ancial year."

No need to dwell on the subsequent history of this momentous case, on the
long-drawn out negotiations, the delays and complications that ensued; on
the consultations, "over a hundred" in number, in which the king, his
ministers and advisers took part; on the expressions of "regret," of
"surprise" and of "anxiety" placed on record at successive sessions of the
Mandates Commission held in Geneva in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933; on
the condemnation by its members of the "spirit of intolerance" animating
the _Sh_i'ah community, of the "partiality" of the Iraqi courts, of the
"weakness" of the civil authorities and of the "religious passion at the
bottom of this injustice"; on their testimony to the "extremely
conciliatory disposition" of the petitioners, on their "doubt" regarding
the adequacy of the proposals, and on their recognition of the "serious"
character of the situation that had been created, of the "flagrant denial
of justice" which the Baha'is had suffered, and of the "moral debt" which
the 'Iraq Government had contracted, a debt which, whatever the changes in
her status as a nation, it was her bounden duty to discharge.

Nor does it seem necessary to expatiate on the unfortunate consequences of
the untimely death of both the British High Commissioner and the Iraqi
Prime Minister; on the admission of 'Iraq as a member of the League, and
the consequent termination of the mandate held by Great Britain; on the
tragic and unexpected death of the King himself; on the difficulties
raised owing to the existence of a town planning scheme; on the written
assurance conveyed to the High Commissioner by the acting Premier in his
letter of January, 1932; on the pledge given by the King, prior to his
death, in the presence of the foreign minister, in February, 1933, that
the House would be expropriated, and the necessary sum would be
appropriated in the spring of the ensuing year; on the categorical
statement made by that same foreign minister that the Prime Minister had
given the necessary assurances that the promise already made by the acting
Premier would be redeemed; or on the positive statements made by that same
Foreign Minister and his colleague, the Minister of Finance, when
representing their country during the sessions of the League Assembly held
in Geneva, that the promise given by their late King would be fully
honored.

Suffice it to say that, despite these interminable delays, protests and
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