O Servant of the Threshold of Bahá’u’lláh!... The meeting at
The Hague should have such power and influence that its word will have an
effect on the governments and nations. Point out to the revered members
gathered there that the Hague Conference held before the war had as its
President the Emperor of Russia, and its members were men of the greatest
eminence. Nevertheless this did not prevent such a terrible war. Now how will
it be? For in the future another war, fiercer than the last, will assuredly
break out; verily, of this there is no doubt whatever. What can the Hague
meeting do?
But the fundamental principles laid down by Bahá’u’lláh are
day by day spreading. Deliver the answer to their letter and express the
greatest love and kindness, and leave them to their own affairs.
- 'Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
