nd with no hope of
relief from their non-Baha'i relatives in whose eyes they deserve to be
treated only with the meanest contempt.

It appears from the above-mentioned report that the merciless assailant
has been arrested, waiting, however, as has been the case with similar
incidents in southern Persia, to be sooner or later released under the
pressure of bribery and intimidation sedulously exercised by an impenitent
enemy.

Dearest friends! Any measure of publicity the concerted efforts of the
Baha'i Spiritual Assemblies of the West, on whom almighty Providence has
conferred the inestimable benefits of religious toleration and freedom,
can accord to this latest manifestation of unbridled barbarism in Persia
will be most opportune and valuable. It will, I am certain, confer abiding
solace to those disconsolate sufferers who with sublime heroism continue
to uphold the traditions of their beloved Faith. Our one weapon lies in
our prayerful efforts, intelligently and persistently pursued, to arouse
by every means at our disposal the conscience of unheeding humanity, and
to direct the attention of men of vision and authority to these incredibly
odious acts which in their ferocity and frequency cannot but constitute in
the eyes of every fair-minded observer the gravest challenge to all that
is sacred and precious in our present-day civilization.

Your true brother,
SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine,
April 27, 1927.

Letter of May 27, 1927.

To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the
United States and Canada:

Dearly-beloved co-workers:

Your communications dated April 15th and May 6th and 9th have been
received, with their enclosures, and carefully perused.

Declaration of Trust and By-Laws

The Declaration of Trust, the provisions of which you have so splendidly
conceived, and formulated with such assiduous care, marks yet another
milestone on the road of progress along which you are patiently and
determinedly advancing. Clear and concise in its wording, sound in
principle, and complete in its affirmations of the fundamentals of Baha'i
administration, it stands in its final form as a worthy and faithful
exposition of the constitutional basis of Baha'i communities in every
land, foreshadowing the final emergence of the world Baha'i Commonwealth
of the future. This document, when correlated and combined with the set of
by-laws which I trust are soon forthcoming, will serve as