DIED IN PERSIA

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 39, 15 February 1934, Page 14

DIED IN PERSIA

AMERICAN LECTURER. Those who met Mrs. Keith Ransom Kehler, M.A., of New York, who was in Auckland 011 a lecturing tour a few years ago, will regret to hear of her passing. She died recently at Aspahan, Persia, where she was spreading the good will gospel of the Bahai movement, which aims to establish a universal peace among mankind. In a recent letter to a friend, in Australia (says a Melbourne paper), Mrs. Kehler put her ideas of world pcacc in a nutshell. "One cannot legislate for a new mankind, and to establish universal pcacc and good will there must be a marked change in national attitudes and sentiments. Racial prejudices have to be conquered." Mrs. Kehler was born in Kentucky. She was tall, grey-liaired and softvoiced. A personality that radiated checriness made her an attractive personality 011 the lecture platform. During her brief stay here she made many friends. After leaving here Mrs. Kehler went to Haifa, Palestine, the headquarters of the Bahai Cause. There she was chosen by the Guardian of the cause -to travel through Persia and lecture 011 the ideals of the movement. The American Bahai will crcet a memorial in Tiliran to commemorate the work of Mrs. Kehler. the second American Bahai to die in Tihran while serving the cause.