The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-02-24
THE vENAL PRESS,
skILLFULLY DIRECTED BY
CECIL RHODES.
Thss Modern AGsehiavsii Of Psaisies
LIS. - tAs Rest Of the Prsssae
I4nsatAhas Wss In South Asrsse-A.
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IANsatahas Wsr In South Afrsea-An
KsaiisA,sa.s Ops.ioa Of Hin.
When the history Of the present war
In South Africa will be written one
fact will stand out prominently In the
6mass of mutual recrimlnations. and
that IL that the war is largely the
work Of the English and South African
newspapers, owned by London money
gamblers. London money gamblers
have habit OF owning the more pre-
\ tentious" papers in every country. A
peep behind the scenes of the British
and the African press would reveal
PINE strange secrets. Out Of tho Is
ndon dailies. since the change of
front on the part of the Daily Chron-
1cle and the Echo, there are IL out
spoken champions of the Chamberlain
policy. The group of financial wire
pullers forced the editors Of the Chron-
1cle and Echo to resign and policy
to be adopted by these papers that
suits the Chartered Company of South
Africa. OF the remaining three the
Westminster Gazette is lukewarm and
hthe Star and the Leader are papers of
~third class Yet even they go only so
far as to urge the recognition of the
T. Boer independence after they have
been licked. Here is what Rutherford
White, an Englishman late of South
Africa, writes about Rhodes and his
methods.
But more interesting than the state
Mt fPo{r IN no fNr
the corruption is more open and
shameless, is the servility of the Cape
press to the interests of the Chartered
company. Rhodes, Belt and Eckstein,
who are the managers of the British
press, are openly the owners of the
majority of the African newspapers.
and this fact discloses an interesting
chapter of the African history. When
the Jameson raid fell through with
such a disgraceful fiasco, Rhodes, Belt,
Eckstein and the late Barney Barnato
laid deep plans to get the British gov
eminent and the British people to do
the job, for them which the troops of
the Chartered company found them
selves unable to do. For that reason
the African English population had to
be worked" as well as the English at
home. The Cape Argus company. linn
tied, was founded, which was controlled
by the gentlemen mentioned before.
The company slowly and steadily alb
sorbed every newspaper Of note in
South Africa. The johannesburg Star,
the Buluwayo Chronicle, the .Rhodesia
Herald and the African Review belong
to that company. One Of the directors
of the Chartered company and a
friend of Cecil Rhodes, DR.. Ruther-
ford Harris. is the owner Of the ,larE-
est African newspaper, the Cape
Times. This IL one OF the publicA-
tons of the. Chartered company. It
will be seen that fifteen out Of the
eighteen London papers are Influenced
by Messrs. Rhodes, Belt and Eckstein,
and that all South. African newspapers
actually belong to them. The average
citizen forms his ideas from what he
i reads in the papers. and that explains
the sentiment in England. as well as
among the Cape French.
Very interesting is the manner in
which this ungodly trio placed them
selves In possession of one of the most
important and hitherto Independent
African dailies. In the wholesale news
paper corruption in South Africa the
Chartered company found as thorn in
their flesh an Independent paper edited
in Kimberley. The Diamond Fields Ad-
vertissr took the liberty of occasionally
criticiSing the colossus (Rhodes). It
actually put in word for the Beers at
ttmes. The editor was offered $4,000,
<,f
he would consent to sell his paper. but
keep the transaction secret. This was
refused. Two years later the offer was
Increased to 100000, as well as a salary
Of e, 900 . year for the assistant edi-
tor, II he would allow his name to ap-
pear as editor, while safe man would
perform the actual duty. The tempt
Ing offer was again refused. Then the
Wssale force of the Chartered company
VIZ brought into action. The immense
influence Of Rhodes in Kimberley and
neighborhood, the general boycott and
similar measures brought about the
d6wnfall@o of the courageous paper. A
| AtEanger bought 1t then for $500, and
purchaser turned out to be broth
In-law of tho redoubtable Ruther-
. ma Harris. Thus the Diamond Fields
Advertiser became . Rhodes paper.
The man who bought all the papers
Of Africa, the man who made tremen-
dous use Of what Bismarck termed
''the reptile funds" the man who is at
the bottom of all the misfortunes.
.bloodshed, misery and sorrow for the
people Of England Is well as for the
Inhabitants of South Africa, the Me
phistopheles Of South Africa, Rhodes.
has inspired all the lies, all the col
ored and .doctored reports that caused