Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-14

London, April Am article on
Cecil Rhodes by William T. Stead will
APPEAR in the forthcoming number On
the American Review of Reviews. The
article, excerpts from which follow,
consisting of a frank, powerful ex-
PLANTATION 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. 4. 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 a summary of a long conversation
keld between himself and Stead. In
it's three columns of complex sent
ences, the whole philosophy of
ife is embraced.
Rhodes commenced by declaring the
"key'' to his idea for the development
of the English-speaking race was the
foundation of society copied as to
organization, from the Jesuits.'
Combined with differential rate
and a copy of the United States consti-
tuition" wrote Rhodes, lis home rule
o.. federation"
An organization formed on these
lines in the house of commons con-
stantly working for decentralization
and not wasting time on trivial ques-
items would, Rhodes believed, soon
settle the all-important question Oh
markets for the products of the en-
pire. 1.-THE labor question: he wrote,
SIC important, but that is deeper than
labor" America, both in it's pOssibiI
tiles of alliance and the attitude of
commercial rival. was apparently ever
present in Rhodes mind" 1.-THE
world with America in the fore 'front.'"
he wrote, lis 1evising tariffs to boy
colt your manufacturers. This is the
supreme question. ] believe England,
with fair play, should manufacture
for the world and, being free trader,
believe that, until the world comes
to it's senses, you should declare war,
| mean commercial war, with those
trying to boycott your manufacturers.
That is my program. You might fin
ish war by a union with America,
and get universal peace after a hun
dred yeras."
But towards this Millennium Rhodes
believed the most powerful factor
would be a secret society, organized
and supported by the accumulated
wealth of those whose aspiration is a
desire to do something" and who are
spared the "hideous annoyance" daily
created by the thought as to which "of
their incompetent relations" they
should leave their fortune These
wealthy people, Rhodes thought, would
thus be greatly relieved and be able
to turn 9Th cir ill-gotten or inherited
gains to some advantage"
"They are calling the new country
'Rhodesia,' he wrote. II find l am hui
man, and should like to be fiving after
my death. Still, perhaps if that name
is coupled with the object of England
everywhere it may convey the dis
covery of the idea which may ulti-
mately lead to the cessation of all
wars and one language throughout the
world, with the gradual absorption of
wealth and human minds Of the
higher order to the object"
What an awful thought if, even
now, we could arrange such with the
present members of the United States
assembly and our house of commons.
The peace of the world would be Sc
cured for all eternity. We could hold
a federal parliament, five years in
Washington and five in London"
Rhodes added:
1.-THE only thing feasible to carry out
this idea is a secret society gradually
absorbing the wealth of the world, to
be devoted to such an object" Com
menting upon this Stead says:
"It is rough and inchoate and al
most as uncouth as one of Cromwell s
speeches; but the central idea CLOVIS
luminous throughout. It's ideal is the
promotion of racial unity on the basis
of principles embodied in the Ameri-
can constitution"