Paragould soliphone., 1922-04-14
SPIRITUALISM
 REAL AS MAN
 CONAN DOYLE

New York, April 12.--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has arrived in the United States to lecture on the subject which has become for him religion, made this the opening statement of an impressive, exclu- sive interview on the eve of his departure from London:
 You can tell America" Sir Ar thur said, "that l am utterly seri. ous. l am going over, not in com mercial or otherwise interested frame of mind, but merely to tell the truth of spiritualism. The distinguished creator of Sherlock Holmes has fol several years made a deep study of psychic phenamena. From being in the first instance q ScOffer, Conan Doyle has become the leader of spir- itualists the world over His books on the subject are known in every country. The death of his son, kill ed in the World war, had pro- lOult%l CLlCCb upOll OH 6lL LII ul VIEWS towards the life hereafter" He is himself a healthy, upstandine broad-shouldered man.
 Spiritualism Builds From Below.
 ''ln spiritualism, we have to build from below upwards; every brick must be tested and laid" Sir Arthur said
 ''ln all other cases of mystic phil osophies, they begin at the apex and worked downwards. It is here fore easy for them to give answers to large sweeping questions depend ing on the future or upon c0ndi- tions outside our immediate knoWl- edge.
 'I think that if spiritualism be- gan to do this, and to answer large questions which must be more or less speculative, it would lose that claim for precise knowledge winch at present it can make.
 Therefore, when faced with ques- tions as to life on distant physical worlds, such as the planet Mars. we can give no decided reply. We don't know When, however, we are asked as to the conditions of post mortem life, we &"e then, ip my opinion, in a strong ana H"acise position to answer, and we do SO We have detailed accounts from hundreds of sources, each independ- ent of the other, which give us clear conception of the life of those whom we call dead. 1 have had a great number of such cOmmunica- tions myself
 They differ only, and especially, in small details, as do accounts from living people of the present life in different parts of the earth-but although some of them differ in speculation, especially on the ques- tiOn of reincarnation, in the de scription of what they see and what they feel and what they do there is most remarkable agreement
 Witnesses Confirm Authorities.
 The three great modern peers. sweden Borg, Davis and Vale Owen, each independent of the other, and each asserting the same general system from direct inspirations, are confirmed by an enormous cloud of smaller witnesses.
 "I think it is no exaggeration to say that an earnest student can form a clearer conception of life in what Davis has called the Summer Land the goal to which all hu- attains-than we can of life in Central Asia or Central Af- rica."
 Asked whether it is possible for human beings to be prompted in their everyday business life by spirits from the other world. Sir Arthur replied;
 Many of the promptings which come to us in everyday life may come from invisible assistance. but none the less, if we consciously lean on such spiritual promptings and aids 10 too large an extent, it would obviously destroy our own powers of 
 At the same time I think it| luite possible for us, if we ask no gain, to obtain much valua- Dle assistance"
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will lee .ure and make a special study of 5Wedenborgian faith in the United States.
 
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