Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1915 — HERMIT IN 1760 FORETOLD WAR [ARTICLE]

HERMIT IN 1760 FORETOLD WAR

Quaint Document Written In Switzerland Also Predicts World’s End in 1999. Trenton, N. J.—A prediction of the European war, and the further prediction that it presages a series of catastrophes to conclude in 1999, with the end of the world, is contained in an old Italian document, with ah interesting history, in the possession of Antonin . Federici of ‘No. 22 Berkeley place, N. J. Mr Federici received the document from his brother, the - late Thomas Federici, who was at one time a professor in the Roman Catholic College at Rome. According to Mr. Federici, the document was given to his brother by Pope Plus X. » I The quaint old document, yrritten on a double piece of finely grained paper in Italian, is said to have, been,-the work of a hermit, who lived In Switzerland. How it came into the possession of the Pope is not known,.-ft beatsthe date of 176 ft, andtells, as prophecies, of the birth of Napoleon,- his rise as the greatest military man the world nas 'known and his defeat. I The dates of various past cataclysms including warsani} natural disturbances are given and the European war is foretold, although- the date is set for 1915. Of the present gigantic war too prophecy says: "Famine, slaughter and mortality will be extensive, so that there wU bo left a small number of men. When two meet each other they will ombres* for joy” In 195 Q, sa s the prophecy, •'throe suns" will appear, and thia Is the beginning of a series of disasters, which wiU culminate with the end of the world. Sicily will be swallowed up by the toe and Naples will be destroyed by fire in 1950, according to the prophecy. At the samb time France and Spain win be desolated by earthquakes. In tae Orient there will be pestilence and famine In 1970 there will be an eclipse for seven days, after which the first star, it is predicted, win appear. From then until 1999, when the world will come to a violent end, there are predicted vague catastrophes.