Truth About the Split — Page 363
363 then the proper course would be, to call for a general plebiscite, but if the party should object to such a course, then a person might be elected as Khalifa who was regarded by both parties as neutral, but if even this would not satisfy the other party, then some person might be selected from their ranks for the office of Khalifa, and to him the whole Community should pledge their Bai‘at. At my request the family of the Promised Messiah as , to a person, agreed to these terms. Their agreement pleased me exceedingly and I thought that now the Community would be saved from the danger of a dissension. But providence had intended otherwise. Last Conversation with Maulawi Muhammad Ali When I came out I received a note from Maulawi Muhammad Ali to the effect that he wanted to speak to me on the subject of our previous day’s conversation. I asked him to come to my place. There were then present with me Maulawi Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan, Khan Muhammad Ali Khan, and Dr. Khalifa Rashiduddin. Maulawi Muhammad Ali had with him some of his own friends. When conversation began, I told him it was no use discussing the question of the need or validity of