Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-20
BAHA| HEAD ARRIVES
Abdul BAHIA Abbas Guest in
National Capital.
RECEPTION IS rendered
To Speak Before Persian-American
Educational Society.
OUTLINES HIS AMBITIONS
Object Of Life to Promote Oneness
Of Life and World
Wide Peace.

Abdul BAHIA Abbas, world leader OF the
Bahai movement, who has been in the
United States for fortnight, at the be-
ginning Of a tour Of the principal cities
OF the country, reached Washington this
afternoon from New York For at least
part Of the afternoon he will be pres
ent at Rauscher's at a reception and
musical to be given In his honor, and in
consequence of the general invitation
which has been extended to the public
to attend this function. 1t 10 expected
many Bahais and their friends will take
advantage Of the opportunity to greet the
distinguished Persian. Abdul BAHIA tonight
will be one Of the speakers at the clos
ing session in the Public Library lecture
hall Of the second annual conference Of
the Decentralization Educational So
ciety.
In an interview soon after he reached
the city Abdul BAHIA declared that his
primary object in coming to America was
to see the country.
= Discloses Ambitions.
Last year I went to London and Paris
and saw those cities. and then returned to
Egypt" he said. Now 1 have come to
America to see this country. for / have
heard many wonderful praises and COM
mendations Of America: that it Is a coun-
try well populated and we'll civilized,
People here enjoy freedom and liberty.
ON the other hand I have heard that
In America many great national organiza-
peace and arbitration. It Is my highest
desire to see these societies and converse
with their founders and members. For
the great object of my life is to pro-
mote the oneness of the kingdom Of hui
mainly and International peace"
Replying to. question whether a per-
son with a Observation-Disclosures, Moham-
medan or Jewish-could follow the Bahai
teachings without abandoning his religion.
Abdul BAHIA said:
Yes, for truth is always one Tho
prophets of God have always spread the
one truth and have established the truth.
Truth cannot accept plurality. II the fol-
lowers OF all religions will return to the
original principles Of their religions, they
will Immediately become united. The
foundation of religion is one. We are fol-
lowing the religions Of all nationalities,
for the basis Of these religions is truth"
Conference Speakers.
At the second session Of the conference
last night addresses were made by
Joseph II. Hammer, secretary OF the Per-
sian-American Educational Society;
Masujiro Honda, editor Of tho Oriental
Review. New York; Albertus H. Baldwin,
chief of the bureau of manufactures.
Department Of Commerce and Labor;
Benjamin F. Trueblood, secretary of the
American Peace Society, and Arnauld
Belmont of Georgetown University.
Direct forecast Of the formation of the
Orient Occident Unity. which will take the
place of the Persian-American Educa-
tional Society and enlarge its work and
it's scope, was made by Mr.. Hammer.
1.-The Past and Future Of the Orient-Oc
dent Unity" was his topic.
He reviewed the history Of the educa-
tional society, speaking particularly Of
the rapid progress which had been at
tanned from the apparently Insignificant
beginning two years ago in q non-sec-
tartan free school in Persia. Mr.. Hammer
declared that this Is a particularly ap-
propriate age for the contamination of
a definite union between the orient and
the occident.
Tendency Toward Harmony.
Mr.. Trueblood also spoke of the growing
tendency toward harmony between the
nations, as did Prof. Belmont, when he
declared: The brotherhood Of nations is
what the Orent-Occident Unity stands
for, works for and lives for, by doing all
in its power to promote and increase the
interchange OF material and intellectual
products between the two hemispheres;
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