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LOST ATLANTIS

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

LECTURE

An Interesting, locturo on "The By W. E. McKenney, Lost Continent" was given by Mr. B. W. Paul at a meeting of the Theosophical Society on Thursday evening. In the course of his re- marks Mr. Paul said:

"Although the lost continent "Atlantia" is spoken of In our Encylopaedias as "mythical Island kingdom," the scientific evi- dence of its existence is very con vincing.

In our previous article we took up original no trump bids of one of under the McKenney aystem contract bidding. To-day we will discuss when and how to support partner's original no trump,

Supporting Original No Trump Bld of One.

uac

In assisting original no trump bids of jone by partner, you the pitch senle for valuing your hand the same as the original bid- der, except that the supporting hand la allowed one

additional

or

"The deep-sea soundings of the Atlantic ocean by the British and American warships "Challanger" and "Dolphin" revealed an im- mense bank of great elevation in mid-Atlantic rlaing sheer, out of the depths, while the Azores, Ascension and Tristan D'Acunha are the peaks of this land which still remain above water, and noteworthy fact is that this ridge debris point each for the ace, king is covered with volcanic queen if it heads a five-card suit: particularly about the Azores. the e.g. if your hand contained ace, queen and three small dia- monds and your partner bid an original one no trump, you would count four for the ace of dia- mouds and two for the queen of diamonds, and in addition would be allowed one point for the ace of diamonds and one point for the queen of diamonds as they fend a five-card suit, giving you n total count in the diamond suit of eight points in support of part- ner's original no trump bid.

The reason this additional point is given for each of the three top n five-card honours.if they had

vary sult is because partner is apt to hold one of the missing high honours, or if you hold all three that will be his weak spot

and this suit is quickly established for four or perhaps five tricks.

you

and

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BRIG. GEN. MACNAGHTEN PASSES THROUGH

Among the passengers by the P. and O. linor Rawalpindi, which leaves at noon to-day for Home, in Brig. Goneral E. B. Macnaghten, C.M.G., D.S.O., former Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Coun cil, who is travelling to England on an extended hollday.

Gonoral Macnaghten has had an interesting military career, and served throughout the Great War with the British forces. He was bern in India in 1871 and first saw service in West Africa in 1898-99, when he received the West Africa medal, with clasp. He saw service again in 1900-02| in South Africa, for which he re ceived the Queen's madal with four clasps, and the King's medal with two clasps. In

and campaign in 1903 he was twice mentioned in despatchos.

the Somali-

From the French Government he received the Croix de Guerre...

During the Great War, General- "Turning to the fauna and flora upon the continents separated by Macnaghton was eight times men- this great ocean we find identical tioned in despatcher, and was species on these separated lande, given two brevets, also receiving fossil remains of the camel being the CM.G. and the D.S.O.. the found in India, Africa and North Mons Star, General Service Medal and South America, Similar re-and the Victory Medal. mains are found of hersca, sheep and cattle. Now it is generally accepted that a species of animal has its origin upon one part of the globe and from there overruns other parts, and it would appear very logical to suppose a former land link between these two con- tinents,

"Again we find the banana, a cannot be seedless plant, which propagated by cuttings and whose roots will not stand long transit. flourishing extensively on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

He first arrived in China in of the British American Tobacco 1929, when he became a Director Co. He was Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in 1926-27, and in 1926 was elected to the Shanghai Municipal Coun- cil.

He was re-alected in 1927 but resigned, in October of that year. In 1929 he again successfully stood for election, and was ap on April pointed vice-Chairman 18. In March of the following year, just before the annual elec- "If we study languages we find tion, he became Chairman, a post a remarkable similarity between he has held ever since. This year the ancient language and alpha-ho did not stand for election. bets of the Mayas of Yucatan and the Egyptians.

Similar Languages.

ship to Mr. A. D. Bell, the new and handed over the chairman- Chairman, on Thursday morning, Sometime A.D.C. to the King, the day after the annual election. Brig-Gen. Macnaghton is referred Commemoration to most eulogistically in the Royal Artillery War Book.

When Brig, General Macnaghten loft Shanghai on the Rawalpindi he was given a guard of honour the Shanghai Volunteer from Corps. As Chairman of the Coun. Was cil Brig.-Gen. Macnaghten also Civil Commandant of the Chairman he has actually gone Corps. Now that he is no longer back on to the "active" list of Corps officers from which he retir ed with the rank of Major before he became Civil Commandant.

