The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-09
ANGLO-SAXON UNION
THE DREAM WHICH CECIL RHODES
CHERISHED.
VIM. T. STEAD EXPLAINS IT
TO UNITE ALL ENGLISH SPEAKING
PEOPLES.

Enecting This a Secret Society on
the Order of the Jesuits TO which
Men of Brains and Wealth should
Devote Themse1ves-Ameri in
Her Possibilities, as an Ally or a
Rival, Ever Present in His Mind.
American Tariff Worried Him.
London, April S-An article on Ce-
ell Rhodes by William T. Stead will
appear in the forthcoming number of
the American Review of Reviews"
The article, excerpts from which fol-
low, consists of a frank, powerful ex
PLANTATION of Cecil Rhodes views on
America and Great Britain, and for
the first time sets forth his own in
most aims. 1t was written by him
self to w. T. Stead, in 1890. For
originality and breadth of thought it
eclipses even his now famous will, yet
it is merely a collection of disjointed
ideas, hurriedly put together by the
COLOSSUS as summary of a long con-
versation held between himself and
Mr.. Stead. In those days Mr.. Stead
was not only one of Mr.. Rhodes most
intimate friends, as indeed he was till
the last, but also his executor. Mr..
Stead's name was removed from the
| list of the trustees of Mr.. Rhodes will
only because of the war, which forced
the two men into such vehement po-
litical opposition.
In it's three columns of complex sem
tence the whole philosophy of Mr..
| Rhodes international and individual
life is embraced. Perhaps it can best
be summarized as an argument in IA
| Vor of the organization of a secret So
ciety on the lines of the Jesuit order,
for the promotion of peace and welfare
of the world, and the establishment of
| an American British federation, with
absolute home rule for the component
parts.
Mr.. Rhodes commenced by declaring
that the key to his idea for the devel-
opment of the English-speaking race
was the foundation of a society
copied, as to organization, from the
Jesuits." Combined with "a differen-
tial rate and a copy of the United
States constitution" wrote Mr..
Rhodes, lis home rule or federation
An organization formed on these lines,
in the House of Commons, constantly
working for decentralization and not
wasting time on trivial questions
would, Mr.. Rhodes believed, soon set
tie the all important question of the
markets for the products of the en-
pire. Ae
America Ever in His Mind.
THE labor question" he wrote, SIS
important, but that is deeper than
labor America, both. in it's possibili-
ties of alliance and it's attitude of COM
mercial rival, was, apparently, ever
present in Mr.. Rhodes mind. 1.-THE
world with America in the forefront, -
he wrote, lis devising tariffs to boycott
your manufactures. This is the sup
RENE question. I believe that England,
with fair play, should manufacture for
the world, and, being a free trader,
/ believe that, until the world comes to
it's senses, you should declare war-I
mean a commercial WARMTH those
trying to boycott your manufacturers.
That is my programme. You might
finish the war by a union with Amer
lea and universal peace after a hun
dred years"
But towards this millennium Mr..
| Rhodes believed the most powerful fac
tor would be a secret society, organ
ICED like Loyolas, supported by the ac-
cumulated wealth of those whose aspi-
ration is a desire to do something 4"
and who are spared the "hideous an
noyance" daily created by the thought
as to which of their incompetent re-
lations" they should leave their for
tune. These wealthy people, Mr..
Rhodes thought, would thus be greatly
relieved and be able to turn their i'll
gotten or inherited gains to some ad-
vantage"
A Patent" on His Idea.
Reverting to himself, Mr.. Rhodes
said:
ut is a feaful thought to feel you
| possess a patent and to doubt whether
your life will last you through the cir
| cumlocution of the Patent Office. 1
have that inner conviction that if L
can live 1 have thought out something
that is worthy of being registered in
the Patent Office. 1 desire to live and
| register my patent for the benefit of
those who, 1 think are the great
| est people the world has ever
seen, but whose fault is that
they do not know their strength,
| their greatness or their destiny but
| who are wasting their time in minor
or local matters. Even a Labouchere,
who possesses no sentiment, should he
taught that the labor of England is
| dependent on the outside world, and
| that as far as | can see, the outside
world. if he does not look out, will
boycott the result of English labor. -
Rhodes Was Human.
Once again the personal feelings of
the man crop out. "They are calling
the new country Rhodesia," he wrote;
/ find 1 am human and should like to
be living after my DEATH Still, perhaps
| if that name is coupled with the OBJ
| ject of England everywhere, it may
convey the discovery of an idea which
ultimately led to the cessation of all
wars and one language throughout
the world the patent being the grad
| ual absorption of wealth and human
minds of the higher order to the OBJ
ject"
To Please Young America.
There was Mr.. Rhodes dream of
| transatlantic greatness. Fancy, he
says, 1.-THE charm to young America just
| coming on, and dissatisfied, for they
| have filled up their own country and do
not know what to tackle next, to share
in a scheme to take the government of
the whole world. Their present Presi-
dent (Ndr. Harrison) is dimly seeing it;
but his horizon is limited to the
new world, north and south, and so
he would intrigue in Canada, Argen
tina and Brazil, to the exclusion of
| england Such a brain wants but
| little to see the true solution. He is
| still cropping in the dark, but very
near the discovery, for the American
| has taught the lesson of home rule
and of the success of leaving the man.
agement of the local pump to the par
ish beadle.
'sThe present position of the Eng
| Iisl, IJoilse is ridiculous. You might