Truth About the Split — Page 306
306 Who Wrote <mark>the</mark> Tracts? This tract, like <mark>the</mark> first, was published anonymously, but <mark>the</mark>re were certain points about <mark>the</mark>m both which clearly indicated <mark>the</mark>ir source: Firstly, <mark>the</mark>se tracts had been published from Lahore, which was at that time <mark>the</mark> headquarters of <mark>the</mark> party of Maulawi Muhammad Ali. By calling it <mark>the</mark>ir headquarters I do not mean that at that time Lahore was openly set up as a rival to Qadian. What I mean is that <mark>the</mark> majority of <mark>the</mark> members, who shared <mark>the</mark> views of Maulawi Muhammad Ali lived in that city, and <mark>the</mark>ir organ, <mark>the</mark> Paigham-e-Sulh , was published from that place. Practically, <mark>the</mark>refore, if not openly, Lahore was already <mark>the</mark> headquarters of <mark>the</mark> party. Of course, after <mark>the</mark> death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , Lahore began openly to be mentioned as such. Secondly, <mark>the</mark> tracts reached most places packed in printed covers belonging to <mark>the</mark> office of <mark>the</mark> Paigham- e-Sulh. <mark>The</mark> fact was sufficient to prove that <mark>the</mark>y had been dispatched from <mark>the</mark> office of that paper, or at least that <mark>the</mark> people connected with that paper had a hand in <mark>the</mark> distribution of <mark>the</mark> tracts. Thirdly, <mark>the</mark> writer of <mark>the</mark> tracts asked his readers to communicate with him on <mark>the</mark> subject-matter of <mark>the</mark> tracts, but at <mark>the</mark> same time failed to furnish any-