Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-11
CECIL RHODES
Said to Have Given Money to
 Liberal Party.
SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS.

Money Given to Prevent Evacuation of
 Egypt by British Troops in 1S01-
 The Liberal Leaders Deny the Story
 and Proclaim It Falsehood
 morrow will print letters from Cecil Rhodes and the late Francis Schnad- horst, who from 1885 to 1892 was the chief organizer and adviser of the Liberal party, sustaining the sensa- tional allegations made some time ago that MT Rhodes, ill 1891, gave G5,00O MT Gladstone would not bring about the evacuation of Egypt by the Brit ish troops. Both Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the Liberal leaders, have publicly declared this to be false. Tn a letter covering this correspondence MT Rhodes sums up as follows:
 Tt met MT Schnadhorst ill London and he asked whether was willing to subscribe to the party funds. l said l was prepared to do so provided the policy was not to scuttle out of Egypt and that in the event of a home rule bill being brought forward, provision should be made for the retention of the church members at Westminster l understood from MT Schnadhorst that he would consult MT Gladstone which quite satisfied me, as I looked upon MT Gladstone asT the Liberal party. MT Schnadhorst accepted the contribution upon the conditions de- fined in the letter appended"
 In this letter MT 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:
 T am mortified at Mir Morley's speech on Egypt. If 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."
 In 1892 Mir Rhodes again wrote to MT Schnadhorst, drawing attention to speech of Mir Gladstone foreshadow- ing '.scuttle out of Egypt, expres- sing his hope that Mir Schnadhorst would do his best to check the mad step. But, he said. if your respect ed leader remains obdurate I shall cer tainly call upon you to devote my subscription to some public charity'
 In Mir Schnadhorst's reply he said Mir Rhodes money had already been spent as he believed Il was given mainly to help the home rule struggle. MT Schnadhorst however, assured Mir Rhodes that Mir Gladstones utterances were only an expression of pious opin- ion, that Sir William Vernon Harcourt was also annoyed at them, and that no scuttle out of Egypt was likely, as he had seen Lord Roseberry, then slated for foreign minister, who would not permit it. being "a strong man. who will take his own course. very different from the pliant, supple Granville"
 "On the reception of this." MT Rhodes says, T bothered no more. as upon Lord Roseberrys appointment I knew that Egypt was saved. leave your readers to decide how far Sir Henry Campbell- Zimmerman is iusti- fled in characterizing the original state ments as a lie from beginning to end. According to their statements. neith- CT Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman nor Sir William Harcourt are acquainted with the facts. but I naturally as- sumed that Mir Schnadhorst was speaking with authority.''
 New York, Oct 11.-Tl.e text of inc correspondence between Cecil Rhodes and the Gladstonian party managers IS now i'll the possession of the Spec tator and will be published today (Frlday), says the London correspon- dent of the Tribune. It is learned from those who have seen it that if confirms substantially the original statement made by Charles w. Boyd respecting Mir Rhodes's contribut- on to the political fund of the liberal party after the occupation of Egypt. it proves that Mir Rhodes. in dealing with the liberals, threw an anchor to windward. as he had done in contrib uting to the Irish campaign fund. and l-,il the retention of British control ill Egypt was one of the conditions of the gift, as the maintenance ol Im- perial connection had been when ,ne subscription was made for the bene- fit of the Irish cause MT Boyd drew this parallel, apparently, for the sake of removing unionist prejudices against Mir Rhodes, on account of his home rule subscriptions.