New-York tribune., 1896-06-01
PLANS FOR THEIR CRUSADE.
1HFOrOPHISrS READY FOR THEIR FOR
FTGN JOt' RNEY.
THE prpprsEvr.TIvEs OF THE SOCIETY TO
LEAVE THIS CITY on IrNF ~ 70 VISIT
VARIOUS corNtRIEs -oR1F'TS

OF THE TRIP.
,uoren,s FOR the crusade which has been
,,,,ed nv the Theosophical Society In Amerlct
f,r the teaching ~ the principles OF Iheosop"' !"
tho noorer Inhabitants of the large cities ol ru,op
and other countries have just been compe'eu
Philosophical missionaries. as. i'll fact' Ivy WI,
aha are to form tho crusadins party Will incIuoe
Nre Katherine \ Tingley. the recently announce
head OF the t:soteric Section OF the society h,ne'
- tI,rerove tho president Of the Th"osoph''a
coc,.tv in America: Mr. and Mrs Claude rams
Wright n T Patterson. the prssinehl o' .'''
prooklvn branch: Mrs. Archibald keienueE' "N'
under tho nom DO plume Of 'NerplancK' recent,
nroduced a play entitled Sealed Dispat'nes' "',
5, August Nerescheimer. the vice-pr'sidsnt ana
,s,,ro- -, tho society The party will sail from
~oyyork an the American liner Paris on June Il"
and after holding meetings In LONDON 'S"S "'
no made 20 Liverpool. Bristol. bra1forn' iN'"'
Manchester Birmingham. YORK. fdinours" anu
Glasgow ON August the crusaders VIII 20 10
,,h,,n for tho purpose Of attending the great
Philosophical convention which Is to be heu III ''e
Irish capital on that date. From Dublin the parry
VIII nroceed TO Amsterdam. and later on VIII hola
neetings I'm tho principal centres OF Germany
Austria Bavaria Switzerland and Italy; Malta
wil also be ylsrl aro propose % to make important
aarces with some old friends OF Sinne: ' h-t,hny
Who are occultists and who belong 10 the oro'"e'
The sojourn in Egypt it Is ancipated' VIII ahPc %
~, N
be ,he means OF inducing the members OF tne oruei
in that country take an active pa:t IN tne worn M
the revival Of the LOST mysteries OF antiquity Egyp
President Hargrove explained yesterday TO Irpuhe
ocrvit l,,rnng After eaving Egypt the tour Planned
by the crusaders will take them through lndia ey
lon Australia. Tasmania. Java and thence To Chiha
and Ionan During the stay I'm the latter country
the members hope to amagamate the soclety VITA VITA
Tor the study OF occutism. The homeward journey
will be made by way OF San Francisco: ana IN IN, tne
branches cf the society will be visited. Before n,
NewYok is reached ths site OF the mfw sc, S
learned Yesterday where the institution Is TO be
Mt Hargrove said the purchase nar no' b yet tSe
plans OF tho society should the location OF the site
selected be made public now :, ,,o crusade Mr.
Hargroye said IN reply bs to TSSrss Srpsy G
Spread a knowledge OF Theosophy and its funda-
mental teachings OF brotherhood Amid all mis-
thpt have appeared in the newspapers regarding
Vahatmas etc the iact remains that the only
brotherhood Of man Special efforts will be made
on our part to reach the poorer classes IN EUROPE
nation We expect before long that serious inter-
national disturbances vi" arss ana ID any enop
sense basis must be productive OF some good RMS
trip Is not going In any Wa NAY no be wo} a
all. and Will require great deal OF se-saSriiies
% the sE or o s e s M RqF
be neglected. There is at the HEADQUARTERS here a
familiar with the details OF the administration of
the society's affairs. while there are similar corps
OF workers In most Of the large cities Of this coun-
try who will see that no lapse or break takes place.
Furthermore members are coming rapidly, and
IL IL a fact that our average applications for MEM
bershIp during the last three months have been
greater than during any like period In the history
or the organizations .
.T-uon our return to NeW-York something ~ 10
b. done that will undoubtedly cause lot OF atten-
tion ON IN. psrt OF public, and which Will prob
ahv .iy. rise TO much comment. What this some
lhing Is | am not however, AT liberty now 10
vi lp A ell
Work and will be II phase that Will be evident 10
eyer ybOdy."
The party, according 10 the itinerary as at pres
ent arranged Will arrive at San Francisco IN the
carly part OF March OF next year. farewell mass
meeting to be held In the Concert Hall OF the Mad
ison Square Garden June L. the eve OF the de-
parture for England