feels that it would be preferable to postpone the consideration
of this problem until the Universal House of Justice is established. In
the meantime he would advise you to follow the system actually in use in
the Baha'i world, i.e. (year 9.) even in Germany. According to this system
the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Faith should be
celebrated in May of the year 101, that is when we enter the second Baha'i
century. By year 90 we should not mean that 90 years have elapsed since
the declaration of the Bab but that we are in the 9th year. But whether it
is preferable to adopt this system or that suggested by you and which, you
remark, is in use among Christians and Moslems, the future House of
Justice has to decide.

Touching the Baha'i funeral service the Guardian would like you to know
that it is of an extreme simplicity, consisting as it does of a
congregational prayer which has not yet been translated into any western
language but which Shoghi Effendi is planning to have it translated and
circulated among the friends. The friends and relatives of the deceased
who are unwilling to attend the service should not be forced to do so.

In closing may I extend to you the loving greetings of the Guardian....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

This is to assure you how glad and gratified I feel to learn that the
German believers are taking so active a part in the international
activities of the Cause. Their thoroughness, ability, patience and
open-mindedness highly qualify them to assume such responsibilities and
undertake so great a task. I trust that the letters you will soon be
sending to the British High Commissioner for Palestine will be a prelude
to the brilliant services you are destined to render to the Cause of
Baha'u'llah.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 9 AUGUST 1933

9 August 1933

Dear Dr. Muehlschlegel:

I am directed by Shoghi Effendi to inform you of the receipt of your
letter dated July 13th, 1933, together with the enclosed copy of the
petition addressed by the German Baha'i National Assembly to the British
High Commissioner in Jerusalem and the report of the Baha'i activities in
Stuttgart, all of which he has read with great care and deepest interest
and for which he has asked me to offer you his heartfelt thanks.

Your petition, though short is, nevertheless, strongly worded and very
substantial. It is hoped that it will impress the authorities