Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-17
CECIL RHODES SAYS 50.
Says He Gave $4,000, Conditioned
that Gladstone Would Not Scut-
tie Out Of Egypt.
lAIsH 70 REMAIN At WESTMINSTER.
Fsssr ss Ess~sasss.- Rhsses de-
s.ssed His Nss~y Rack hat "a
Had Nee. spess In the Hone H.ie
struxgie.

London. Oct. is.--The Spectator will
the late Francis scbnadhorst. who
from iss5 to isse was the chief or
ganizer and adviser of the liberal
party sustaining the sensational al
legations. made some months ago.
that Mr.. Rhodes. in 1881. gave $500
TO the liberal party. on condition that
Mr.. Gladstone would not bring about
the evacuation of Egypt by the
British troops. Roth Sir William
Nernon-fiarcourt and Sir Henry
pbell-Bsnnermann. the liberal
leaders. have publicly declared this to
lie false. In n letter covering this cor
rrspondence Mr.. Rhodes sums up as
follows:
Wr. Rhode. Statement
Il met Mr.. Scbnadhorst in London.
and he asked whether I was willing
to subscribe to the party funds. said
| was prepartcd to do so. provided the
policy was not to scuttle out of
Egypt. and that in the event of q
home-rule bill being brought for
ward. provision should be made for
the retention of the Irish members
at Westminster. ] understood from
Mr.. Schnadhorst that he would con-
suit Mr. Gladstone. which qnite salts
iied me. a. | looked upon Mr.. Glad
stone as the liberal party. Mr..
schnadhorst accepted the contribu-
tion upon the conditions defined in
the letter appended
wsrtes % Kept . secret
In this letter Mr.. Rhodes demanded
that his contribution be kept secret.
and that the cheek he returned IL the
Irish were not represented az West
minister. But. be added. postscript
saying 4 am horrifed AZ Mr. Nor
iey's sP~ech on Egypt II you think
your party hop~l-ss- keep fh- MONEY.
bat give il 20 some charity. lt uouid
BE- an awful thing to give my moz~y
to breaking mp the ~npir~-
Dtssr Itk~ eI.s>ss.-'. .p~~-h-
In i-9- Mr.. ghosl~s azaia wrote -
Mr. ~~hnaslhsrxf. drawing att~nfsoa
e. sQ--rh hy Mr. Glzsistour. foTc-
shadow iuE seurfI~ cut sf Esspf. and
expressing the hop th.s Mr. Sehnass-
-'A-s NtA=A ~ ~ @N-A - ENf71& M
mad step. -flut.- b. sAii. Il -yoar -
sp~ef-si leader remains st-lmrzse.
shall certainly cali upoa yoa 10 de-
vote ny sal-.rriPrieu - ssa.e pshlsc
charity
Hss ALREADY D~~- ~p~-s
In Mr- ScAaadho-ss-s rersy b. szrs
Mr. Ehosl-<' Hsoa-y hzsi =ir-ssiY E-r-rn
tp~mt. p. ~ i--li~s--8 it was aia.n
naainig - h~ip fhs hsr-~-rrir ssrrse-
gle NJ >ehn1siAssrst haS~F~r. 49,
slred Mr. Eha-s~S thAf Nr ts1as-
s;oae'~ ats~rzn~~s w~rw onlw an ~
pr~s~ion ef Fseas epsnioz. that S-r
William Nern.n-fisrcozr- 49, aI-o
sun.sy-vi ss thsrn- ansl sAat - s-=ntfl-
cut n Eryr< ~ss Ekrly-
n~ n-ss~~~s ~ s.~~
ia the r~~~psion of skis. Mr.
rAo-i~< slyS. 4 hatA~r~.d - uuoz~. q
upou Lsrd Ra-~h-rrr's sppaiaszaest
I kn-v thar Egyps uas sas~si ssaw-
rvur rrasi~rs 20 s~vs,ic hssw far Ssr
Heary ril-IiaaB-rnssnn + 5zS-i-
s-sf in ehzrs~t~rizing fke a-sxirual
srsfems~nrs a. a b. from h-siu-
niH< to- nd aoorvfiag 70 fh-sr - -
nsenrs s~ither >ir Hrnrr camp
hrff- Is1nnermAnn aar >sr William
HArrourt arr acquziut-f vita the
facts Ezf I naturally zssssm-sf rhar /
Mr. >~haadhors, w.x sp~aking wifh
authority