Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 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 an interesting history, in the possession of Antonio 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 1 at Rome. According to Mr. Federici, the document was given to his brother by Pope Pius X. The quaint old document, written 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. It bears the date of 1760, and tells, as prophecies, of the birth of Napoleon, his rise as the greatest military man the world has known and his defeat. The dates of various past cataclysms Including wars and natural disturbances are given and the European war Is foretold, although the date is set for 1915. Of the present gigantic war the prophecy says: “Famine. slaughter and mortality will be extensive, so that there wil be left a small number of men. When two meet each other they will embrace for joy.” In 1950, sa s the prophecy, “three suns” will appear, and this is the beginning of a series of disasters, which will culminate with the end of the world. , Sicily will be swallowed up by the sea and Naples will be destroyed by fire in 1960, according to the prophecy. At tie same time Fiance and Spain will be desolated by earthquakes. In the 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, will appear. From then until 1999, when the world will come to a violent end, there are predicted vague catastrophes.