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can be hoped for is by constant guard
to keep the evil forces at bay.
Of course, materfalistic medical sci
ence would term this and similar cases
to be simply mental disturbances,
readily applicable without calling in
super-normal explanations; but to
those who have watched the matter
from the inside, like DR.. Raupert, and
many others, material medical science
simply does not consider all the facts.
AS William James somewhere says,
Material medical science would ex-
plain what happened to Paul on the
road to Tarsus by discharging occipi-
tai lesion, and would dismiss as epiep-
tics half of the great mystics and
saints of religion"
Summing up the case against the
spiritistc theory that the admitted
preternatural phenomena are due to the
souls of the dead; and still more
strongly combating the spiritistic view
that the communications from the dead
prove, or tend to prove, that spiritism
is a higher form of religion than any
heretofore discovered by or revealed
to man, DR.. Raupert says: Can we
| reasonably believe that our departe d
relations and friends will avail them
selves of means so repulsive and so
! disastrous as are the spiritistic meth
ods in order to furnish evidence to the
living of the fact that they still sur
vive?
'Underlying all the spiritistic mes
sages IS an assumption which these
messages repeat and reiterate in a
thousand forms, in thousand subtle or
downright fashions, suited to the vary
ing intelligence, state of education, re-
ligious opinions, and so forth, of the
various people to whom or through
whom the supposed messages come
This assumption falls nothing short OF
! the amazing claim that spiritism is the
supreme form of true religion. The
claim is advanced again and again that
these Spirits have come to disclose~the
real truth concerning the unseen world
independently of all theologies and
thought forms of to-day. But when we
examine the teaching gxen in different
countries, and through different me-
diums, we find no agreement anywhere
at must be remembered that there
are two very different kinds Of mental
and spiritual passivity, or receptivity
All students Of mysticism are aware of
the fact that there is state quiet
submission on the part of the individ-
ual soul to God which brings that sou
| into close contact with the Eternal
/ Good. But this is not a weak, hyp-
motto attitude Of the mind, species
! OF nervous fascination, feverish long
| ing for psychic experience, neurotic
yielding to weak-willed drifting. But
| the condition cultivated by modern
psychic Investigators is disgusting
travesty Of this true cooperation of the
human will with the will of God. Ir
the true mystic state consciousness re-
mains intact. the highest and mobiles
: powers of the soul are called into oper-
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place, it means that she has not to face
those troops III the second place, there
is discomfort here because the troops
cannot be got across. And in the third
place, German agents whisper in Eu-
rope: "There, you see, America can
rot help you
BY sinking merchantmen Germany
thus hopes not only to divide our
forces, but also to create misundef-
standings. Doubtless you do not re-
member that Cor a whole year the
British nation was constantly tainted
because her casualties were at that
time comparatively small. Witty
renchmen went about saying that
England will fight to the last drop of
Russian blood" Well, we have buried
a half million Of our men in French
sell, and so, it may be, will you, be-
fore you find it honorable to sheathe
tie sword, the edge Of which you arc
whetting
Mr.. Hurley IS, 1 believe, quite right
when he tells you that next year your
country will supersede my country a.
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Now, ] cannnot say whether YOU
Will establish the political truce which
has been suggested last week. or pro-
coed with the usual controversies. cul-
mlnating in this years elections. But.
whichever course you take, it is obvi-
Gus that friendship between Britain
ard America must include the Demo-
cratic as well as the Republican party.
Among the Democrats, President vii
son has done US British many good
turn; we cannot too often or too plain
~ confess our indebtedness to him.
And when he is criticised. as must
happen to all active leaders during
the conduct of great war. We are in
clined to argue that he has had diff
cult team to handle.
American citizenship includes Irish.
Germans, Poles, Jews, austrians. The
farmers, too. in the Middle West
had not spent their whole lives brood
ing, let US say, over Belgium. If they
are now solid for the war we think. as
outsider. that Mr. Wilson has brought
the nation into line as an evangelist
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Venice Dead City in the Shadolu of Battle

"Qui bene vivi figli di San Marco
Come colombo che non sanno esileo
Stamio, starano."
