The Washington times., 1922-04-29
DOYLE ASSERTS
SPIRITS TRY To
SEND RADIOS
Some Technical Elementals
Detected Using Apparatus.
Repeats St. Paul, He Says.
Universal Service.

tnNersai service.
Some highly technical spirit is
trying, to get into touch with us
by radio i'm a code and over wave
length not used by mortal opera
tors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told
this writer yesterday.
In reply to a question as to
whether the spirit world is taking
up the fad which has become so
popular i'm the mundane sphere,
the famous British exponent of
spiritism said:
1--WE may expect much through
radio-communication eventually. An
operator in Birmingham (England)
tells me he has detected call IN
an unknown code and on a wave
length beyond that used by earthly
operators. 1t has not yet been
solved.
"Radio.communicatio is essen
TALLY an ethereal function, operat-
ing as II does through the ether
and so we may expect spirits, which
themselves are of the ether, 10
communicate with us through that
medium"
Don't Like Movies.
Evidently they don't care any.
thing about the movies in ethereal
circles. Asked whether spirits mad
ever been photographed with mo-
ton cameras. as he says they have
been with still cameras, Sir arthur
said he had never heard OF any
such pictures.
II don't think it could be done-at
least I doubt il =" he said. THE pho
Geographic pictures we have developed
have not been taken in the ordinary
way. but were rather impressions
made by the ectoplasm of the spirit
upon the plate"
He doubted, too, whether any
thing could be done by means OF AR
planes, until il was suggested that II
sny communication is possible u
might be aided by the concentration
of mind away from earthly matters
to be obtained in an airplane at high
attitudes.
81 have heard of no airplane eX-
periments, but there may be possi'
bility of result there" He paused
reflectively. You remember, Christ
ascended a mountain foe communica-
ton with His Father"
He said that st. Paul was
preacher of spiritism.
"St. Paul taught the things / do
concerning the spirit world. We are
preachers of the same thing.
At the beginning of the interview
Sir Arthur composed his bulky,
florid figure in a chair, closed his
eyes, which he partly covered with
his hands, and turned sideways, and
briefly stated his now familiar creed
in a trance-like voice.
Has Noted ExpOnents.
We are coming out OF the dark
ages into the new light of proven
facts concerning spirit manifestation,
he said. lie had Conversed face to
face with twenty-three relatives.
sometimes in the presence of not less
than four witnesses. When Sir
oliver Lodge. Lombroso, and such
men of science and standing were be-
levers, it was no longer thing TO
be disbelieved. We are through with
the era of silly ghost stories and
frauds, and are face to face with
established realities, he declared.
Lady Doyle sat in the room during
the interview, and toward its close
Joined her observations TO those of
her husband With a rapt express
sion on her face she said:
"Our audiences have been so re-
sponsive everywhere. In Australia
and New Zealand as well as in Great
Britain and here, large crowds have
Deen turned away. lney are eager
for the message my husband is
bringing to them-eager to know of
better world after this one. We
don't want a hell after we have been
through with life here.
1t has been published that the pro-
ceeds of the lectures would be de-
voted to the cause of spiritism, but
Sir Arthur said today that it is
doubtful whether, despite capacity
audiences, there would be much left
, over after the expenses of thier
party of seven are paid. His three
children are with him, and besides
his wife and himself there are two
business representatives.
Many were turned away from his
lecture yesterday, all seats and most
of the standing room having been
sold before his arrival.
In his lecture, cordially received
and frequently interrupted by ap-
plause, Sir Arthur said that, because
of laws of this country, the best
American mediums go to Great Brit
ain, which benefits from them. Hc
said spiritualism would grow rapidly
here when these laws are lifted