to get money out of Persia, which now has financial restrictions similar
to so many other countries. However, he is investigating at the present
moment the possibility of having a sum to meet your immediate requirements
transfered from Persia to Switzerland, and the moment he can arrange this
he will notify your assembly.

The devoted services of the Baha'i youth rendered in clearing the Hazira
property of debris, was much appreciated by him, and he wishes you to
please let them know he admires their spirit which is demonstrated in such
a useful manner!

He was very sorry to hear of the sad and untimely death of dear Mrs.
Brauns-Forel. Her services, always rendered with such unflagging devotion,
will be sorely missed by her co-workers in Germany. He hopes her daughter
will arise to take her mother's place in the active work of the Cause.

He trusts that now your assembly is able to render more active assistance
to the Austrian believers and to stimulate them in their work. Recent
reports seem to indicate the Vienna Baha'is are more active and determined
than ever before in their history.

He hopes the construction of the Hazira in Frankfurt will now be able to
go ahead at a rapid pace. You may be sure he will do all he can to assist
you in this essential enterprise.

You are all remembered in his prayers with much love, and he is very
pleased over the way the Faith is progressing in Germany....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

I am delighted to hear of the energetic steps that have been taken in
recent months in connexion with the establishment of the Haziratu'l-Quds
in Frankfurt. This institution, the center round which all national Baha'i
activities must revolve, should be made the object of the special care and
solicitude of the entire community of the German believers in the years
immediately ahead. Upon it will depend the coordination, consolidation and
expansion of the collective efforts of the members of this community,
which occupies so vital and pivotal a position in the heart of the
European continent. Parallel with this conscious, this determined and
persistent effort, assiduous endeavours must be constantly and
increasingly exerted by your assembly to multiply the administrative
centres, increase the number of the active supporters of the Faith,
proclaim its verities wisely, unreservedly, far and wide, disseminate its
literature, vigorously and systematically, and deepen, by ever