Which can be freely translated in
the following:
"Here, sons of St. Mark.
Like the doves, which know not re-
treat,
Let US remain. for they will stay"
Calm in a World
Fallen to Pieces
The CORES pondent. whose curiosity
has been whetted by the beauty of old
Venice and who desires some known
edge of the conditions of the city's life,
finds it desolate. The monuments and
closed, and so are the cafes, the ORR
entale, Manin and even the celebrate ed
Cafe Florian, which has not shut its
doors for over a hundred years. The
city is haunted by the ghosts of war
of invasion, it's beauty menaced by the
terrible scourge "tedesco."
1t is surprising that the population
stranded in the lagoons can find any
thing to enjoy. Blu. they manage to
keep up their spirits in the evening
when the news Of the day is published
ing-a curious sign of the appeal that
motion pictures have at all times.
The venetians see their usual world
gone to pieces, suddenly enveloped in
the storm that has swept over tnei.
placid. unsuspecting lives. Though il
must be long time before conditions
favorable to real security can prevail
in Venice, by the accident Of geograp ply
the city may escape actual invasion. /,
is evidently stoutly defended by the
of the presence of British force. Any
Cne who knows Venice and the sur
rounding country can hopefully took
forward to a successful defence and
ultimate victory.
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Fourth War Easter Calls for More of Both Faith and Works

tie chief carrier OF cargoes across the
ocean. In the common cause, our
sailors and our ships are being sent to
the bottom, wholesale, and so long as
the advantage comes to you, not Ger
nany, we age not much disturbed. OF
course, it will leave us much poorer,
with big debt to meet and less to
meet it with, but that is our contribu-
ton to the safety of democracy. And
I do not believe for one moment that
Americas reason for laying down new
shipyards is to institute trade rivalry
with our leading industry. You want
ships, here and now, which will share
our perils, carry us food, bring over
men.
And, of course, we are startled when
Senator Lodge tells US that only two
such american" ships are completed
or is it now said to be three? This
statement does not appear to agree
with MIR. Hurley's, and, broadly, what
would interest Great Britain immensely
would be perfectly simple table Of
figures, showing for each of the last
twelve months. ending March, precisely
what new tonnage of merchantmen had
been actually completed for immediate
service. 1t really does not matter what
Allied or friendly power is to fly its
flag over those vessels. They will all
be used on the same task. We have
given such statistics in the United
Kingdom for January. The output OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
By Michael Williams

TT HERE is vast increase in varied
forms Of occult and spiritualis-
tic belief and practices in Eu-
rope, and now the war has brought the
same psychic wave rolling to our
shores and threatening to inundate
every city and village in the country
with it's morbid food.
Even before the outbreak OF the war
the vast growth of occultsm, from
scientific investigation OF abnormal
spiritistic phenomena down to the
appalling cases of organized devil
worship" and Phallic worship in Eu-
rope, had attracted the anxious atten-
ton of many observers of the break
down of our modern civilization. Pope
Plus X, for example, considering the
matter from the special viewpoint of
the orthodox Christian Church, had
been impelled to take measures to COM
bat the new tendency. He sent Dr. J..
Godfrey Raupert, a member of the
Psychical Research Society and a pro-
fcssor at Oxford University, to Bel
GUM to enlist Cardinal MERCER in the
work of organizing an international
society of scientists, clergymen and
publicists for the purpose of investi-
eating and fighting the new and ever
growing peril.
Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson was
also actively engaged in the work. Car
dinal MERCER was deeply interested in
DR.. Raupert's project. and the society
would soon have been definitely
launched, but just then the outbreak of
war put a stop to everything. The
deaths soon afterward OF Pope Plus and
of Monsignor Benson and the greater
work which the war brought to Car
dinal MERCER still further ruined DR..
Raupert's plan. All organized efforts
along his particular line were impos-
slble in Europe, so he came to the
United States. where ne is now lectur-
ing on his subject.
Since that time the evil has assumed
such proportions that the Catholic
Church in a decree of April 27. 1917,
forbade any form of participation in
spiritsm to all Catholics.
