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No need to dwell on the energetic steps which the English believers as soon as they had been apprized of the dire peril threatening the life of Abdu'l- Baha undertook to insure His security; on the measures independently taken whereby Lord Curzon and others in the British Cabinet were advised as to the critical situation at Haifa; on the prompt intervention of Lord Lamington, who immediately wrote to the Foreign Office to "explain the importance of Abdu'l- Baha's position;" on the despatch which the Foreign Secretary, Lord Balfour, on the day of the receipt of this letter, sent to General Allenby, instructing him to "extend every protection and consideration to Abdu'l- Baha, His family and His friends;" on the cablegram subsequently sent by the General, after the capture of Haifa, to London, requesting the authorities to "notify the world that Abdu'l- Baha is safe;" on the orders which that same General issued to the General Commanding Officer in command of the Haifa operations to insure Abdu'l- Baha's safety, thus frustrating the express intention of the Turkish Commander- in- Chief (according to information which had reached the British Intelligence Service) to "crucify Abdu'l- Baha and His family on Mt. Carmel" in the event of the Turkish army being compelled to evacuate Haifa and retreat northwards.
(305:3)
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