The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
WILL DEFEND Mr. JUDGE
Local Enthusiasts Who Will
Uphold His Mahatmic
Claims.
THE CHAMPIONS ARE CHOSEN.
The Great Philosophical Battle to
Be Fought Shortly In
Boston.

Delegates have been selected by the local
branches of the Theosophical Society to
represent them at the annual national con-
vention of the American section, which is
to be held in Boston on the 23d inst. DIR.
Jerome A. Anderson will go from the San
Francisco branch, carrying the proxies,
also, of the other delegates, Miss Annie
Brice and Mr.. Williams. The Golden
Gate Branch is to be represented by Presi-
dent e. B. Rambo and DR.. Allen Gfiffiths.
1t is expected that the bitter contention
which has racked and torn the Ameri-
can section over Mrs. Annie Besant's
charges against William Q. Judge, the
leading theosophist in this country, will
be sur e to prove the main topic of discus
sion. for, like Banquo's ghost it will not
down.
Mrs. Besant has come out more positively
than ever in various publications, among
them the Westminster Gazette, in her ac-
cusations against Mr.. Judge, whose claimed
mahatmic mediumistic powers she calls in
to question, and the result is that the split
occasioned among the searchers after meta
physical light has spread from hemis-
shere to hemisphere. Whatever contro-
yersy arises the delegates from this city
will enthusiastically support Mr.. Judges
claims.
at is not Mr.. Judge who is on trial"
says DR.. Anderson, ''but the issue now con-
fronting us is whether American theoso-
ply is to prove success or failure.
Theosophy is peculiarly an Occidental
plant, and its enemies are secretly endeav-
oring to blight and crush it"
George z. Keeney, local enthusiast and
who was one of the three founders of the
San Francisco branch, waxed ardent and
eloquent in his advocacy of Mr.. Judge at
the library of the Theosophical Society
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Keeney was a
personal admirer of Mr.. Judge in New
York. Picking up a copy of Mrs. Besant's
last public contribution to the controversy,
which is now waged upon three continents,
he said:
Here Mrs. Besant would leave the i'm
preston adroitly that whatever powers
Mr.. Judge possesses their exercise by him
is purely automatic. Why, what escape is
there from such an accusation. Even Nine.
Blavatsky herself would have been made
the victim of such an insinuation.
son the other hand, any true occultist can
see that Mr.. Judge could be subject to the
volition of the masters without losing the
conscious principle and becoming mere
automaton. His mind would be simply
subordinated, and operating in perfectly
conscious harmony with the will of the
mahatma influencing him.
"But see what she says: "A friend told
her that Mr.. Judge did not receive mes
sages from the masters Who is this
friend? 1t looks very much as if some
subtle influence emanating from India
was behind this to injure American
theosophy. 1t has always been the de-
sire of the Hindoo Brahmins to maintain
the intellectual supre macy on this planet,
and their influence is now being exerted to
hurt grand American brotherhood which
Tod n ~
ethics.
| = 81 do not question the honesty of Annie
Besant-the Annie Besant who stood up in
! the English courts for principle; the
| Annie Besant who led the London mob !;
! the Annie Besant who organized the Lon
don matchgirls; the Annie Besant who has
done more for the London masses than
any other womanl No; all / can say is
| that she is being made the instrument of
the inimical Hindoo hierarchy.
"Why, Mr.. Judge was for quarter of a
century pupil of Nine. Blavatsky. He is
man OF untiring energy and has done
more for theosophy than any other living
man. He has at last come out, now that
he has been forced to, and openly claims
to be in occult communication with the
masters. Annie Besant has herself said
that she saw the master in Mr.. Judge.
He does not claim to be sthe agent but
merely AN agent of the masters
1t promises to be battle of the giants.
Dr. Hartmann, who is at the head of the
German theosophists, and who, Mr..
Keeney thinks, is the most profound
writer on occult subjects the age has pro-
duced, will in all probability be present to
defend Mr.. Judge. The assailants number
among them such lights as Herbert Bur-
roughs, Bertram Keightley and George
Meade, besides Mrs. Besant. Whether the
mahatmie messages claimed to have been
received by Mr.. Judge are genuine or coun-
terfeit will doubtless still be debatable
question after the battle in the coming
Boston convention has been fought to
| WEAKNESS.