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gence and morality. The danger lies,
IN my opinion, not only in the loss of
spiritual stamina, but in the possible
deprivation of that birthright we each
are given to cherish, our individuality
our true hood; just as, in another
way, this may be imperiued by sensu-
ality, opium or alcohol
And the late Dr. Isaac Funk uttered
the same warning: at is terribly
dangerous mistake" he wrote, s'to
think there are no evil spirits. There
are great hosts of them. They come
at times without formal invitation of
the medium Or the circle, and control
to the hurt of the members Of the
circle, and to the hurt of the medium
When in New York not long ago Dr..
Raupert renewed long standing ac-
qualntance with certain writer, one
Of the most prominent investigators of
splrltlsm. The young and highly cult
waited wife of this investigator had be-
come fascinated by the subject which
tachment, and had quickly developed a
marked degree of psychic power. This
power manifested itself in "automatic
writing" which purported to emanate
from her dead mother. At first the
young wife was deeply moved, and full
of consolation to know, as she firmly
believed. that her mother was still near
her, and taking the same warm, per-
sonal interest in all her actions rs in
life. But after while alarming
! things developed The tendency to au-
tomato writing established itself as a
habit that could not be controlled. The
girl-wife would be awakened at night
and forced by the irresistible impulse
in her hand to sit up, shivering, and
write, write, write-sometimes for
hours. She had to keep pencil and pa
! per constantly near her, night and day
Her broken rest undermined her health.
The habit became an obsession. She
dreaded the fall of night. And the
messages became ambiguous, then
subtly poisonous. She begged her
mother" to give her a little rest
Don't you see you are breaking down
my health and strength ?" the young
woman would plead. Her husband could
not help her. His position was made
all the more difficult because of the
odious fact that the messages from the
supposed mother of his wife began to
suggest that he was not the real 'af
fnity" which the starved soul of the
young woman really longed for This
idea was suggested time and again. 1t
broke down the reason of the wife at
! last, and she ran from her house al
midnight, frenzied, TO seek her soul
mate" in some hole or corner of New
York. Rescued from this position, she
then tried On several occasions to kill
herself Long and skilful medical and
psychological treatment succeeded in
partly restoring her mental balance
but she is not yet wholly out of danger
| Once the doors of the soul are opened
to the invading forces, they are rarely
completely closed again. The best tina
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they want to do more. The whole ma
ton is straining at the leash. You will
not listen to the slightest suggestion
of compromise with the enemy. Your
leaders, for ins'eice, Mr.. Gompers,
cannot understand what Mr.. Hender-
son and Lord Lansdowne are thinking
about when they talk of an interna-
tional labor conference. And on your
part this is no empty zeal. You ac-
cept, without a murmur, an income tax,
which, | am told, will yield as much
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Queries and Answers

II of Spain formally AFFILIATED the
throne. On July the foreign govern
ments were notified of her abdication,
and on the same day the fact was
made public that Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern had consented to become
candidate for the vacant throne of
Spain, and that this consent had the
approval of the King of Prussia. The
news caused intense excitement in
Paris and the Foreign Minister, the
Due de Gramont, caused representa-
tions to be made to the Prussian gov
ernment of the displeasuse with which
the French government regarded the
candidacy of Prince Leopold On July
II the announcement of the with
orawal of Prince Leopold's candidature
was made. On the following day
France asked for letter of apology.
and Benedict personally requested
from the king at Ems a promise that
he would never allow the candidaturc
to be resumed. Bismarck published
the telegram in which this informa-
ticn and the refusal of the king ware
conveyed, but by emitting part of the
telegram made it appear that the re-
quest and refusal had both been con-
veyed in d more abrupt form than had
really been the case. Taking notice
of this publication as if it had been
official, the French government, deem
ing itself called upon to take immedi-
ate steps in defence of the national
honor, formally declared war against
Prussia, July 19. 1870.
