Truth About the Split — Page 297
297 The apparent success which attended Khwaja Sahib’s activities proved too strong a temptation for a section of the Community, and as I have already said, they began to look upon it as a sign of Divine assistance. They now thought that on the question of the proper method of propagation their own judgment had been at fault. They thought that success was to be attained only by adopting the policy of Khwaja Sahib. These views were supported and encouraged by articles published in the Paigham-e-Sulh. The controversies, however, led to one good result. They exposed to view the machinations, which had previously been carried on in secret and thus served to put the Community upon its guard. No doubt, a section of the Community was carried away by the tide but the loss proved a source of safety for the rest. When the internal dissensions of the Community had once been made public, there remained no longer any reason for further secrecy. In the Paigham-e-Sulh attacks began to be made openly on the Ahmadis who lived at Qadian, and refutation of those attacks were published in the columns of the Al-Fadl under the direction of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. It is true that members of the Paigham party, whenever they became aware of having incurred the open displeasure of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra used to run up to him and