Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-01


the islands Of the Pacific; the forme
being. so to speak, pure-blooded an,
shapely-formed horses Of Arabial
stock; and the latter a mere mott.
and mischevious horde OF lop-eare,
and lean-shanked and ludricrous rab
bits Of Australian descent and degen
GRAFTON.
Nevertheless. we have Justly ac
quired and should wisely retain an,
govern all the islands we have takeI
in both the Atlantic Ocean and thu
Pacific deep; and, in clear view o.
coming events in connection with a sor
Of temporary and uncommercial re
sistance to manifest destiny we have
reprehensibly overlooked and con
doned many humiliating and gallinl
provocations, and have. up to the pres
ent time, culpably refrained from tax
ing a sufficient number, or an ade
quate area, Of insular possessions II
either Of those widely separated sec
tions Of our globe
Several years after the publication
| Of my duodecimo entitled "The Three
Americas Railway" I received from
the Hon. William M. Everts, OF the
city Of New York, an uncommonly In
! teresting letter, inquiring why II
might not be practicable and prudent
to extend my already incompatible
measure into and through two Of the
other vast continents, Asia and Eur.
ope, by way Of Behring Strait.
Soon afterward, Prof. w. II. c. Bart
lett, Of the Engineering Department OF
West Point, very pleasantly and point
edly piled me with written inquiries as
to whether, when arriving at Jerusa-
lem, in Syria, according to Mr.. Evart's
proposed itinerary. II would not be
feasible and proper to 90 around the
southeastern shore OF the Mediterrean.
can to Cairo, in Egypt, and from Cairo
up along the Nile passing through
ancient Thebes and Essuan. on the
right bank to n point opposite to Ip
sambool, on the left bank; thence over
into Darfoor an extensive region Of
Central Africa, and then southwark to
the Cape Of Good Hope.
These letters from Mr.. Evarts and
Professor Bartlett we're widely pub.
lished throughout the United States
and Great Britain, six years at least
before anything was ever heard from
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, Of South Africa, in
relation to his (wisely and farsighted-
lv) proposed railway from Cairo to the
Cape.
I have many reasons for believing
it quite probable, II not absolutely Ger.
tain, that Mr.. Rhodes first imblbed
his highly commendable views and
ambitions in this regard from the cor
respondence thus indicated, and also
from openly-published correspondence,
Of very considerable length, that was
carried on, from 1881 to 1886, between
Sir Bedford PIN, Of London, and myself
in behalf Of my own superior measure
through the three Americas.
In reply to all those (not unwel-
Gomez propositions, reaching far out
from at least two Of the three Americas
into Europe and Asia and Africa, to
the salutary end that civilization. and
peace and prosperity and progress may
erelong be extended and strengthened
and enriched and perpetuated by al
well-eQuipped line of railway running
all the way through the five great
continents, I could then give only one
answer; and my answer now is still
the same, namely that I was and am
personally overworked and overbuTd
ened and much too busy to engage my
self with any thoughts or any efforts
whatever, except those actually exist
ing, or vet TO exist, between the eX-
treme limits Of northwestern Alaska
and southeastern Patagonia.
IA. FaH 4 AFssa.
may be due to America, in this almost
world-encirchng scheme Of quick tray
ell and transportation, should be man
ully maintained ana 10 Othree--mercans
as 1 unyieldingly contend, should be as
cribed the complete conception Of the
measure and its open promulgation to
the world; namely (here designating
the number or proportion of continents
TO each), the writer Of this communi-
cation, two-hftns, South america and
North America; Secretary Evarts, two
ffths, Asia and Europe; ana Professor
Bartlett one-ffth, Africa.
Here may fitly an trul. state, as
official records will show, that, several
years prior to the time when Mr..
Evarts and Professor Bartlett were
pleased to urge the extension INTO Asia
and Europe and Africa of my projected
intercontinentm railway through the
three Americas, wrote, in 1882, to our
Secretary Of State at chat time, Mr..
Frelinghuysen, and had two in eryiews
with the Hon. Karl de Struve the Rus
sian minister then IN Washington,
suggesting to them that, in considera-
tion of the fact, as claimed and still
claim it to be a fact, that my stupendous
proposition will be duly and fully ac'
cepted and consummated, 1t would
probably prove to be Of extraordinary
advantage to Russia to build, at her
earliest convenience, a frst.class rail.
road through Siberia, in order to ef-
feet speedy and opportune connection
Of her own, great systems Of travel and
transportation with the contemplated
and mangnificent Thoroughfare Of
Nations which would undoubtedly
soon seek the safest and best possible
passage over or under and beyond
Behring Strait.
How promptly and admirably Rus.
sia has acted on that suggestion,
or on her happy impulse and volition,
is plainly visible in the uneXcelled en-.
ergy. capacity, definiteness OF purpose,
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