Show GOVERNOR CUTLERS MESSAGE gives views on religious persecution and expresses sympathy in response to a request by J P So solomon lonion editor of the hebrew stand ard of now new york asking tor lin an expression that would servo serve as an encouragement coura gement in this hour of trouble to jews in all sections of the globe governor john johnc C cutler cutsor yesterday broto us as follows on the situation in russia rusala 11 my aly dear sir in reply to sours 0 of f the lath dinst I 1 take tahe ale pleasure in bri briefly of expressing my regarding the persecution ution to which tile the jews are being subjected in Itus russia sla I 1 have always regarded religious persecution as useless and cruel its justification is never to be found except in tile inflamed fl md of the persecutor and nd it involves in Us its consequences tile the innocent and unoffending tor for many sen erAt orations ions murder outrage and rapino rapine directed in the name of religion by one party against another cannot be asti fled by anny code codd of ethics or by results I 1 believe god not tall fall to visit the iniquity of such ruch deeds on the heads of their perpetrators and for further ther it seems fitting that such a protest as you suggest should go up lip from every community against the infliction of this cruelty on an unoffending people 1 I say emphatically that your peo aco plo havo my sympathy in their affliction and it if a unanimous from all parts of ct the ohp civili civilized zeI world can accomplish thi object of staling the hand of p persecution erse cution I 1 am 11 more than willing to lo join in it it is too late tit at the beginning of the twentieth cent century nry for religious persecution to go unheeded and ed the soul of every truehearted true hearted man and woman timan revolts against it and to the suffering Puff ering jews the universal heart of nuin mankind kind goes out oat ln in deepest sympathy much more could he be r ald paid on so timely and important a subject but mhd expression of my opinion is all you I 1 ask for you are at liberty to make whatever ime ou wish of this his corni ninni cation with the ll 11 nope that a day of liberty and enfranchisement will soon art arise se for your afflicted people believe nie me yours most sincerely JOHN C CUTLER |