The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-10

of indignation among the delegates upon refer
ence to this matter.
After the disposition of sectional reports Mrs.
Besant reviewed the history of the accusa-
tons made by Mr.. Judge. She had taken steps
toward an official inquiry, but had been check
mated by Mr.. Judge. She returned the docu-
ments to President Olcott, and had written
protests and declarations to the press. Being
prevented from further action by her lecture
engagements she had awaited the time OF this
meeting for final action.
Mrs Besant offered resolution that the
president call on Mr.. Judge to resign his Office
OF vice president until he shall clear himself
of the charges of accusing Mrs. Besant and
Professor Chakravarte of black magic. The
resolution was unanimously adopted. There
was disposition on the part of some of the
delegates to move for unconditional expulsion,
and further resolution followed that Mr..
Judge first be requested to resign; second, TO
give satisfactory reply to. the charge OF false
accusation; third, failing in this, to expel him
from the Theosophical Society. This resolution
was also adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Judge did not have a supporter in the
convention. Even the American delegates,
while expressing admiration for the executive
work of the yice-president, did not object to
the adoption of these resolutions.
So the decisive step has been taken, and
though for time it may cause trouble in the
society it is believed ii will be for short time
only, because the history OF the society has
shown that the evil fall by their own hand.
The crowds that have gathered here every
morning at o'clock have come with the
special purpose of hearing Mrs Besant lecture.
Here In lnQ1a she Is certainly at ner very pest,
and the enthusiasm she knows how to impart to
her listeners is truly wonderful, and she is also
loved and esteemed by every one.
In the course OF four interesting lectures, en-
titled the "Sheaths of the Self she endeay
ored to show how the discoveries of modern
science harmonic and as it were illustrate in
practical life the teachings of Oriental phil
osophy and how, in all questions concerning
the higher part of man, his soul, he Eastern
teaching stands unriValed for purity and ele-
vation of thought.
Even more inspiring was the lecture she gave
at the Congress Pavilion to an audience OF over
5000 Hindus from all parts of India. The sub
ject was "What Politics Can Do and WhatThey
Cannot Do" In the domain OF politics she dis
tinPuiShed between the thinker, the teacher
and the actor, each with his sphere OF action
clearly defined. She said that in the India OF
the present day there Wss too little OF the
thinker and philosopher. She pointed out all
the misery and poverty which are the result of
modern material civilization, and she now inn
plored the youth of India, instead of strug-
CLING after wealth and ambition and such
transitory things, to try and acquire a wealth
which is not evanescent, the wisdom OF ancient
India, which at present is kept alive only
through its literature. Material civilization
means decay and death to this country. Only
through the study and application OF Indian
wisdom is spiritual revival possible.
Among other prominent students OF theoS-
ply in attendance this year are DR.. Hubble
Schleiden of Berlin, a noted political econo-
mist and editor of the Well-known magazine,
Sphinx, and J. G. Staples, the general secretary
elect of the Australasian section OF the Iheo-
sophical Society, including New Zealaud Both
these gentlemen spoke at the anniversary meet
ing and testified to the absorbing interest with
which Indian literature is perused IN the west,
and DR.. Hubble Schleiden referred to the marked
influence which Hindu thought has on phlio-
sophical speculation in Germany, as, tor IN
stance, is proved by the writings OF Le1bnitz
and Schopenhauer. AXEL WACHTMEISTER.