Truth About the Split — Page 304
304 the family of the Promised Messiah as —a statement which had not the least basis in fact. Members of the family of the Promised Messiah as were a burden upon the finances of the Community and were busy making attacks upon the Anjuman and upon its members. Charge after charge had been brought against Maulawi Muhammad Ali. When a proposal was submitted to the Khalifa for the publication of the Paigham-e-Sulh , immediately a request was made for permission to publish the Al-Fadl , a request which the Khalifa was obliged to grant for fear of trouble. The tract continues: The authorities of the Paigham-e-Sulh have nothing to do with the contents of the present tracts nor are they aware of their existence. When the Cawnpore mosque controversy began the authorities of the Paigham-e-Sulh sent Khalifa Rajabuddin to Qadian with a copy of the Tribune, and obtained instructions from the Khalifatul Masih ra. If, however, at the time of their publication any departure had been made from those instructions, the right course for the Khalifa was to publish a contradiction in the columns of the Paigham-e-Sulh , and not to become offended with the authorities of the paper. The Khalifa in fact discontinued receiving the paper not because of any difference of opinion as to the mosque controversy but because of some minor