for Palestine, Sir
Herbert Samuel, instructing him to "convey to the Baha'i Community, on
behalf of His Majesty's Government, their sympathy and condolence."
Viscount Allenby, the High Commissioner for Egypt, wired the High
Commissioner for Palestine asking him to "convey to the relatives of the
late Sir 'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas Effendi and to the Baha'i Community" his
"sincere sympathy in the loss of their revered leader." The Council of
Ministers in Ba_gh_dad instructed the Prime Minister Siyyid 'Abdu'r-Rahman
to extend their "sympathy to the family of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Baha in
their bereavement." The Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary
Force, General Congreve, addressed to the High Commissioner for Palestine
a message requesting him to "convey his deepest sympathy to the family of
the late Sir Abbas Baha'i." General Sir Arthur Money, former Chief
Administrator of Palestine, wrote expressing his sadness, his profound
respect and his admiration for Him as well as his sympathy in the loss
which His family had sustained. One of the distinguished figures in the
academic life of the University of Oxford, a famous professor and scholar,
wrote on behalf of himself and his wife: "The passing beyond the veil into
fuller life must be specially wonderful and blessed for One Who has always
fixed His thoughts on high, and striven to lead an exalted life here
below."

Many and divers newspapers, such as the London "Times," the "Morning
Post," the "Daily Mail," the "New York World," "Le Temps," the "Times of
India" and others, in different languages and countries, paid their
tribute to One Who had rendered the Cause of human brotherhood and peace
such signal and imperishable services.

The High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel, sent immediately a message
conveying his desire to attend the funeral in person, in order as he
himself later wrote, to "express my respect for His creed and my regard
for His person." As to the funeral itself, which took place on Tuesday
morning--a funeral the like of which Palestine had never seen--no less than
ten thousand people participated representing every class, religion and
race in that country. "A great throng," bore witness at a later date, the
High Commissioner himself, "had gathered together, sorrowing for His
death, but rejoicing also for His life." Sir Ronald Storrs, Governor of
Jerusalem at the time, also wrote in describing the funeral: "I have never
known a more united expressio