II was not till many years later that
our knowledge Of these events was
established; in 1894 the publication
of. the memoirs of the King of Ru-
mania showed, what had hitherto been
denied, that Bismarck had taken a
leading part in urging the election of
the Prince of Hohenzollern. 1t was IN
1892 that the language used by Bis
marck himself made it necessary for
the German government to publish the
original form of the Ems telegram.
f. w. S.-A British subject or
subject Of any other state remains q
British subject or subject OF such
other state until the taking out of such
final papers" as constitute him
fully naturalized citizen. The taking
out of FIRST papers" has no effect
whatever in changing a mans national
ity. y
As to British subjects In particular.
ali those who have declared their in
tention to become citizens of the
United States, but who have not COM
pleted their naturalization, may be ac-
cepted for enlistment in British and
Canadian armies, provided new treaties
do not invalidate this temporarys agree
ment.
At all events, you, as a West Indian.
are not liable to the operatihn of the
British military draft.
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as $4,000, 100000 in one year. The point
most cheererd in Colonel Roosevelts
speech was his demand for 100000
soldiers.
The trouble to-day is not with
America. The trouble is with the tor
pedo. Germany is successfully re-
stricting COMMUNICATIONS. 1t is no.
body's fault that she should be thus
ruthless in her iniquity She fights
hard, and no speeches. whether at
Portland, or Washington, or West
minister, will now make her fight less
hard. To keep your troops out of the
field is her main object. In the first
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Church and Science Reneu Ancient Feud Aganst

The text of the decree runs as fol
lows:
Whether it is allowable
through a medium, or without a me-
dunn, with or without the aid Of hyp-
notlsm, to take part in (odsistereI
splrltlstic conversations or manifesto
tons of any kind, even where they
have the appearance of propriety and
piety, either by making inquiries of
sous or spirits, or listening to their
answers, or merely looking on-even
under the taclt or express protest Of
intending to have nothing to do with
euil spirits The answer is in the
hegatlue, all ro1taad.'
SO far as DR.. Raupert is concerned
and this is the particular point of the
present article-the reality of spirits
tic phenomena is granted. While there
IS fraudulent trickery passed off in
the name of spiritism, nevertheless DR.
Raupert and his school, among whom
are many non-rcligious writer's and
psychologists. admit that "materiali-
cations" of so-called "spirits" do take
place, and that these are unexplaincd
by any theory of fraud or delusion
and that other phenomena, such as
automatic writing, ouija board com
munications and the like, are amply
proved facts. All that part of the
spiritistic hypothesis is granted, but
with the spiri'tistic theory or convinced
belief rather that these materializa-
tions. these ouija board messages
these automatic writings and other
forms of communicating with the in.
visible world are the work Of the souls
Of the dead Dr.. Raupert and his col
leagues, together with a rapidly grow
ing number Of other non-religious OBJ
servers, will have absolutely nothing
to do.
They declare that so far no rea,
evidence has been brought forward te
prove the theory that the communicat
ing intelligences are the dsembodiec
souls of the dead. They admit tina
spirits exist; they admit that these
spirits are responsible for the phe
nomena; but they deny that any proc.
has been adduced sufficient to estab
lish the theory that the souls of the
dead control the phenomena. On the
other hand-and here is the centra
point-they claim that instead O.
these so-called messages from tn,
Cead being of kind or of tendency
truly to console the relatives of tn,
dead or to support the view of thos,
who claim for spiritism the VALIDITY
Of religion, they are in reality mani
festatons of an evil force-the worl
of the devil.
The spiritist, of course, cries out
quite shocked in his or her tenderes
beliefs against this view of the matter
Others smile at it and say, But tn,
devil is dead, is he not? Surely h,
died a long time ago, so far as educate,
and progressive modern thought l.
concerned.' To which Dr.. Rauper
and his confreres answer: please ex
anime the evidence. Putting theolog,
aside, examine the spiritistic pre-
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By, Miss Harriet Frances Carpenter

without marring child's character?
Il it had been the other child's mother
who lad acted in such q manner would
she not have been considered unhind?
And il great many mothers were like
that, would it be well for the social
Whole?
