The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-09

London, April 9--A letter written by
Cecil Rhodes TO William T. Stead in 1892.
will appear in the Forthcoming number of
the American Review of Reviews.
The article, excerpts OF which follow.
consists OF "A frank. powerful explanation
OF Cecil Rhodes views on America and
Great Britain, and for the first time sets
forth his own innermost aims. For orig
inaiity and breadth of thought Il eclipses
even his now famous will, yet II is merely
a collection OF disjointed ideas, hurriedly
put together by the Colossus. as sum
mary of a long conversation held between
himself and Mr.. Stead.
In these 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 re-
moved from the list of the trustees of Mr..
Rhodes will only on account OF the war,
which forced the two men into such ve-
hement political opposition. or this epi-
sode Mr.. Stead says:
''Mr. Rhodes action was only natural.
and from an administrative point of view.
desirable. and IL I'm no way affected my
attitude as political conhdant In all that
related 10 Mr.. Rhodes worldwide pol
Icy
RHODES PHILOSOPHY.
In three columns OF complex sentences
the whole philosophy of Mr.. Rhodes in
ternational and individual life is en-
braced. Perhaps II can best be summar-
ized as an argument in favor of the or
Ranization OF secret society on the
lines OF the Jesuit Order, for the promo
tion OF the peace and welfare Of the
world and the establishment Of an Amer
lean British federation, with absolute
home rule for the component parts.
~ am q bad writer said Mr.. Rhodes
I'm one part OF what might be called his
confessions. but through my ill-connect-
ed sentences you can trace the lay OF my
ideas, and you can give my idea the lit
erary clothing that is necessary"
But Mr. Stead wisely refused TO edit or
dress II UP. saying: II think the public
will prefer TO have these rough, hurried
and sometimes ungrammatical notes, ex-
actly as Mr.. Rhodes scrawled them on,
rather than have them supplied with lit
erary clothing by anyone else"
Mr.. Rhodes commenced with declaring
that the key 10 his idea for the devel-
opment of the English speaking race was
the foundation OF a society copied, as to
organization, from the Jesuits."
HOME RULE.
Combined with n "differential rate and
n copy OF the United States Constitu-
tion.' wrote Mr.. Rhodes, is home rule or
fedora ton. An organization formed on
these lines in the house of commons con-
stantly working for decentralization and
not wasting time on trivial questions
raised by CDR. Tanner or the important
matter OF O'Briens breeches. would, Mr.
Rhodes believed, soon settle the all-im'
portant question OF the markets for the
products OF the empire.
"The labor question he wrote. "is
a. thn Ia
bor America. both in its possibilities
OF alliance and its attitude OF a CONNER
ciai rival, was, apparently ever presen,,
IN Mr.. Rhodss mind The world Win ,n
devising tariffs 10 boycott your manu-
factures. This is the supreme question
] believe that England. with fair play
being a free trader. I believe that until
the world comes TO it's senses you should
declare war. ] mean commercial war
factures That Is my program. You
might finish the war by union with
America and universal peace after hun
drtd years.
MOST POWERFUL FACTOR.
But toward this millennium Mr.. Rhodes
believed the most powerful factor would
be "a secret society. organized like 10y.
wealth Of those whose aspiration Is \ do
sirs 20 do something. and who are spa red
the "hideons annoyance daily created by
The Thought as to which "of their incom-
peteni relations they should leave their
fortune. These wealthy people Mr..
Rhodes thought would thus be greatly
relieved and be able 20 turn their ILL.,
gotten or inherited gains To some advan-
fage"
Reverting 10 himself. Mr. Rhodes said:
III In fearful thought TO feel YOU pos
sess a patent and 10 doubt whether Your
life win last YOU through the circumio-
cution OF the patent office. / have that
inner conviction that N can live I have
thought out something that Is worthy OF
being registered IN the patent officr
The fear Is shall I have time and op-
portunits. and believe with all the en-
thusiasrn bred In the soul OF an inventor
that IL r. not Standardization that / de-
sire but the wish 10 live and register my
patent for the -heneft OF those who. /
think. are the greatest people the world
has ever seen. but whose fault is that
they 10 not know their strength, thfir
greatness or their destiny but who are