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"Immediately upon his arrival, Arif Bey proceeded to denounce me and tried to get proof strong enough to warrant sending me to Fizan, or throwing me into the sea. Fizan is a caravan station on the boundary of Tripoli where there are no houses and no water. It is a month's journey by camel route from Akka. (101:2) "The committee twice sent for me to hear what I had to say in my own defence and twice I sent back word: `I know your purpose, I have nothing to say.' (101:3) "This so infuriated Arif Bey that he declared he would return to Constantinople and bring back an order from the Sultan to have me hanged at the gate of Akka. He and his committee set sail with their report containing the following accusations: - 'Abdu'l- Baha is establishing a new nation of which he is to be the king; 'Abdu'l- Baha is uplifting the banner of a new religion; 'Abdu'l- Baha has built or caused to be built fortifications in Haifa, a neighbouring village, and is buying up all the surrounding lands.'
(101:4)
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