The Turkish Peace — Page 16
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 16 deliberation, a standing committee should be formed which should work towards raising support for the Turkish cause. Hosting conventions, lectures, fund- raising events and issuing tracts and handbills while funding a committee in England is not going to be of any benefit. Instead it would be more profitable to carry out a streamlined campaign across the entire world. We live in an age of reason in which people demand arguments in support of propositions. It is, therefore, important for us to collate as much evidence as possible in support of this cause and use reason to convince those responsible for deciding this question. It took four and a half years to end the recent war through violence and though the use of force offers an easy resolution against one’s enemies, it is much harder to change the convictions of people through reasoning and persuasion. The chief difference being that though the sword need only be struck against a few people, arguments need to be presented to thousands, rather hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Hence, there should be a systematic and organised strategy to accomplish this task and it should be executed with the same seriousness of purpose as is found in other nations. Expending energy on futile efforts is not befitting of any sensible person and it is better not to toil in this way.