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Show Told By W oman Twelve Hundred Years Ago Editor FrGgres-iv;' Opinion : - .. .-. ; . St CKiilia the blind daughter of a Frankish lord who became be-came a nun and founded a convent About 700 A D. she wrote a letter to her brother, predicting aerial warfare and a period of terror. She u rote: "It ill be the time when Germania will he called the most bellingered nation on earth. There will spring from its womb the t. rrible warrior, who will undertake waron the world The conqu- rer will come from the banks of the Danube. . . He will win victories on land and 3ea, and even in the air. His winged uarrioiswill be ajrn iu unbdievRble attacks to ri-e up to the firmament and to peize the stars and throw I hem down on towns and light, gigantic fires. " f he conquero- will have attained the apex of his triumphs :n tl e middle of the sixih month of the second year of hostilities. hostil-ities. In the flush of victory he will say, "Accept the yoke of m deniination." But his enemie will not submit and the war n. ill continue. "The second part of the war will equal in jensth the first half. ... the third period will be of shortest duration and the victor will have lost the confidence of ,i s wmriors This will be called the period of invasion because i he country of the conqueror will be invaded in all parts and laid waste in retribution for his injustices and his ungodliner., St. Oilili.-i c'o-e hrr prophecy on an optimistic note, declaring. de-claring. "Men will have seen such terrible abominations in i his war, 1 heir f! n rations will never wantmore of it" C V. ITfl risen |