The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-16
THE WILL Of
4 CAESAR
Cecil Rhodes Gifts
Create Much
Talk.

LONDON, April 5.-The war in South
of interest. were forgotten today in the
absorbing discussion of Cecil Rhodes
will. Regarding the extraordinary doc
ument, the Associated Press has ascer-
tanned some new facts. The total OF
Mr.. Rhodes fortune is likely to prove
to be $4,000, 900. or slightly under that
amount The executors are Lord Rose
berry, Earl Grey, Lord Miner, Alfred
Belt, DR.. Jameson, l.. L. Micell ana
Il. \. Hawksley, to whom he bequeatheo
the residue of his estate. They Will
divide s1,0OO,O0O or e1,500,000 among
them.
According to the terms of this legacy,
the amount is not to be divided during
their lifetime. but as each legatee dies
his share goes to the common fund I'M
til the surviving legatee becomes the
sole owner.
Hence one of the executors. the ma
jority of whom are already enormously
wealthy, will one day inherit what will
then have probably accumulated into
nearly G2,000,000. The executors, the
Associated Press learns, have unusual
~ full powers, and can construe ana
add to the will as seems fit Hence
the omission of British Columbia, Nova
Scotia and other Canadian provinces
from the list of scholarships is quite
likely to be corrected and each pro-
vince of Canada may be put on the
same footing as the American States
One OF Mr.. Rhodes most intimate as
sociates said TO a representative OF the
Associated Press:
He drew up his will in the same
spirit in which he approached all great
undertakings. In his most important
tasks he merely sketched the outlines
and left US to fill in the details His
trustees are given plenary powers. In
the matter of the scholarships. Mr..
Rhodes saw the scheme was so vas,
that any attempt to too rigidly lay
down the lines might result in harm;
so. beyond endeavoring to meet the le-
gal requirements, he tried TO leave the
fulfllment of his plans TO those with
whom. during his lifetime, he had fire.
quently discussed them
Regardi ag the American beques $, the
same authority said:
- I'm offering Americans and Germans
inducements to go to Oxford. Mr..
Rhodes had a dual aim. First. putting
the youth of England in intimate touch
with what he termed the two most
progressive nations of the world, so
that they might be broadened and
spurred to more strenuous efforts: sec
ond. bringing the best specimens OF
Americans and Germans on such terms
with the English people and customs
that they might become missionaries
of a better national understanding"
When the trustees can meet and all
the preliminary details are settled, n
request will be made to several promi-
nent Americans to form committee to
act in conjunction with the English
body and assume certain responsible
ties. for which the executors are pal
baby untitled, both by absence from
the United States and ignorance OF it's
customs.
The afternoon papers all devote
lengthy editorials to the Caesar will,
as it is termed. The Globe, referring
to Mr.. Rhodes hope of friendship be-
tween Great Britain, the United States
and Germany. says:
I'VE only hope that these noble as
piratIons may be realized in their en-
t:rety. England has done her part and
there only remains the hope that future
German educators may be among Mr..
Rhodes Oxford students, and so gain
a knowledge of England, now so lack
ing"