These and many other questions
mother must ponder. Some things chill
dren do she must forbid altogether, as
unproductive OF good; other activities
she Will permit because Of their value
as steps In growth, even though they
annoy her. Yet she should not permit
them simply because the child likes 20
do them. because little boys like to
act like monkeys is no reason that they
should act like monkeys; monkeys are
only beasts; they are boys" remarks
Kingsley.
The wise mother carefully eliminates
the coarse and debasing in pictures,
choosing TO set before her child ideals
commensurate with the serious mat
ter Of living. An unwise mother gave
her children book illustrated with
grotesque caricatures Of little
colored boy. She also told them the
story which was offensive TO good
taste.
Control With Book
"They like it, was her comment. 81
wouldn't do without it for anything!
Whenever they misbehsvc ! can al
ways control them with this book"
II control my children with pictures
OF chivalry," said another mother.
They like them better than anything
else; and, no matte how restless they
may bc fhou ANN hernpna m, a n a hi 10
trying to be Knights"
II has been pointed out by Froebel, in
his Nc other Play Book" that children
grow along lines that arc made at
traetive TO them. The first mother was
encouraging buffoonery and ridicule
the second, seif-eontrol and thoughtful
/ hess Tor others. The first had failed
| 10 risc, ar did the second. To npirituaI
Motherhood, for the device OF the mo
n1snt satisfied her, simply because il
Was an easy form Of entertainments.
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IT WAS suggested TO a charming
\ mother that the companionship Of
other children would help TO pre-
vent selhshness III her only sor. "Oh,"
zhe said, II wont ALLOW him to become
selhsn; that viii prevent above every
thing else!" 4 few days later this
Toy was asked Ia give up the front seat
IN the automobile to little cousin who
vas visiting mini With a look Of sui
len determination he refused. Tears
filled the eyes If the other little fellow,
who stood waiting in the road, but
Wien the mother etarted the car, as If
70 leave MIN. re Jumped IN, glad to
take the back seat rather than have no
ride at all. This was good training for
him; bat What of the first boy, sitting
IN selfish enjoyment Of the priced
place! His mothers naturally find
heart caused ner TO question that she
rad done.
I must see that he takes the back
seat sometimes" zhe said, under her
breath, with serious look. But the
tins u give him power over himself
Vas then. she had let the opportunity
faSS, ana Win each pestponenent the
Ssfuggie for uuselfsh surrender would
D@e9fs1 more difficult.
ART my child 70 love me-" pro
tHs'ef . father, refusing TO check
TFongdolnZ ia his son. And later.
s @Hsn the test VI love came, the child
%ai4eG because Of q week. selfish WILL
= nootoer. yeeling the necessity Of
Iaeh'nI her child 70 sake care Of his
, w, wa1 very seyere when she found
.e@t a PLAYMATE had broken some Of
sm, Yeu should not have allowed
nm 70 play Hjtn your toysW she said,
1epro7infly, not realizing that she waa
'5'zzsnz a splendid opportunity TO en-
'FofaEe the aoy. that forgives freely.
bens Mothers Like That
'onld gseh an attitude be adhered to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
BY Paul Bartholow

THE war correspondent for the
French Republic, who has re-
Gently returned from Venice,
relates the following observations upon
the new conditions there. The simple
easy style Of these Impressions shows
us clearly what the invasion has done
in Italy, things which would have been
thought incredible a few years ago.
He describes the splendid performance
of the Italian army in its present
stand. and the infinite preparations
which lie behind the defence of Venice.
Venice to-day is like a city of the
dead. The picture of its canals and
quays shows the absolute removal of
all the usual signs of human habita-
ton. II know nothing sadder at .his
moment writes The correspondent
"than Venice, with threc-fourths Of its
population fled, with its monuments
swathed in sandbags, listening to the
cannon which thunder on the Piave
near by"
The place is not simply deserted. It
has ceased to show any animation be-
yond few stocal citizens, who cluste,
in knots before the railway station in
the evening to read the military bull
lotins, or few British and French Of
fcers, who buy souvenirs in the Piazza
di San Marco. During the day on the
Rialto few women wearing dark
shawls over their heads stragcle in and
out Of the empty shops, while the chill,
dren play in the ahe.tc- of the archos
a basket or Two Of vegetables only 70.