CHRISTIAN CROSSES AT JERUSALEM.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " EizzorsToa."] Siu,—It was with much pleasure that I read Dr. Weizmann's letter in your issue of May 15th. My letter was an appeal to Jewish leaders to influence their people in the right direction, and his reply is a proof that he will do so. But his denial that there has been any sectarian intolerance I fear he will find is not justified. Travellers returned from Palestine quite recently confirm the reports which I had heard, and I under- stand on very good authority that a proposal was being con- sidered in Jerusalem to substitute headstones, with crosses on them, for a cross, in order to meet the objection raised by Jews. Enlightened Zionists like Dr. Weizmann will doubtless agree that the principle underlying the symbol of the cross, viz., self-sacrifice, was latent in Judaism (see Isaiah 53); but less religious and enlightened Jews may regard the cross as an enemies' flag to be dragged down and dishonoured. I should be glad to be able to believe that Dr. Weizmann is right and I
wrong about the facts. Time will make that clear. I recently received a communication from a gentleman who has been writing in the Times on a cognate question thanking me fix my "profoundly important letter."—I am, Sir, dc.,
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