THE COMING YEAR.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 2

THE COMING YEAR.

A GLOOMY FORECAST. i "OLD MOORE'S" PREDICTION.- : A melancholy series of national dis- I : asters, ivit'h little redeeming brightness, ■is set forth in "Old Moore's Almanac for 1914. Even in these cnliglitciied 1 times many peoplo place a good deal of eredenco in this annual prognostication of gloom and trouble. The publication . is the succcssor of tlie Vox Stcllarum of Francis Moore, tlie first number of which j was completed in July, 1700, and con- ■ j tained predictions for 1701. Tho death of a royal personaro in the . first quarter of the year is predicted as oho of tlio events of tiio year in tho United; Kingdom. Towards the end of. tht) year'-.therp is;to-he public niourning for-"a death in lu'eh circles," and; a fruitless attempt will be m.acfe to shoot-I-an unpopular- Minister. To these misfortunes will be added a national strike and the' downfall of a great institution. Foreign nntioas will sliare grave misfortunes. Tlie Turkish Empire in Europe is to bo sponged. oiT the map, a uow rebellion is to break out in China, a horrible massacre of villagers is foreshadowed in Asia Minor, Italv is to experience the horrors of » great volcanic eruption, war between Germany and Franco will be onlv narrowly_ averted, and an international dispute in West ! Africa.'will be productivo of much j trou' in Et'trone. Among tlie few peoplo wb'o will have j occasion for reioicintr in. 1914 will bo the Suffragettes, who, it is said, will come into their own. The year tiill_ bo a marked one among enthusiasts for women's votes, and it is predicted that in March or April a- measure will bo passed by ;wiiic'h t-axpaying women will bo,en-, fra'nehiscd. As a result, the appointinoi'it'of females te public positions will be;a. marked featnro of tlie year, partic'i'larlv during the montli of December. 'Hie 'list of disasters is appalling— kiiiematosrfaph fires, the partial destruction 'of a. hospital, the burning down of a Government building-. Mining explosions, ■ numerous'A'artlionakasi- another volcanic' eruption in Krakatoa. destructive "gales, bank failures, aerial disasters, trah disasters, cattle pestilences, aro but a few of the alarniing incidents that will occur in 1014. There is, howevor, one bright interlude, oen8 to 12 are neculiarly favourable days for love affairs. Proposals on tlte?e (lavs will be accepted, and marnawis effected on them will turn out to -he ha?py unions.