The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-09
ONE OF RHODES PLANS.
A Secret Society to Promote Uni
versal Peace.

London. April Am article on Cecil
Rhodes by William T. Stead will ap-
pear in the Forthcoming number OF the
American Review of Reviews. The
article, excerpts from which follow
consists of a frank powerful explana-
ton of Cecil Rhodes views on America
and Great Britain, and for the first
time sets forth his own inmOst aims. 1t
was written by himself to W. 7.
stead in 1890. 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 trustees of Mr. Rhodes viii only
because of the war which forced tie
two men into such vehement political
opposition. OF this episode Mr.. stead
says:
Mr.. Rhodes action was only natural
and, from an administrative point OF
view, desirable, and it in no way affect
ed my attitude as political eOnfidant in
all that related to Mr.. Rhodes world
wide policy"
In its three columns of complex sen
fences the whole philosophy of Mr.
Rhodes international and individual
life is embraced. Perhaps it can best
be summarized as an argument in favor
of the organizat ton of a secret society on
the lines of the Jesuit order, for the
promotion of the peace aI1E welfare of
the world, and the esta blishment of an
American British federation with alb
soiute home rule for the component
parts.
i am a bad writer" said Mr..
Rhodes in one part Of what might BE-
called his confessions, but through my
i'll connected sentences you can trace
the lay of my ideas, and you can give
my idea the literary clothing that is
necessary"
But Mr.. Stead wisely refused to edit
or dress it up, saying:
Il think the public will prefer to have
ffaa
gramma teal notes exactly as Mr..
Rhodes scrawled them off, rather than
have them supplied with literary cloth
Ing by any one else"
Mr.. Rhodes commenced by declaring
that the key" to his idea for the de-
velopment of the English-speakfng race
was the foundation of a society copied.
as to organization from the Jesuits.
Combined with a differentiaI rate and
q copy Of the United States constitu-
ton" wrote Mr. Rhodes, lis home rule
or federation"
An organization formed on these
lines in the house of commons, con
Etanrly working for Decentralization
and not wasting time on trivial ques-
lions raised by DIR. Tanner. or the i'm
p0rtant matter of O'Briens breeches, %
would Mr.. Rhodes believed, soon settle
the all-impOrtant question of the mar
kets for the products of the empire.
The labor question" he wrote lis
important, but that is deeper than
labor" America, both in its possibili-
ties of alliance and its attitude of com
mercial rival was apparently ever pres
ent in Mr. Rhodes mind
THE world with America in the fore
front" he wrote. lis devising tariffs tc
boycott your manufacturers. This is
the supreme question 1 believe thai
England with fair play should manu-
facture for the world. and being a free
trader ] believe that until the world
comes to its senses you should declare
war mean a commercial WARMTH
those trying to boycott your manufac-
tuners This is my programme. You
might finish the war by a union Of
America and universal peace after Z
hundred wears -