FATE OF KAISER.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5426, 20 May 1929, Page 1

FATE OF KAISER.

FORETOLD BY LONDON SEEB. Velma, the fashionable palmist of London, who. on occasion has been “ commanded ” to Windsor Cattle, Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House, who 'has studied th© palms of England’s Royalty and statesmen and many visiting notables, including the former German Emperor and the late. Czar of Russia, has just published a book containing; brief impressionistic sketches of famous clients who sought his aid in jest ° r earnest. Velma already, years before, had read the then * Emperor Willi® o1 ’ 8 hand at Windsor when hq had a second encounter with him in the Black Forest in 1908. After mutual .recognition, the then “All Highest” informed the sieer that years, before a gypsy had told his ancestor, ;Fiiede;rick the Great, that greatness would be heapedi upon greatness for his family for decades to come, until there would arise an -Emperor who would mount hisi horsd op the wrong side and:'would bring about the ruin of his .Empire and himself.. PALM SHOWED. LOVE OF WAR. The Emperor’s palm is thus described by Vedma : “ The hand possessed' a hallow palm, which always shows loss of money, danger, and failure of main enterprise, love of war, quarrelsomeness, and obstinacy.” “ So,” said the Kaiser, ‘ you give me a real bad character, but not bad enough to see in me a possible; fulfilment of the old gipsy’s prophecy?” With regret. I have to answer, ‘ Thou art the man,’ Verna replied. The Kaiser laughed unpleasantly, andi on the following day Velma received a visit from the Chief of, Policy who informed him that as un undesirable character he must go elsewhere. Velma met thq present Duchess, of York at th e Hatfield Elizabethan pageant. He writes of her : ‘ Laughingly she held) out her 'hand for me to read. The line of life showed on both hands strong and clear. Great capacity for loyalty and affection was indicated, good sense, clear judgment, and strong willpower.” THE HAND OF THE CZAR. It was ini 1904 that Velma was commanded tc read the hand) of Czar Nicholas. It was on the eve of the proclamation of the reform ukase, which was. received with such disappointment by the; Russian people, and after the assassination of General Bobrikoff and Minister von Plehve and 1 the birth of the Czarewitch an August 12. The Bajtic fleet, on its way to fight Japan, had fired upon the English fishboats in the; North Sea. So Nicholas was found to be in a very .nervous state. His Imperial. Majesty, after allowing his hands to be examined, accompanied with murmured readings, suddenly demanded the ‘whole truth.’ Velma writes : Never shall I forget those hands. As I noted the curious complex character they revealed I wasi profoundly thankful that I had permission to speak the truth, and I felt that there might be some; good reasons why my predecessors had taken refuge in flattery—especially if they had to live under his authority. Velma warned the Czar of misfortune which would be precipitated by bad advice. Fate decreed for him a viojetnt death. We can bear witness, the Czar said to an aide who was called to show the palmist out, that he is a seer before he is a courtier. In his book, which bears the title of ‘ My Mysteries and My Story,” Velma claims to have foretold the fate of Lord Carnarvon and) to have warned him against risking the of the dead kings of Egypt, adding : When the body of Tut-ankh-Ameji was revealed a mark found on his face. The mark left by the fatal mosquito bite on the; fac.e of Lord Carnarvon was in exactly the same position.