Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-12
AS PROOF III story
Letters Published Regarding Cecil
Rhodes Contributions to the
Liberals.
ll-ss t'7rg -Iyazr a.y
Sensational Allegations Made and De-
:: snied Seem to be Sustained BY
# the Correspond dence.
Gift Had String Attached and Was
to be Returned if Certain Policies
Were Adopted. & 5sss

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prints letters from Cecil Rhodes and
the late Francis Schnadh horst twho
from 1885 to 1892 was the chief organ
izer and adviser of the Liberal party9,
sustaining the sensational allegations
made some months ago that Mr..
Rhodes in 1891 gave s. s, 900 to the Lib
eral party on condi dition that Mr.. Clad
stone would not bring about the evac-5
uation Of Egypt by the British troops.
Both Sir William Vernon-Harcourt and
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (the
Liberal leaders) have publicly declar-
ed this to be false. In q letter cover
ing this corresponds Mr.. Rhodes
sums UP as follows:
ssst'I met Mr.. Schnadhorst in London
and he asked whether was willing to
subscribe to the party funds. / said
/ was prepared to do so, provided the:
| policy was not to scuttle out of Egypt.
4 and that in the event of home rule
tsbill being brought forward, provision
should be made for the retention of
| the Irish members at Westminster. I
4 understood from Mr.. Schnadhorst that
he would consult Mr.. Gladstone which
quite satisfied me, as looked upon
4 Mr.. Gladstone as the Liberal party.
Mr. Schnadhorst accepted the contri-
button on the conditions defined in the
letter appended" gs., {, !. .<5 sz..:.
| In this letter Mr. Rhodes demanded
that his contribution be kept; secret
| and that the check be returned If the
/ Irish were not represented at West
minister. But he added a postscript
saying: >f@,'. .>s>.s& -
sI am Mortified at Mr.. Mor1ey's
speech on Egypt. Il you think your
party hopeless, keep the money, but
give it to some charity. 1t would be
an awful thing, to give my money to
breaking up the empire" --s -
Second Letter From Rhodes.
Mr.. Schnadhorst, drawing attention
owing a scuttle out OF Egypt and ex-
pressing the hope that Mr.. Schnad-
horst would do his best to check the
mad step. But, he said, if your re-
spected leader remains obdurate, l
shall certainly call upon you to de-
vote my subscription to some public
charity"
In Mr.. Schnadhorst' reply he says
Mr.. Rhodes money had already been
spent, as he believed it was given
mainly to help the home rule struggle.
Mr.. Schnadhorst, however, assured
| Mr.. Rhodes that Mr. G1adstone's ut
terances were only an expression of
! pious opinion, that Sir Vernon-Har-
| court was also annoyed at them, and
| that no scuttle out of Egypt was like
ly as he had seen Lord Rosebery, then
slated for foreign minister, who would
not permit it, being ga strong man who
will take his own course, very differ
ent from the plant, supple Granville"
"On the reception of this" Mr..
Rhodes says, t'I bothered no more, as
upon Lord Rosebery's appointment T
knew that Egypt was saved. I leave
your readers to decide how far Sir
Henry Campbeli-Bannerman is justi-
fed in characterizing tfeoriginal state
ments as a lie from beginning to end.
According to their statements neither
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman nor
Sir William Harcourt are acquainted
with the facts. But naturally as
sumed that Mr.. Schnadhorst was
speaking with authority 5s.,,. zgs