The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-27

death any federation Of South Africa USier
our flag. He knew that either South Africa
must come under the Dutch nag or the
English flag. or that the alternative was
the national system. or rather the weller
and chaos you see IN South Africa to-day.
IL the T~ransvaal. arming 10 the teeth.
continued this condition OF preparation
then. also. every man In our colony OF Ma
tai must similarly arm. II Is no longer
possible that a chess board OF little armed
nations can be permitted; they menace
the peace and orderly progress Of the en-
tire world. You have got this IN South
America. we have got in the Balkan penin-
sula and, therefore, war CLOUDS gather AZ
all times over central and eastern Europe
Rhodes saw this; he saw that 1ndepend-
enCe' on the Kruger plan was Incompatible
with individual freedom; that II involved
all-round militarism.
terests in the TransVaal; these gave him
the moral right 10 effect a revolution IL he
could. Here was a so-called republic re-
franchise, while levying taxes at the rate
of SO per capita per annum and turning
twO-thirds OF this misbegotten revenue into
munitions OF war. kruger aimed at arming
all the Dutch in South Africa with the gold
he levied from the Rand miners 1 don't
want &c discuss the ethics OF our war or
the causes of that war. but l do van 10
make il clear that my friend hoped by an
effective COUP d'etat TO destroy az a blow
Krugerism and 10 secure for the Transvaal
the same political cOnditiOnS-namcly.
equal rights for all white men as obtain
i'm cane Colony and Natal. He failed: the
raid failed: DR.. Jameson upset my apple
cart as Rhodes phrased il, and the abor-
tive raid presented Rhodes himself 10 al
mankind in a false light
Let me tell you a touching little incl
dent which pleasantly reflects my friend
as | see him. / was in RhOdesia with him
the year after the raid. His house at Cape
Town. which contained the collection OF a
lifetime and which, as Rhodes never mar
ried, was almost as near and dear 20 him
as a wife and family, was burned 10 the
ground. Coming on top or the RAID. the
Rinderpest. the Matabele war, this fulmin-
ating trouble alarmed his friends for him..
and / was asked by wire from Cape Town
TO break il TO him. l said 20 him, as We
were riding on the veldt. Can you bear TO
hear Of another great disaster which has
overtaken you?' Rhodes is a man OF great
nerve. but he turned very pale and said.
What is il now? l said, Your home is
burned oh, thank God he said. Il
feared poor DR.. Jim jameson was dead
The doctor had been very i'll in prison and
we were both anxious about him
Passing TO the expected death OF his
friend Lord Grey said: The world viii
be poorer: no one Will dream such dreams
and try TO draw them On a map; no one
living perhaps will try as he would have
tried to federate our empire on the Amer
lean system. RoseberyR Yes, he VIII try.
We will many of Us try. and we will sue
coed. Others can carry on his work. L
am happy that | went 10 Washington,
where these things look at one fully ac-
complished. Such men as your President.
Senator Hoar and others / could name.
oive those who come near them much en-
couragement. A great genius goes out
with Rhodes; true his work will go for
ward in some ways more smoothly. per-
haps. because he had inevitably aroused
great antagonisms. but we shall not see
his like again and his passing Will for me
and many others take much color from our
lives. Other nations, ne once said TO me.
will pursue peace. but the two great Eng
lish-speaking nations standing together
can enjoin it
Lord Grey concluded by saying: when
his will is read it will DE known with what
intention Rhodes. who never wasted a pre-
cious moment on pleasure or self-indul-
gence. had collected a great modern for
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