The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28
H|NDOO PROPHET
ARRIVES IN PARIS
Regarded by Thcosophists as
Precursor of the Ulti-
mate Master.
NEW NAVY LAW PROMULG GATED
Coal Strike Forces Decrease in
Emigration TO United
States.

Especial Cable to The Times D!spatch. !
Paris, April @I.-Theosophists OF Eu.
rope have their Thoughts directed to-
ward Paris, for at Paris has arrived a
new Hindoo prophet VINO is regarded
10y many Theosophists as The precur-
sur OF the ultimate mustcr who il TO
give to the world lis long expected
moral transformation. He is Il mere
boy, only fifteen years OF age. and he
comes from .ldgar, In India. Al four
teen he wrote book called AT the
Feet OF the Master Which has been
translated into many ihnguagcs ana
which is said by Thcosophists to be in-
spired by high consciousness OF hui
man needs. To them tie prophet. Who
is called both Krshmamurti and Al
cyone, confirms by his presence the
declarations OF Mrs. Annie Bcsant in
her address at the Sorbsnnc last year
that profound change was coming in
the life of humanity. aud that il was
to enter upon new phase 10 be sig
'nalized by the coming of the master.
who was TO establish q new religion.
, The prophet presided At a meeting OF
! Theosophists, OF which he is the head.
II has 1000 members. Of whom COO are
lin France. He plans 10 pass about six
months at the University OF oxford TO
gain a knowledge of Western culture.
for ne believes that in the new err,
there Will come union OF Western
culture and OF Eastern isdom Hepre
diets for the future the formation OF
n new contingent in the Pacific Ocean
like the ono called Atlantis. which. ac.
cordinG TO classical tradition. once OK
listed in the Atlantic Ocean. Tho pro-
phet and his friends contend that the
Bogolof Islands, whose coming in the
North Pacific was accompanied by seis-
mic disturbances. arc the nucleus of
tho new continent ne has IN mind
This physical earth change. he be-
lieves. Will signalize a revolution in
religion.
The new navy law just promulcat-
ed fixes the strength Of the French
navy at twenty eight ships of the line.
ten scout cruisers, nfty-two DESTROY
ers. ten foreign service ships. ninety
four submarines, four mlne vessels and
various auxiliary ships. BattIeshIps
laid down before 1906 are to be struck
Off the list after twenty-five years'
service. and ships laid down later than
that date. after twenty years service
In the case OF the battle fleet at least
half the ships are TO be kept at fun
complement, and the reduced crows arc
10 include at least thrro-nfths OF tho
gunnery and engineering STATS.
To permit the withdrawal OF trafr,c
police for other and more important
duties such. for Instance, ms the hunt
ing OF the automobile bandits who
have been terrorizinE France for the
past several weeks, the police authori-
tics arc trying an application of rail
road methods in tho principal thorough
fares of Paris
Every American tourist who comes
Quatc regulation OF street traffic when
compared with that OF London Some
feeble efforts have been made recently
10 direct vehicular traffic In central
points. like the grand houlevards, but
enough has not yet been done. The
travorsing OF streets therefore, con
t!nues exceedingly DANGEROUS In Paris
10 pedestrians, especially since the
slower horse omnibus las been elm
mated In favor Of the swift and heavy
Rutobus.
The new railroad method applied Is
that OF the erection of d signal cabin
3n the middle of tho roadway at the In
tersection OF tho boulevard and tho
JaubourS Montmartrc. one of the most
ecnSested crossroads in tho city In
this cabin u. policeman inan'pulatcs a
large disc; indicating which vehicles
are 70 stop and which a.e to proceed.
broad. white line from the edge OF
tho sidewalk across the street will
mark tho point where traffic must
wait until given the signal to proceed
into the next section. II this EXPERT
ments proves practicable I, will he
rapidly extended nil over the hear, of
Paris.
One effect or the British coal strike
nn the Continent was the forcing Of "a
decrease In emigration to the United
States Every spring there is an inn
portant movement OF emigrants 10
America but this year the dIscontinu-
ifnce OF several ocean steamers. owing
10 lack OF coal, made IT impossible to
accommodate all the c'nigrants who
wished 10 sail. Holland and Belgium
Erefuscd to receive any more cmigrants
trnd sent them back TO France and
switzerland. Several hurdrcd cmigrants
fwere stranded on tn" frontiers and