THE FUTURE OF GERMANY.
A STRANGE PROPHECY. . | Tho following remarkable anecdote has a been forwarded to us by Mr, G. H. Davies, j ( of Karori:— „ „ . T When onlv King of Prussia, William I t was present at the opening ot one ot ate 0 national fairs. As ho was stroiUng round . a gipsy .saluted and cried out, ' Jloch, iter , Kaiser.'* no,' remarked the j "I am not an Emperor. I am King t liani of Prussia." "But you will bo an } Emperor," answered the gipsy• c when," inquired the King, smiling, am s I to become nil Emperor?" Alter a mo- s incut's thought the gipsy said: ' -Flunk o. the revolution of 1818. Now take tne num- j bers of this year and repeat it as iol- , lows:— ( 1819 1 , 8 ' ' 4 1 9 < IS7I j "This is the year when you will become i an Emperor of Germany.' "And how'long s will I be Emperor?" inquired the King. , "To your dentil." "And when will that be?"'insisted the King. "You can ueter- ( mino this yourself. Repeat again: (
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1439, 14 May 1912, Page 4
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177THE FUTURE OF GERMANY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1439, 14 May 1912, Page 4
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