Arizona republican., 1899-03-29
KAISER AND CECIL RHODES
Concessions fkaf Mean Germany Is
 10 Be EnqIand'S pdrtner in Africa.


 London-Even from the American
 view point the event of last week was
 the conference at Berlin between Elm
 peror William and Cecil Rhodes. Its
 results have simply taken away the
 breath of the old diplomatic school. In
 two or three interviews the emperor and the maker of the empire have reached more practical results than half a dozen international commissions | could have attained in as many months
 Exactly what was agreed upon in l these memorable audiences will not be known for some time. Rhodes left Ber- | lin Saturday, though, carrying pho | tograph of the kaiser indorsed From your friend" and he took also con- cessiCn, under sign and seal, for the passage of the Cape-to-CairO telegraph line across German territory in East Africa, and, it is said in reliable quar- ters, 8 pledge that the German goVern- ment will guarantee the construction of that part of the C2pe-tO-Cairo rail- way which is to go through the kalser's colonial domains.
 
 tsh government his proposal that Great Brit'rAl should guarantee the next sec ton of the line to be built, the section from BulawayO to Tanganyika, he got some comforting assurances, but there was Q good deal of quiEbling regarding details which did not suit his swift and comprehensive methods. He then left fer Brussels After an audience with the king of the Belgians he re- tired with a concession of right Of way through the Congo Free State from Tanganyika to the north. This was a great coup.
 Then through a diplomatic channel he heard that Emperor William would receive him respecting the project. The possibilities of such an interview were boundless, and Mir. Rhodes decision was taken on the instant. Up tC, that moment his idea had been tCl keep the Cape-to-Cairo railway an exclusive British undertaking. The kaiser's in vitation put a new complexion upon the whole matter, and Rhodes decided to make it an Anglo-German enter prise.
 From reliable sources it is ascer- tained that the DiscOntC Gese4schaft of Berlin has secured, the German government approving, the right to
  essary to build that part of the line that will cross German territory. English ard American investors will probably have a chance to subscribe the rest. but Germany is to have the first call On all orders for material, and will, of course, control as much of the line as lies in her territories.
 Meanwhile, if there should be a fu- ture difficulty between Germany and | Great Britain, MT. Rhodes could fall back on his right of way through ! the Congo Free State. The Anglo German understanding is strengthen ing, not weakening, though, by this | vcry intervention of Rhodes. His re- in Berlin shows not only that the financie and traders of Germany have made up their minds to assist his great enterprises on the principle that they are bound to gC through and bound to be profitable, but it shows also that the Jameson raid and the passions that grew out of it are things of the remote past.
 Three years ago Rhodes was the most hated man in Berlin. He was regarded as the inspirer of the raid. He was looked upon as the embodl- ment of that get-all and grab-an spirit which more than anything else o1ena- ed German sensfbilities and thwarted German colonial enterprises In those days President Kruger was Germany friend, ard all Kruger's enemies Of whom Rhodes was chief, were hers. The change that has happened is stu pendous in significance.
 All sorts of stories are in circulation as to the conversations between the kaiser and his guest. One writer says the emperor frankly discussed the eel abrated dispatch of congratulation sent to Kruger on the failure of the raid; that he said he would not have sent it if he had known there was single British officer concerned, and that anyway, there was no good reason for holding a grudge so long. especially where a misunderstanding had been at the bottom Cf the diff eulty
 Another correspondent, whO seems 70 have got close to Rhode@ says the laughingIy assured him that Great Britain really owed him grati- .ude instead of aninOsity, because he had increased the British peace eff fectively by calling ont the flying squadrCn. which had never been with lrawn from ccInmissiOn. This, If said It all. must have been said jestingly, 2jgt the emperorS recent attempt to increase his own navy and army. with he resultant friction in the reichstag, would be fresh in his mind, and the est would cover an important truth.
 There appears to have been an abso- ute absence of reserve On both sides, md the English and German press Ire agreed that the agreement be- ween the kaiser and Rhodes virtually makes Germany England's partner in Africa The bearings Of such com )act are almost limitless.