The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-14
CONAN DOYLE,
SPIRITUALIST.
TO RAID US.
Distinguished Author, on Step
ping Ashore, Declared He Had
Learned The Truth
TO TOUR LARGE CITIES

Conan Doyle, creator of the material
istic Sherlock Holmes, but now sin
cere believer in things spiritual, ar
rived here last night to raid" AM
erica.
II propose to make raid on Amer
ican skepticism," he said in explain
ing the purpose of his proposed. lee
.ture tour. Il propose to raid church
and laty alike"
Stepping on American shores for
the first time in seven years, the dis
tinguished author declared he had
Learned the truth"
Spirtualism today, said Sir Arthur,
is nothing but religion. 1t is a great
er religion than anything we have
ever known. Fifty years from today
this world is going to be a spiritual
world in which leaders of thought
are going to laugh at our puny at
tempts to fathom the future.
Says Dead Are Happier.
"Spiritualism teaches a definite
knowledge of the life after so-called
death. 1t teaches us not to fear death
and that the passing of heart beats
is merely promotion.
''You see, a so-called dead man goes
to happier plane, there is no crime,
no sordidness and it is many, many
times happier. You always have a
difficult task proving to a man on
that plane that he, not you, is really
dead.
"But suppose man passes who
has been something of an unsavory
individual here. Does he go to hell?
No, he goes to a sort of hospital.
That is gray and very unhappy, un-
pleasant sort of place. He must re-
main there, however, until his own
voluntary acts show him fit for the
other plane. 1t is simple and beau
tiful But it Is not materialistic."
That is what Sir Arthur is going
to teach here. His lecture tour, or
raid, is not for money, he claims,
Whatever he gets, goes to the cause,
although he admits he probably will
take it away from the United States
because we "already have all the
money in the world:
Sir Arthur declared that the Church
OF England is adopting most of the
tenets of spiritualism, although it
cannot admit 1t. He said churchmen
the world over are leaning that way
in their services, because there is
nothing else they can do and be
truthful"
SCOTS at Mediums.
Sir Arthur does not believe in So
called mediums who use silver or
glass globes, and cards of various de-
scriptions, weirdly moving tables
characterizing such things as
fakes" spiritualism isn't that
Spiritualism, he explained, is the
truth of philosophy and religion COM
bined which cannot be escaped.
II have many times spoken with
my SON, Kingsley Conan, Doyle" he
continued, "but that is, not strange
I wanted to talk to him, he wanted
to talk to me. We talked. Kingsley
isn't dead-and it is, interesting to
note that from such seances the truth
about the after life is becoming more
and more apparent
"Simplified sRiritualism is merely a
great white truth of the Bible and
religion. It is pristine purity OF
thought and action combined. There
is nothing mysterious about it. It Is
clear and open. All you have to do is
to think of a life after death, a life
of enviable beauty-and realize that
there can be no fear Of death because
with spiritualism you know exactly
what is going to happen to you"
sWill Vlyify Religion"
"F'ar from being antagonistic to re-
ligion, this psyhic movement is des-
tined to vivify religion, which has
long been decaying and becoming a
mere formality. This new knowledge
makes it real and sure. and enables
one for the first time to understand
the actions and views Of the early
Christians and of their great founder
Without this psyhic knowledge, much
of the new testament is incompre-
lensible. With it one has renewed as
surance of its essential truth.
1T unites real science and real re-
ligion, each supporting the other"
Sir Arthur and his family will be in
America three months. They will visit
Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, St.
Louis, Chicago, and possibly other
cities Sir Arthur does not intend to
seek to organize spiritualism In this
country, he said, but merely to explain