168 THE BEGINNINGS OF SEERSHIP. blue photographs stuck on to the film. The former I have found to refer to past events, the latter to those about to happen. The locality of the event is judged by scenery and climatic heat. I have to estimate dates by the clearness of the picture. The reader will notice many references to time in the following letters. On May 18, 1902, I went to a sanatorium to recuperate my health. In the train I met a gentleman whom I knew, and as he was an influential member of the Press, I said: “Do you want some early information for your paper? If it comes off it will be a boom for you.” He laughed, and said: ‘Go ahead.” I replied: ‘In 1903 England will be the ally of Japan; and in 1904-5 Japan will be at war with Russia.” Unfortunately my letter to him, asking if he remembered the conversation, re- mains unanswered. I can therefore only offer my own word as evidence. I may say that the above statement was printed in a “big” Weekly, that the gentleman’s name appeared (by accident on the part of their representa- tive), and that the statement met with no denial from him. Although unable to produce evidence for the last-mentioned prophecy, I can, by the merest