Messages of Sorrow at Passing of Lord Arthur Balfour Sent to Jewish Telegraphic Agency from All Part

but it is possible that my name will only remain in Jewish history owing to my connection with the Declaration of 1917″

High Commissioner Chancellor declined to issue a statement because it is not customary. The Rabbinate has telegraphed a request to Dr. Chaim Weizmann in London to convey its condolences to Lord Balfour’s family. All of the Hebrew newspapers today carry a black border, while the Palestine Daily Bulletin, the only English daily in the country, says: “Most of us who came to the country since the war would not have been here but for Lord Balfour. His backing of Zionism gave the Palestine Mandate to Great Britain.”

Although Zionism has lost the active advocacy and support of Lord Balfour, the cause which he had in his heart is certain to triumph, declared General Jan Christian Smuts, in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency yesterday. General Smuts, who was a member of the British war-time Cabinet that issued the Balfour Declaration, some weeks ago joined with Lord Balfour and Lloyd George in writing a letter to the “London Times,” calling for a new commission to investigate the workings of the Palestine Mandate.

General Smuts said: “The present difficult phase will pass and Zionism will yet realize its dearest ideals with respect to the National Home. In years to come the name of Balfour will remain ever inseparably associated with the triumphs of Zionism. The Jewish cause has undoubtedly lost in Lord Balfour one of its most powerful supporters. He was not only the author of the original declaration of 1917 about the National Home but he was a convinced believer in the righteousness of Zionism and of its ultimate triumph.

“He gave striking proof of this firm belief on many an occasion, and only a few months ago, although very ill in bed, he signed a document, together with Lloyd George and myself, drawing the attention of the British government to the grave position of Palestine and the solemn and binding character of the obligation which the British government had undertaken towards the furtherance of the Jewish National Home in Palestine.”