The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

union between Great Britain and the
Five years later Mr.. Rhodes made his
second will, canceling the first and leav-
ing his estate to his old friend. Mr.. Pick
ering, to whom he had confided his ideas.
Mr.. Pickering died in 1888, WhereupOn Mr..
Rhodes made another will of the same
character as the second document, by
which he left his wealth to a financial
friend. will instructions to apply il TO
the furtherance of his political ideas en-
bodied in the remarkable paper written in
1877.
this first will was Cecil RhOdes's denuncia-
ton of the 'pig-headed and ignorant Eng
lish statesmen, who, in the reign of George
III, destroyed the unity of the English
speaking race. In this paper Mr.. Rhodes
proceeds; DO you ever feel mad? Do you
ever feel murderOus? l do when L think
of these men, Then he points out that If
the English-speaking union had not been
DESTROYED England and America together
could give peace TO the whole world.
I'm 1891 Mr.. Rhodes came TO me and said
he was convinced his financial friend was
incapable of understanding his ideas, that
it filled him with horror to think of coming
back to the world after his death and see
ing his money misapplied.. He therefore
added my name to the will. making me a
joint heir with his friend. He said also that
he would leave a letter directing his fnan-
cial friend TO confine himself solely to the
financial administration of the estate, leav-
ing the distribution of his whole wealth alb
solutely to me.
I'm 1899 this will was succeeded by a more
informal document in which Mr.. Rhodes
left his whole estate to be administered by
me. with this friend as financial adviser
and r.. a. Hawksley as legal adviser.
Therefore If Mr.. Rhodes had died between
1891 and 1899 the whole burden of admins
tering his estate, which he himself esti-
mated at from G4,O00,0O TO 95,O0O,O0O, but
which Is now believed 10 amount TO 60
100000, would have been left TO me 10 dis
pose of without any formal trust, and as If
it had been my own. Mr. Rhodes knew
that he could rely upon me 10 use this
money solely for the furtherance OF the
far-reaching ideas we shared in mmon
ITO the will Of 1893" continues Mr.. Stead.
"he added a codicil in which he provided
for scholarships at oxford to be distrib-
uted among the colonies. On his return TO
England in 1894 Mr.. Rhodes informed me
of the contents of this codlcil. l immedi-
ately asked him TO extend II SO as TO grant
a similar number Of scholarships TO the
American States. He said he approved
this idea, but doubted whether IL was prac-
ticable. | pressed the matter strongly. and
Mr.. Rhodes said he would consider II. L
was gratifed to find. when Mr.. Rhodes
drew up his last will in 1899, that he had
framed this document on the basis of re-
garding each self-governing community as
an integral part of the English-speaking
unity, TO promote which was the object he
had had in view from his early youth.
In 1899 Mr.. Rhodes took others into his
confidence. believing il possible 10 extend
immensely the scope OF his viii. The Will
as il now stands was then drawn up in ac-
cordance with his directions. The only
change subsequently made In this last doc
ument consisted in increasing the number
of executors.
I'm January, 1901. owing TO my views
about the South African war. continues
Mr.. Stead in his statement. Mr.. Rhodes
removed my name from his will. and in Oc-
tober OF the same year he added that Of
Lord Miner.
ION his death bed Cecil Rhodes said to
DR.. Jameson: An American board for the
purpose Of experimenting the administra-
ton Of the scholarships allotted the United
States will probably be constituted. Some
time must elapse. however. before arrange
ments can be completed for the first compe-
tition for scholarships by students in the
United States or in the British empire"
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