The morning call., 1892-03-14
0LCOTT ATTACKED.
His Associate, William @. Judge,
Scores Him.
He Denies That Theosophists Have Been Intol-
Grant TO Christianity-A Ques-
tion of Veracity.

William Q. Judge has almost given
Colonel Henry 5. Olcott the lie, or, to put it
in the least Objectionable way he has chal-
lenged his superior in manner that augurs
I'll for the success of the Theosophical Soci-
ETY.. Both have spoken. OlcOtt berated
the soeiety's tendencies most numerically
and got berated in about the same manner
by his co-laborer, Judge.
II will be remembered that a few days
since The CALL published the real reasons
willy COIODel Olcott had resigned the presi-
dency of the society. To restate it briefly,
he did so as formal protest against the
manner III which the society was drifting
into new idoIatry, with Nine. Blavat-
Sky as the idol He thought to stay the
wheel that was about 10 slip into we'll
worn rut, and for his pains he has been
cruelty herated by the head theosophlst in
the United States.
PLUNGED INTO STRIFE.
Judges action has plunged the society into
strife that may hOpelesSly divide it. But
this is not the first time weli-intended
movement has been driven onto the rocks
Of doom by some one with more personal
ambition tnan altrulsm; nor the first time
primary motive has been clothed in the garb
of altruism, the better to conceal the designs
Of the man ipulaiOr.
Those who have kept track of the move
ment remember how sixteen years ago Nine.
Olc0tt aud William O. Judge met and formed
In New York society known as the TheO-
Sophical Society. Through years of work
Its branches spread over the world until 279
were represented in the last convention.
Nearly half of these were In India alone.
There Nine. Blayatsky and Colonel Olcott
made their home, while Judge was chosen
to represent the American section.
BLAvATsKY's DEATH.
All went we'll until Nine. Biayatsky sud-
dently died in London. As she had proteSsed
TO have occult power her admirers half ex-
pected her 10 live forever. be translated like
Elijah or meet some other miraculous and
unusual end But the wonderful woman
simply died, and right here occurs the first
; point upon which Judge challenges Ole oft.
she meant to die, or knew she would die
when she did. Circumstances
make me believe she WAS surprised by
physical crisis and died before she expected
she would Judge takes issue with his
superior IN an article printed IN a theosoph-
lcal journal OF the March issue, where he
says: Colonel Ocott also said lie did not
believe Ii. T. Il. thought she was goiug to
die. With this we cannot agree in
the least. de bad not been with her for
some time. and did not know of the many
warnings she had been lately giving to all
her immediate friends of her approaching
demise. In some cases the notices she gave
were very detailed, IN others it was by
question, by symDolical language and by
hint. And in one case. when a GER
tain event happened. she said. That means
my DEATH
oLCoTT'S OPINIONS.
AT this point ii must be remembered that
OlcOtt Travelled, as he saws, $1,000 miles
during 1891, and is better able to judge what
Ill effects as we'll as good effects certain
acts OF the society has had in general than
is Mr.. Judge. And we must believe him
when he says: MY belief is that If less
intolerance toward Christianity had been
shown hitherto by the founders of the So
ciety and their colleagues, we should have
suffered and made TO suffer less. and would
to-day have a thousand Christian we'll
wishers where we have one. [ de-
pl0re our intolerance, counting myself
chief offender"
But in this Judge fails to see himself i'm
plicated. He says: 'He (O!cott) INDUCES
in some remarks as to the grave error he
and H. +. b. Nine. BavatsEy) made. as he
thinks, in being intolerant to ChriStianity
Neither IL. =. B. nor Colonel
Oleott nor any one else IN the society, who
has understood its mission, can suppose
there has been any Intolerance of true
Christianity" Only slight divergence of
opinion, but it has caused the theosophists
to array themselves for and against the ad-
mission OF intolerance. On this they have
seriously split.
THE ISSUE DEFINED.
Judge does not touch upon the question of
idOlatry, but satisfies himself with opposing
Olcott, whose successor in the presidency
he is likely to be. But unless the society
heeds Colonel Olcotts protest against "a
tendency which IS growing among us to-day,
the foundations of a new idolatry," that is
likely to become the issue upOn which tue
Oriental and Occidental sections of the
society will so to war.