New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17

-, u was a piece of work the doing OF
I,.b was absolutely necessary to the security
,.,o country The Mashonaland colon!sts had
- aavs off the Matabele or be themselves
',,.or on. To say that six hundred tradesmen
~, tho military part Of the business is to say
49,, rolf the whole truth. The military authori-
.,.. reckoned that not less than 10000 troops
I'D he wanted. and believe the expense was
,,,ated at a million sterling In the end. II
-, 90, cost the British Government a shilling.
ov toll YOU another anecdote Of Mr.. Rhodes
Itch has not so far as l know. been in print.
when he came to England to consolidate the
s,onond mines one Of the largest operations of
arc kind ever undertaken. he applied TO very
eminent financial house TO undertake the opera
ZION They hcsitated. II suppose" said Mr..
rhodes cit is a question of money ITO some
oxtent yes" was the reply. 1--WE should ask
vorr companies to pay $4,000 to begin with
without an instant's hesitation Mr. Rhodes drew
his check for that amount. handed it across
the table and the bargain was struck
You will not have forgotten the growl OF the
british Lion when Mr.. Rhodes made his remark
onout dealing elsewhere if the colonies were not
N have Justice from England and a free hand;--
that. and the ominous reference 10 what hap
noned in the case of certain American Colonies.
a little more than q hundred years ago. He alb
stained at Capetown from repeating this menace,
hut he handled the question. His fixed idea is
one system one Africa. south of the Zambesi.
! give his words:
with full affection for the nag that have
been born under and the flag that i represent,
can equally understand the sentiment and feel
ing of Republican who has created his indie
nendence and values that before ALL but l can
say fairly that / believe in the future that can
assimilate this system. which l have been con-
nected with. with the Cape Colony and 1t is not
an impossible idea that the neighboring Repub-
lies. retaining their independence should share
with us as to certain general principles.
His general principle amounts to Federation If
not to Union. and probably TO Union. His view
is more commercial than political. lie is pu-
oil in that school which believes that community
Of interests must ultimately lead to political
union between adjacent countries-a doctrine or
which we hear occasionally with reference to
Canada. That community of interests does eX-
ist, to some extent. and may exist in an over
ruling degree among the different States OF
South Africa, and that is why Mr. Rhodes some
times dreams OF the United States of South Az
RIGA Meantime. he discusses tariffs, railway
communication, law codes. nter-colonial trade.
and many another topic, as 10 which he believes
a Unanimous policy" possible and feasible. But
he quotes Sir Bartle Frere. that rather arbi-
trary proconsul who nevertheless had his mo-
lnents Of prudence: You must never hurry
anything" All must be done by degrees, out
eff you went to sleep for twenty-five years You
might wake up and find gentleman called your
Prime Minister sitting in Capetown ana con-
trolling the whole country, not to the Zambesi
only but 10 Tanganyika." 1t is very consid-
cradle effort Of imagination. But suppose that'
10 the average Briton. nothing is so remarkable
in Mr. Rhodes as the fact that he includes the
South African Dutch, the Beers. and other non
English races. in his estimate OF the political
forces which are ultimately 10 determine the
future of that vast country He is not merely
representative Of the people; he Is a representa-
tive Of al, the people. and his democracy Is broad
enough for all the races whose welfare is at
,ss,a G.. W. s.