The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-12
Rulnford Change In
 Balfour Plan Stirs Worldwide Action
Christians Join in VOicing PrOtest-Mass Meeting
 Here Tonight Prominent Citizens to Register Sentiment to Preserve Pact

mond, Rabbi Moses D. Shelnkopf, E. Robert Stevenson and Rabbi Will- jam P, Greenfield.
 A plea was addressed today by cablegram directly to Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain by more than thirty of the foremost Christian church and lay leaders in the United States urging the British government not to abandon its pledges to the Jewish people for the establishment of . Jewish National Home in Palestine stressing the fact that the stoppage of Q Jewish immigration and the of the Balfour declara- tion and the League of Nations mandate would be tantamount to Q violation of "a sacred trust in be- half of the Christian world"
 The cable to Mir. Chamberlain pointed out that the radical revison of Palestine policy now being con- stdered by the British government which would include the complete stoppage of Jewish immigration would be cruel blow to many dis- tressed Jews who look to Palestine as their chief and almost sole hope"
 Not only would abandonment by Great Britain of her pledges to the Jewish world reduce them to des- pair, but such Q course would be regarded as "a surrender to the forces of violence and hatred now sweeping the world" the Christian leaders declared.
 Slgners
 Included among the signatories of the message to Prime Minister Chamberlain were Bishop George Craig Stewart of Chicago, Bishop James E. Freeman of Washington, D. O., Bishop Ralph Spaulding Cushman of the Denver area, Bish- op Paul Jones of Antioch College, former Governor Alfred E. Smith, District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, George Gordon Battle and Bishop William T. Capers of, the diocese of West Texas, San Antonio, Texas,
 The following Is the text of the cablegram to the British prime min- ister by the Christian leaders:
 We the undersigned members of the Christian faith are pro- foundly disturbed by reports that the British government Is pre- pared to abandon Its pledge to the Jewish people made through the Balfour declaration and embodied in the Palestine mandate to make possible the establishment of the Jewish National Home in Pales- tine. This responsibility was ac-
 cepted by Great Britain as e sacred trust in behalf of the Chris tan world
 Hundred of thousands of Jews now in Palestine have staked their lives and fortunes on their faith in Great Britain. Tn reliance on British honor millions of Jews have entrusted the destiny of their people to the British government. Into the foundations of the Jew ish National Home they have poured blood and treasure and their magnificent accomplish ments, material and spiritual have won the high regard of the Chris tan world. Not only have the Arab people in Palestine greatly benefited by the administration of the mandate, their political, civil and religious rights been fully protected2 But they have freely enjoyed all the fruits of Jewish achievement.
 Hour of Agony
 To-day in the hour of their agony, the persecuted victims of blind hate look to Palestine as their chief and almost sole hope. The abandonment by Great Brit ain of her pledges to the Jewish world would reduce them to des- pair. Tn our solemn judgment such Q course would be regarded by the entire world as a surrender to the forces of violence and hatred now sweeping the world; 1t would be a blow to Christian honor, and a most damaging blow to the prestige of Great Britain which holds this honor in her keeping.
 "As friends of Great Britain we urge upon her government to safeguard her trust. to hold fast to the mandate and the Balfour dec- laration and to lend every assist ance to the Jewish people in the task of establishing their home land in Palestine"