New-York tribune., 1901-10-12
MR. RHODES AND THE LIBFR,1,
CORRESPONDENCE OVER EGYPT wTru -.
SCHNADHORsT MADE PUBLIC

London. Oct 1.-THE Spectator to-uo,-
will print letters from Cecil Rhodes and =.
late Francis SchnadhOrst. who, from 1SS5 :.
1s92, was the chief organizer and adviser OF ~
Liberal party. sustaining the allegations n.ss
some months ago. that Mr. Rhodes in 1So,
gave 5000 to the Liberal party on eona,,,s-
that Mr.. Gladstone would not bring abou, ~
evacuation of Egypt by the British tro0.~
Both Sir William Vernon Harcourt and =.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman O4iberaI Ieada~>
have publicly declared this to be false N
letter covering this correspondence Mr.. Pbos
sums up as follows:
I met Mr.. Schnadhorst i'm London and !.
asked whether I was willing to subscribe ~ &c
party funds 1 said 1 was prepared to do -
provided the policy was not to scuttIe ont !,
Egypt. and that in the event of a Homo prT
bill being brought forward provision shol,J X
made for the retention of the Irish members a.
Westminster. / understood from Mr. SchnsS
horst that he would consult Mr. Cladsfona
which quite satisfied me. as I looked UPON m.
Gladstone as the Liberal party. Mr. SehnsS
horst accepted the contribution upon the co1.
ditiOnS defined in the letter appended
In this letter Mr. Rhodes demanded that ri,
contribution be kept secret. and that the cbe,E
be returned if the Irish were not representss
at Westminster. But he added a postsern,
saying:
l. a $
Egypt. If you think your party hopeless keen
the money, but give it TO some CHARITY N
would be awful thing TO give my money m
breaking up the empire.
In 1892 Mr. Rhodes again wrote 10 Mr.
Schnadhorst. drawing attention 70 a speech Of
Mr. Gladstone foreshadOwins a scuttIe out Of
Egypt. and expressing the hope that Mr..
Schnadhorst would do his best 20 check the mad
step. But. he said. if your respected leader
remains obdurate I shall certainly call upon
you to devote my subscription to some public
charity"
In Mr.. Schnadhorst's reply he says Mr..
Rhodes's money had already been spent, as he
believed it was given mainly TO help the Home
Rule struggle. Mr.. Schnadhorst however. as
sured Mr. Rhodes that Mr.. Gladstones utter.
anCes were only an expression of piOus opinion,
that Sir William Vernon HaTCOurt was also
annoyed at them, and that 10 scuttle out Of
Egypt was likely. he had seen Lord Rose
berry then slated for Foreign Minister. who
would not permit IL being "a strong man who
viii take his own course. very different from tha
ION the reception of this Mr. Rhodes SAYS
"I bothered no more, as upon Lord Rosebery'f
appointment I knew that Egypt was saved >
leave your readers 10 decide how far Sir Henr?
Campbell -Bannerman is justified in characterize
ing the original statement a lie from be-
ginning TO end. According TO their statements
neither Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerrnan nor ST
William Vernon HarCOurt are acquainted WITH
the facts But I naturally assumed that Mn
Schnadhorst was speaking with authority
The Westminster Gazette this afternoon
publishes letters showing that Mr.. Rhodes's
remonstrance to Mr.. SchnadhOrst. concerning
Mr. GladstOne's speech on Egypt in lS'i2. was
sent through W. T. Stead, who, in writing to
Mr. Rhodes that he had forwarded the letter IN
trusted to him. says that Mr.. Gladstone. on
hearing that Mr.. Rhodes dissatisfied with
the Premier's views regarding Egypt wrote 10
Mr. Stead that he did not know Mr. RhOdess
views Egypt.
From this writes Mr.. Stead TO Mr. Rhodes
''I infer that Mr. SchnadhOrSt never informed
Mr. Gladstone of anything you said TO him.