The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
The LESSON RHODES DID Nor LEARN


The LESSON RHODES DID Nor LEARN
AS we pass away from the charm ex-i
erted over us by Cecil Rhodes powerful
personality, and divest ourselves of the
feeling that he. belonged to the masterful
rank of those who are too great Ito do
wrong, we can perceive a flaw in the
mans greatness that was as remarkable
as those attributes for which we wonder
at him. He was so wholly son ola COM
mercial age that he could not understand
that even in these times there are still
other motives than the gainN or retention
of wealth that are capable Of causing men
to undergo, the greatest hardships, give
is dear and count their very lives as
trifles to be thrown into the scale on the
side Of right 3s7fE
Cecil Rhodes could not understand any
patriotism except it be attachment to a
world power on the way to universal do
minion. Such patriotism as he had for
the British empire was of that kind. He
was a patriot of the kind who believed,
in his own words, that the British. flag
was the most valuable asset in the world.
It is impossible to conceive Of Rhodes as
devoted to a small nation. He, was no
Washington or Bolivar or Kossuth. AS
we have among us in common life men,
who are VIGOROUSLY the worshippers Of
those who have arrived" so Rhodes was:
the patriot of the winning side. 'ae.
1t was inconceivable to him that a band
of farmers in South Africa should think
so much of their poor little, thread bare,
humble nationality that they would put
away the wealth that had contaminated
them for years; that they would give up
all hope of Individual riches; that they
would leave their homes and their fam
lilies and their comfortable easy lives to
take to the veldt and the battle line and
fight for three years with all the strength
of their pitiful hundreds against the un-
against Britain and Australia and New
Zealand and Canada, too.
What was there in it for them? Why
would sensible men do such thing2 They
should know that with British rule and
| busy British commerce would come in
creased values for their ranches, higher
prices for their cattle, more profits for all
their occupations? Life would be easier
! and broader. What man Of the Cecil
Rhodes kind could forsee that these hum
BILE and insignificant men should turn Out
and fight to the death for little strip O.
bunting, little patch Of territory, little
shred of nationality? 80 .ss-- q.s, -
| And SO Rhodes was surprised, dunn
I founded;' and, in the end, killed by hi:
i mistake
1 try when they were needed. In South
! Africa Rhodes forgot that men are sen
timental beings, just when he should hav
known it. Monumental mistakes! Ate
| Waterloo Napoleon existed at Helena
few years and died. After his great mis-
q take Rhodes began to die.
j BY direction Of his own pompous will
he was buried in the Matoppopo hills
where he would have none buried excep
those who have deserved we'll of the EN-
pire. Admirable stage effect! We ar
Impressed by the magnificent statelines
of the great mans egotsm, while realiz
ing how vain it was in him to think tina
he had deserved we'll of the empire Per
: haps he did. That is for history to say
1t may call him the savior of South Africa
p1,t Il;
Still unlearned in the lesson of the Doe
; war, Rhodes goes down to his death an
; up to his tomb on the hills of the "Vie'
of the World leaving behind the out
line of a scheme for the conquest of tn
world by the united power of the wealth
of the two great English speaking coun
tries. The mans dying dream was of q
immoral secret society of, wealth OF
ganized to control Britain and >Americ
! and through them. the worldly WIZ
! means we can we'll guess
But there are some that have 1earne
the lesson Rhodes could not grasp
> will be many long year before the Bri
ish empire will try to subdue any MOI
u republics, to wipe out any more pett
4 nationalities that are determined to liv
> The Chamberlains of this generation al
L the next will have a wholesome respe
Z for the power Of sentiment in thisFworl
| They will realize that for some Poop
Z there are still things to which wealth
not to be compared; that devotion
II more powerful than bank accounts; TIL
: patriotism is stronger than gold; that Il
u proudest regiments may be crushed by
!, few shabby herders contending for
= principle.
e The Beers, shattered and torn al
beaten, and deprived Of their cherish
y national life, have, in the dying agoni
e of their little republics, taught us all
'e lesson. When any man shall say her
e after that money is the only force in o
II commercial age 1t will be an answer
: him to speak of Spion Kop and Mayer
1t fontein, to point to De Wet and Declare
70 to Steyn and to Botha, to 10000 Beers
10 prison camps, to 10000 dead; to the Is, @
If British soldiers whom old England W
l. never see again.
. If the food trusts put the prices UP mu
= higher they will have to trust patrons
- we'll as prices.
- julius Heinrich is a candidate I
mayor. What did Arnes ever do to him
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