere,” is the next item in 1912, at Brest, Toulon and Paris.” Conspiracies, treacheries against the state, foreign gold, assassinations, fierce riots, epidemics, floods and possibly total ruin will come to Paris, besides the usual number of passionate dramas.

An actress will play a vital part in affairs of state. The calamities will be by no means confined to France. Spain will have conspiracies and fusillades, but the royal family is saved. “After 1912 there will be no Hohenzollern and no dominant Prussia. The kaiser’s days as emperor are numbered.” England also is menaced by an evil destiny. Mme. de Thebes recalls the tale of the French editor, anxious for ‘Sensations,” who came into his office and asked his deputy what bad happened. “Nothing," he was told, “except that a man’s nose has been bleeding in ths Place de la Concorde and a chimney la on fire in Montmartre." “Enough,’* said the other, and wrote the placard: “Blood and Fire in Parts!”