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[November, 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
*. * The Editor does not hold himself responsible for statements of fadts or 
opinions expressed in Correspondence, or in Articles bearing the signature 
ot their respective authors. 
THE BELGRAD DISTURBANCES. 
May I ask wherein these occurrences differ from those reported 
as having frequently happened during the Dark Ages, but which 
were unknown in the earlier half of this century ? If fiends, or, 
as they are now euphemistically* called, Potter Geister, can 
produce such phenomena without the intervention of a medium, 
we are plainly mere playthings for evil spirits. For, if the streets 
of Belgrad are rendered at times impassable by showers of 
stones, flung by no visible hand, what guarantee have we that 
the streets of London or Paris may not be bombarded in like 
manner ? If such things cannot happen without the co-operation 
of a medium, it seems to me that he or she stands exadtly in the 
shoes of the mediaeval witches, and is particeps criminis. If the 
fiend is powerless without the medium’s aid, but with that aid 
can work mischief, the medium may surely be regarded and 
treated as a public enemy. 
R. M. N. 
* Our correspondent’s term is “ beschoenigend,” which we are obliged to 
translate into English as above. — E d. J. S. 
