The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-07
KAISER ON RHODES WILL
VIDE REACH OF EMPIRE BUILD-
 ER'S MIND SHOWN.


 I The Requests Regarded at Court us Con- stitutfng an Enduring Impulse to Good Feeling Between Germany, Great Britain and United States Emper"r's Exclamation "Why Have I Not Such Il MinIster," Being Widely Produced.
 Berlin, April 6-"This bequest shows the wide reach of Cecil Rhodes mind, his vision of the future" said Emperor William to pr. Won Lucanus, the chief of his majesty's civil cabinet, who all luded to the will of MT. Rhodes during an audience with the emperor yesterday morning.
 It was then pointed out ot his majesty that Mr. Rhodes, while leaving precise directions as to the selection of the benefciaries of the Rhodes scholarships in other countries, the selection of the benehciaries of the fifteen scholarships set aside foI Germans had been left to the discretion of Emperor William
 The bequests of MT. Rhodes are re- garded at court as constituting an en- during impulse of good feeling between Germany, Great Britain and the United States and the colonies of these coun- tries, and as giving more substance to the vague grouping of the Teutonic powers.
 "The earth belongs to the vital, liv- ing peoples, and these should act as one when inefficient powers check ad- vancement," is another utterance at- trlbuted to the Gereman emperor when his majesty was speaking of Prince Henry's trip and the need of better understanding with the United States
 The inclusion of Germany in MT. Rhodes aims, as set forth In his will hos brought out some considerate ex- pressions concerning his imperial pur- poses from even the Anglophobe jour nals, although most of the commenta- tors on his purposes hold him respon- sible for the Boer war.
 Why have I not such minister?'' Emperor William is said to have ex- claimed after an interview with Cecil Rhodes in 1SS9 This remark is now widely reproduced, and it enables the opposition paragraphists to revile the present ministry.
 London, April 7.-The Daily Tele- graph to-day announces that Emperor William and President Roosevelt both received an intimation from the trus tees of MT. Rhodes estate as to what the deceased's will proposed before-that document was made public. The presi- dent and the emperor both intimated to the trustees, according to the Tele- graph, their pleasure at and approval of the legacies, in friendly and grati- fled cablegrams of acknowledgement.
 London, April 7-The Daily Mail this give the opinions of some Oxford dons concerning the Rhodes scholarships.
 Dr. Moberly canon of Christ church college( spoke in eloquent praise of the plan, especially because it would he said, brink picked men of the best type of Americans, rather than the wealthy who had hitherto come to Oxford mainly for social advantage.
 Dr. Margarth, the provost of Queens college, was emphatic in his predictions of future good arising for Oxford from | the Rhodes scholarships. He said he | was particularly struck with the wis | dom of Mr. Rhodes in arranging that | -he gradual operation of the plan spread | over three years.
 'It will give the scholars" said Dr. | Magrath, time to assimilate with the | mass, and it will prevent undue herding | with their own kin"
 Although the scholars will enter as lnderg graduates pr. Magrath said that, | personally, he would be quite willing, if | ls colleagues agreed, to place them in Queens college on level with Queens | other scholarships.
 The dean of New College said he con- idered e300 to be ample, even if the student had to maintain himself the ,ear round. But the dean said that Cecil Rhodes had fallen into the same rror as most educational benefactors n forgetting that the university needed m endowment quite as much as the cholars.
 Canon Weldon of West Minister Abby nd late bishop of Calcutta, also ex ,ressed approval of MT. Rhodes plan. Dr. Stevenson of Exeter college said e thought the plan would bring OK ord good athletes, and enable the uni ersity to achieve the much desired ob ect of vanquishng Cambridge in ath- cities.