The guard of honour consisted from each of four other ranks unit in the Corps, and was under the command of Major F. A. R. Leitao, Brig.-Gen. Macnaghten'e car started from the Country Club of the Shanghai Field Batter his and was escorted by two howitzers

old unit.

In original one no trump bida, you will note that a different total count is required for ench of the four different positions. You will support partner's original one na trump to two no trump when the

"We And similar types of men combined count of the two hands totals, 22, and to thres no trump on bath sides, similar beliefs. when the combined count is 24; Tho first Spanish adventurers in eg. if partner opens with a bid Mexico and Peru were astonished of one no trump first hand, he to find the savages using the cross

least

13, as an emblem of worship. So it shows a count of at

with religious buildings, therefore you must have a count is

two of nine to raise him to

no Pyramids in Egypt, Mexico and trump, or a count of 11 to raise Central America. They are alike him to three no trump, while IfIn orientation and other features; ho bid no trump fourth hand, na- their similarity is too great to be coincidence. Many An- suming of course that there had a mere

this lost been no intervening bids, he shows cient writers mention

One states that the a count of at least 16, therefore continent. you would need only seven to raise Phoenicians knew of this island, him to two no trump and nine to while Plato in his "Atlanticus" gives a detalled account of its in- raise him to three no trump.

When partner has opened with habitants.

"Most remarkable of all is the trump n10 an original one

uniformity of the your hand contains one and one-marvellous

you Flood legends. It is needless to half to two quick tricks, should endeavour to support part- go into these flood stories, but ner's no trump, with no interven-suffice it to say that in India, ing bid, even though you must Chalden, Babylon, Medea, Greece, shade the count slightly. The Scandinavia, among the Jews and reason for this is that if you hold among the Celtic tribes of Britain, two aces, or a side ace and a side the legend is absolutely identical king, undoubtedly these are part-in all its essentials. ner's weak spots and if he could "Turning to the West we find bid a so trump with these miss the same story among the Mexi- ing high cards, you may have just cans, the people of Guatemala,

"The third race, the Tollecs what he needs to produce a game. Honduras, Peru, and almost every

Holding two and one-half quick tribe of North American Indians. evolved a civilization that we have tricks and no good biddable four It is foolish to suggest that mere not yet surpassed. Even thou or five-card major suit, you should coincidence can account for this sands of years later their descen-

fa-dants

established the Mexican take partner to three no trump. fundamental identity. The even though the count has to be meus Troano Manuscript from the and Peruvian empires. It

Mayas of Yucatan now in the Bri-during the rule of this race that shaded a point or two,

When a hand containing twotish Museum, translated by Pro- the Lodge of Initiates moved to fessor Le Plongeon, is very ex Egypt, and ruling the country well and one-half quick tricks with no good biddable sult is opposite anplanatory. It describes how the and wisely established that Divine original no trump hand, same remains of this great continnent Dynasty, that Manetho the Egyp will result in a great majority of were shattered by volcanle forces tian priest writes of. They built and finally sunk beneath the waves the two great Pyramids on one of drowning millions of its inhabit-

cades,

last yellow races.

Was

which Cheops later put his name, and centuries later bullt Karnak and other great ancient buildings. "The sixth race, the Akkadians, of the the forerunners

built

race, the

I partner opens with an origi-ants. nal one no trump and the oppo-

The Theosophical Version. nents put in a suit bld, not only

"So much Science tells you and are you required to have sufficient count, but you must also have the it is very conclusive nnd very fas-were opponents' suit stopped in order cinating. In addition Theosophy Phoenicians, and it was this race

tells you that this land Atlantis that came to Britain and to raise partner's no trump.

was the cradle and home of the Stonehenge. The soventh fourth root race of humanity, the Mongolian, started on that the root stock, a glant race, stoppes of Eastern Siberia. They came from West Africa, overran multiplied tremendously and even the island continent and became now a majority of the world's

first

of Atlanteans. population belongs to this race. They flourished for thousands of An interesting fact is that the last years but were finally displaced by family race has not yet renched the following races. There were its zenith, and the Japanese na- seven Atlantean races, the three Ition has still got history to give first being red races and the four to the world."

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