administrative basis of the Cause. It is hoped that
in the coming years much progress will be achieved in this respect.

Assuring you all of our Guardian's best wishes and of his ardent prayers
on your behalf....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear co-workers:

It is such a joy to learn that you have had the pleasure and benefit of
the companionship of our dear and distinguished Baha'i sister, Miss Jack,
whose recent and exemplary services we all deeply appreciate. I will
remember you all in my prayers at the holy shrines, and will supplicate
for you the Beloved's richest blessings. May He guide your steps and cheer
your hearts in the service of His glorious and sacred Faith,

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 11 FEBRUARY 1934

11 February 1934

Dear Baha'i Brother,

I am charged by the Guardian to thank you for your letter of Jan. 30th as
well as for the enclosed pamphlet containing the address delivered by Herr
Hitler on Oct. 14th, 1933, on the subject of Germany's attitude towards
peace, all of which he read with deepest care and sustained interest. He
wishes me to convey to you and to all the members of your German National
Assembly and through them to all the followers of the Faith in Germany his
views on the present conditions in that land, and particularly in their
relation to the nature and scope of the Baha'i activities of our German
believers.

At the outset it should be made indubitably clear that the Baha'i Cause
being essentially a religious movement of a spiritual character stands
above every political party or group, and thus cannot and should not act
in contravention to the principles, laws, and doctrines of any government.
Obedience to the regulations and orders of the state is indeed, the sacred
obligation of every true and loyal Baha'i. Both Baha'u'llah and
'Abdu'l-Baha have urged us all to be submissive and loyal to the political
authorities of our respective countries. It follows, therefore, that our
German friends are under the sacred obligation to whole-heartedly obey the
existing political regime, whatever be their personal views and criticisms
of its actual working. There is nothing more contrary to the spirit of the
Cause than open rebellion against the governmental authorities of a
country, specially if they do not interfere in and do not oppose the inner
and sacred beliefs and religious convictions of the individual. And there
is every reason to believe that the present regi