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Nor should we ignore or underestimate the contacts established between these same agencies and some of the highest governmental authorities, in both the East and the West, as well as with the heads of Islam in Persia, and with the League of Nations, and with even royalty itself for the purpose of defending the rights, or of presenting the literature, or of setting forth the aims and purposes of the followers of the Faith in their unremitting efforts to champion the cause of an infant Administrative Order. The communications addressed by the members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada-- the champion builders of that Order-- to the Palestine High Commissioner for the restitution of the keys of the Tomb of Baha'u'llah to its custodian; to the Shah of Persia, on four occasions, pleading for justice on behalf of their persecuted brethren within his domains; to the Persian Prime Minister on that same subject; to Queen Marie of Rumania, expressing gratitude for her historic tributes to the Baha'i Faith; to the Heads of Islam in Persia, appealing for harmony and peace among religions; to King Feisal of Iraq for the purpose of insuring the security of the Most Great House in Baghdad; to the Soviet Authorities on behalf of the Baha'i communities in Russia; to the German authorities regarding the disabilities suffered by their German brethren; to the Egyptian Government concerning the emancipation of their co- religionists from the yoke of Islamic orthodoxy; to the Persian Cabinet in connection with the closing of Persian Baha'i educational institutions; to the State Department of the United States Government and the Turkish Ambassador in Washington and the Turkish Cabinet in Ankara, in defense of the interests of the Faith in Turkey; to that same State Department in order to facilitate the transfer of the remains of Lua Getsinger from the Protestant Cemetery in Cairo to the first Baha'i burial- ground established in Egypt; to the Persian Minister in Washington regarding the mission of Keith Ransom- Kehler; to the King of Egypt with accompanying Baha'i literature; to the Government of the United States and the Canadian Government, setting forth the Baha'i teachings on Universal Peace; to the Rumanian Minister in Washington on behalf of the American Baha'is, on the occasion of the death of Queen Marie of Rumania; and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, acquainting him with Baha'u'llah's summons issued in His Kitab- i- Aqdas to the Presidents of the American Republics and with certain prayers revealed by Abdu'l- Baha-- such communications constitute in themselves a notable and illuminating chapter in the history of the unfoldment of the Baha'i Administrative Order.
(343:1)
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