A STRANGE STORY
ALLEGED SPIRIT MESSAGES FROM KITCHENER. London, August 18. "Scrutator,” in "Truth,” writes that he has investigated a strange current story that Kitchener, by sending spirit messages, helped to win the war. It appears that the wife of a British officer states that during 1918 her son, who had been killed in action, appeared to her and demanded a pencil. He then commenced a series, of weekly letters by "automatic writing," lasting for months. These purported to emanate from Lord Kitchener, and to give information as to the disposition of the German lines. It was requested that they should be eent to Lord Haig, and an officer-friend showed the letters to two brigadier-gen-erals, who took them to headquarters. Ixird Haig agreed to examine the communications, which proved to bo quite useless. Lord Haig stated that he was certain that such rubbish had never emanated from Kitchener, even if they came from the spirit world. "Truth’s" contributor says he is convinced that the recipient of the supposed messages acted in perfect good faith. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 280, 20 August 1921, Page 7
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177A STRANGE STORY Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 280, 20 August 1921, Page 7
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