New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

ana controversy. and would be disap.
pointed if he did not get it. He do.
scribed his mission here as "sort ~
raid rather than lecture tour" He
sad he was dasirous of telling the
american people how the British peo.
PIE mad been helped in the KNOWLEDGE
OF spirltualism and to ascertain for
hlmself how far the psychic movement
mad spread in this country.
nave no fear whatever of death y
ne said. II have more knowlodre of
What is to become of me after death
than | have were to be dropped into
the middle of Asia or Africa, for all m v
knowledge Of the wildness of the coun-
Try and the habits Of the savage tribes
that inhabit those regions"
IN outlining the arguments that he
is TO use on the lecture platform in
tins country. Sir Arthur said that al
though deeply impressed with the ex-
perlences Of Professors Lodge, Hare,
E.hrookes, Lombroso and Richet he felt
position because Of his actual person al
experiences. These he said he was
prepared to divulge to the public.
making every allowance for fraud
l"nlch has been greatly exaggerated) \
ana Tor self-deception, which is far
more common said Sir Arthur, "there
rremalns great residuum of proved
iact winch makes this psychic move
lnent the most serious attempt ever
maze to place religion upon basis of
uenn1oe PROOF, which is what all
earnest minds might desire.
Secs Death Blow to Materiallsm
1T IS the one great final antidote to
materialism, which is the cause of
most Of our recent world troubles. If
we can make this good-and the case
has only to be clearly stated to be
proved-then surely America has good
cause to be proud that this great re-
statement Of the fundamentals of re-
llgion should have come upon her soil.
1t mas been degraded by some who be-
i'eyed IN 1t, and derided by all who
did not, but the time has come to
recognize the vital good that is in il
and to free 1t from sordid influences.
High spirits did not redescend upon
earth In order to tell fortunes or to ad-
Wse on business matters, such uses
BENG a curse with them. The true
aim of all communication with spirits
is consolation, knowledge of spiritual
matters, including the condition of life
after death, and self-improvement
"Phenomena are elementary things,
useful as signals which call our atten-
tlon to the unseen, but tending too
often to distract attention from the
real spiritual knowledge to which they
should be an Introduction.
Ear from being antagonistic to re-
ligton, this psychic movement is des-
tined to vivify religion, which has long
been decaying and becoming a mere
formality. This new knowledge makes
1t 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
psychic knowledge much of the New
Testament Is incomprehensible. With
1t one has renewed assurance Of Its
essential truth. 1t unites real science
and real religion, each supporting the
other"
Burns Greets Him at Quarantine
William j. Burns, chief Of the Secret
Service, who came from Washington
to meet Sir Arthur, boarded the Bal
tic at Quarantine. The creator Of
Sherlock Holmes and the American de-
tective, who are old friends, greeted
each other heartily.
Mr.. Burns said that in London he
told Sir Arthur in an hour and q half
how crime could be prevented, but that
it would take more than a thousand
hours for the novelist to convert him
to a belief in spiritualism.
Sir Arthur. who was last here in
1914, is accompanied by Lady Doyle
and his t rec children, Denis, thir-
teen years DID, Malcolm, eleven and
Lima Conan Doyle nine.