The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02
JEWISH PASSPORT
 DENIAL PROTESTED Prominent Christian Minis
 ters Speak at Temple LAUD AMERICAN JEWS
Dr. J. T. Plunket, Dr. George Eaves and Dr. A. J. Dickinson Attack Russia's Action in Denying
 Passports of, Jews


 Passports of, Jews
 To voice indignation and protest against the Russian refusal to honor the pass port of an American Jew into that eoun' try, three of the city's representative ministers from the Presbyterian, Congre- gational and Baptist churches, spoke tc a congregation of Jewish citizenship las evening at Temple Emanuel. The Chris tan speakers were Dr. J. T. Plunket oi the South Highland Presbyterian church pr. George Eaves of the Congregations chapel and Dr. A. I. Dickinson of the First Baptist; church.
 The addresses consumed the sermon period of the regular Friday evening wor; ship and the Jewish ceremonials thai preceded the discussion added to the i'm, pressiveness of the occasion. Dr. New field introduced his Gentle colleagues as fellow citizens who were there to pro. sent the subject of the discrimination against the passports of American Jews at Russian ports from the viewpoint oi Americans. In the assembly were many of the most successful business and pro fessional men among Birmingham Jews and hearty applause followed the conclu sion of each address.
 pr. J. T. Plunket read a section O the treaty made between the United States and Russia in 1887, stating tha amicable exchange of passport privileges was to be allowed. He said, in part:
 'I am profoundly glad to have the op portunity of looking into the faces O the descendants of a historical people who have grown great in all that con stitutes national life. As civilization ad vances. the best ideals of Jewish life be come more and more universal and we have all come to acknowledge that where ever a man is known as a worthy Jew he stands for purity of home and a re ligious character. I look back to Abra ham as my spiritual father also, and. 1 is one of the brides of my career tha I have enjoyed a close association witt the Jews.
 All Are Americans
 'T am not here strictly as a religious man, but rather as a man who has tho American citizenship in common witt you. To be an American may well be your boast and mine, and we are enti tied to all the respect due our mother country. I am here to enter a protes against and denounce the inquiry of tho action of Russia in the discrimination between the Jew and the Gentle wher coming from American shores.
 "A nation has the same right that tn individual possesses to name the person and conditions under which foreigner shall enter their premises, but if an agree ment has been entered into that an in terchange of family will be permitted if one of the children of my family 1 octracised would I not go to the ie fense of the sighted child If. two na tions, as America and Russia did in treaty of 1887, mutually pladge to al low the representatives from each coun try to come into their cities and town for the purpose of commerce, industr, and travel, a breaking of this agree ment by either party should be resented by the injured one by a withdrawal. am not told to kill a man who offend men, but that must not have anything further to do with him. So 1t Is witt world powers. There is no need of Wa but severance of this treaty on the par of America unless Russia recognizes tn rights of the American Jew. We, as tn United States, should put Russia upoi notice that unless the discrimination i stopped the treaty will be revoked"
 Dr. Eaves Speaks
 pr. George Eaves, who has spokei from the Temple pulpit many time' previous, in part said:
 Every atom of encouragement tha Russia has received since she frs dipped her hands in Jewish blood il 1865 has been given by the tacit con sent of the United States government to one of the vilest prosecutions t( which Israel has been subjected. Wha gals and grinds is that we should be in the least degree, partakers in tho Russian murders. rapine and outrages There is an old proverb that is yer, applicable to the American people, rel ative to their stand on this question and it is: Iwhen you sup with the devil, you need a long spoon.'
 MT. Hay and all the other Secre- taries of State since the signing e the treaty have been outwitted by the Russian government. You Jews are tho scapegoats of the ages. Within a com paratively short time Theodore Roose- welt has been proven wrong and has been as meek as Moses. This is a his toric event in the American republic and l would that we could persuade him that the Czar of all Russia has slapped the strenuous one in the face without his knowing it."
 A selection by the choir intervene6 before the address of Dr. Dickinson pr. Dickinson said in part:
 Too Many Czarlets
 There Is one strong kinship be- tween the synagogue and my church That is that Russia doesn't like either one of us We nave been endeavoring for the past several weeks to obtair an audience with the Czar to ask tha our Baptist people over there be pre- tected and we are finding 1t so hard to get past the 'CZarlets' that we Gc not know when we will get there From the statement of the presiden, of the Baptist Alliance, who spent two months trying to get a chance to speak with the Czar, his majesty is a broad minded, liberal and ger erous man, but he is shut from the out side world by a group of narrow mind ed men who control the affairs of the government If you could get an ex- presson from the Russian people and the Czar you would md that they arc opposed to this persecution of the Jews and would indorse i cessation of hos tilities. But that body of men who reign supreme are biased religiously | l.. <1I