The New York herald., 1922-04-10
CONAN DOYLE COMES
TO SPREAD PSYCH|CS
Sir Arthur Insists He Has
Heard From Dead Son
Numerous Times.
NO HE'LL HEREAFTER
w. J. Burns Greets Creator
of sherlock Holmes on
Board the Baltic.
NEW CREED OPTIMISTIC
NO HE'LL HEREAFTER
NEW CREED OPTIMISTIC
Lady Doyle and Three Youth
full Doyles All Are Happy
in Fathers Faith.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lady Doyle
and the vivacious trio of little Doyles
added to the cheer of the White Star
liner Baltic on the trip she finished
here last evening from Liverpool and
the creator of Sherlock Holmes to
America, but to his youngsters New
York is a novelty, and they kept him
busy most of the way across answer
Ing questions
Sir Arthur himself was so busy
being photographed and interviewed
after the liner left Quarantine that he
could not, as he. bad hoped, show the
Statue Of Liberty to Denis, who Is Is
Malcolm, IL, and Miss Lima, 8, so they
went out on deck and took in the
spectacle by themselves and later rar
In joyously and announced their dis
covery.
Sir Arthur looks pretty much the same
rs he did on his second visit here in
1al4. He is 63, but carries himself like
much younger man. and the flesh or
his tall figure is so evenly distributed
that he cannot be called portly.
He is here this time, he said. to
spread the gospel OF optimistic spirit
ualisn. which he asserted was the only
kind there really is, in a. series OF lee
tures. He declared that his lectures
were not for personal gain and that
every cent taken in would be devoted to
The cause" as he termed his creed
as defined by the National Spiritual
Union of London and the London Spirit
ual Alliance.
"sherlock" still Pursues Him.
Sir Arthur submitted to the posings
OF the photographers, movie and other
wise. with smiling grace. while the little
Doyles looked on and laughed and later
found out how it was themselves. Will
lam j. Burns, Chief OF the Bureau OF
Investigation Of the Department Of Jus-
tice and an old friend of Sir Arthur,
who had boarded the Baltic down the
bay. posed in one OF the pictures with
the novelist after they had discussed
detective stories, and Sir Arthur had
spoken sadly Of his inability to get away
rom his perennial pursuer. Sherlock.
He had typewriter statement ready
.or the reporters giving Some Points OF
Sir A. Conan Doyle's Argument" and
after they had read It he backed into a
corner on an upper deck. near an open
door, saying that he wanted plenty
air" and asked them to do their worst
He spoke Jccularly at times. but mostly
he was deadly in earnest. and his voice
was occasionally a bit tremulous with
emotion. He left no doubt in the minds
Of his hearers that he believed sincerely
In all said. His tone at times was
ultra-positive, especially when he re-
ferred to communications he averrcd he
had with his dead son.
Lady Doyle Joined the group around
her husband and contributed now and
then to what the evangelists would call
his testimony" They spoke enthusi-
artically of the effect of their own be-
lief on that OF their little ones. They
wore too young just vet to be admitted
to seances with their parents, Sir Arthur
said. because seances were apt to be
somewhat strenuous. and II was his
policy TO keep them away from them
until they were between seventeen and
eighteen. They had embraced spiritual
Ism and knew more about the real
vital things OF religion than the
bishops."
Lady Doyle supplemented her hug
bands statement with the declaration
that the children had achieved perfect
happiness through their belief. which
teaches the utter absence of pain aftcx
death and actual beatitude. The chill
dren themselves, romping around the
ship without any attempt at parental
restraint, which their parents believe Is
not necessary. seemed quite happy and
they made II a point to not interfere
with the happiness or comfort OF any,
body else. Sir Arthur said he did not
believe in forcing his belief on the chill
dren as he had vivid memory Of his
own enforced religious experience when
he was a boy and compelled to attend
church three times day.
spirir Inspiration From America.
Originally. Sir Arthur said. he had
been a Roman Catholic When he was
4 medical student. at about the age of Is,
he gave up all ritual religion and be-
came a materialist. It might interest
americans to know that an American
Judge Edmunds. who published a book
on spiritualism in 1859. the year Sir
Arthur was born, had opened his mind
10 the reception OF spiritualism, and he
regarded II as strange that SO good
book should remain dormant so long
time and come to life again now.
II did not find 1t so difficult to shift
from Roman Catholicism to the beauti-
ful creed believe in" Sir Arthur said
ut would have been dfficult for me to
have adopted a Protestant faith / am
amazed at the progress OF spiritualism
and am confident that within nifty
years II will sweep the earth"
In describing his faith Sir Arthur
talked with rapid earnestness. THE first
sphere, or plane" he said. 'is extraor-
dinarily like life here. except that Il Is
higher. happier and free from pain.
Everything here has an equivalent here
after. Death Is promotion. SpIritualism
Ii not for utilitarian purposes. It Ia not
q complex thing. You must approach
II with certain amount OF humility.
There Ia no he'll, but those who have not
developed their spiritual sides will have
10 walt after death for the achievement
Of happiness. and Il is not pleasant TO
walt.
we spiritualists are theists, believing
In Supreme Being that is infinite and
omnipresent. We may be likened to the
Unitarian type OF organized churches
We have a definite knowledge OF what
happens to us after death because we
have communicated with those who have
died. ] am positive that have spoken
10 my own son many times through true
mediums and have heard from twenty
others. These are simply facts.
In communicating with those who
have died we must have medium with