Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-04-09
Extracts from Letters by South African
Reflect His Cherished Plans.
VIEWS ON AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN
Latter, He Said, Slept While Former Wa
Rapidly Forging Ahead.
NclTES AGGRESSION ON PART or ENGLISH
Stead Declares that his Separation
from Rhodes On war Issues DID
Not ARect Their Actual
Political Intimacy.

LONDON, April s.--An article on Cscrl
Rhodes by William T. Stead will appear in
the forthcoming number OF the American
Review OF Reviews. The article. excerpts
from which follow, consists OF a frank, pow
erful explanation q Cecil Rhodes views on
America and Great Britain and for the hrs.
time sets forth his own inmost aims. It
was written by himself to W. 7. Stead In
1890.
For originality and breadth Of thought II
eclipses even his now famous Will, yet Il is
merely collection Of disjointed idtas, hur-
r'edly put together by the colossus as a
summary Of long conversatio held be-
tween himself and Mr.. Stead In those
days Mr.. Stead was not only one Of Mr.
Rhodes most intimate friends. as indeed
he was until the last, but also his executor
Mr.. stead's name was removed from the
list Of the trustees OF Mr.. Rhodes will onlv
because of the war which forced the two
mtn into such vehement political opposi-
tion. or this episode MIR. Stead says:
Intimate Tie Unbroken.
Mr.. Rhodes election was only natural,
and from an administrative point OF view
desirable, and 1t in no way effected my
status as political conndant in all that re-
lated TO Mr.. Rhodes world wide policy
In its three columns Of complex sentences
the whole philosophy of Mr.. Rhodes inter
national and individual life is embraced.
Perhaps It can be best summarized as an
argument in favor of the organization Of a
secret society, on the lines OF the Jesuits.
to promote the peace and welfare of the
world, and for the establishment OF an
American English federation, with sbsolut,
home rule.
Il am a bad writer" said Mr.. Rhodes
In one part Of what might be called his con.
fessions, but through my disconnected
sentences you can trace the lay Of my ideas.
and you can give my idea the literary cloth
ing that is necessary"
But Mr. Stead wisely refused to edit or
to dress 1t up, saying: ~ think the public
will prefer TO have these rough, hurried and
sometimes uugramatical notes exactly as
Mr.. Rhodes scrawled them OF, rather than
have them supplied with literary clothing
by anyone else"
Key 10 Rhodes idea.
Mr.. Rhodes commenced by declaring that
the key to his idea for the development
OF the English-speak race was the
foundation of society copied as to organ
ization from the Jesults.
Combined with "a differential rate and a
copy Of the United States constitution -
wrote Mr.. Rhodes, "is home rule or fedora
tion."
An organization formed on these lines in
the House Of Commons, constantly work.
ing for decentralization and not wasting
time on trivial questions raised by 'DP,
Tanner or the important manner q
O'Briens breeches," would, Mr.. Rhodes be.
| lieved, soon settle the all-important ques-
| tion of the markets for the products OF the
| empire.
THE labor question" he wrote, "Is i'm
portant. but that is deeper than labor"
America, both in its possibilities os alIi-
ance and its attitude Of commercial rival
was apparently ever present in Mr
| Rhodes mind.
| America I'm the Forefront.
THE world with America in the fore.
| 'front.'" he wrote, "is devising tariffs Il
| boycott your manufactures. This is the
succinct question. believe that England
with fair play. should manufacture for the
world and, being a free trader, believe
that until the world comes to it's senses
you should declare war-I mean a CONNER.
cial WARMTH those trying to boycott your
manufactures That is my program. Yol
/ a.
America and universal peace after IOt
years"
But toward this millennium Mr. Rhodes
believed the most powerful factor woult
/ be "a secret society, organized like Loyola
supported by the accumulated wealth o
those whose aspiration is a desire to d.
something and who are spared the hide
| Gus annoyance" daily created by tn,
! 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 abl,
TO turn their ill-gotten or Inherited gain
10 some advantage"
| Pleased with his Own Idea.
Reverting to himself, Mr.. Rhodes said
1T is a fearful thought TO feel you pos
sess a patent and then doubt whether
your life will last you through the cir
cumlocution of the patent ONCE. 1 hay,
| that inner conviction that II / can liv,
| have thought out something that Il
worthy OF being registered in the paten
ofice. The fear is, shall / have time an,
opportunity, and l believe with all thu
enthusiasm bred In the soul OF an in
ventOr that II Is not self-glorihcatioI
that | desire, but to live and register M
patent for those whom l think are IN,
greatest people the world has ever seen
but whose fault is that they do not know
their strength. their greatness or thei
destiny, but who are wasting their tim
in minor or local matters; but, bsini
asleep, do not know that through the in
ventiOn OF steam and electricity, and Il
view of their own enormous increase. the,
must now be trained to view the world a
a whole. and not only to consider tn
social questions or the British Isles"
shudderH Mt His Responsibility.
Once again the personal feelings OF tn
man crop out: They are calling the ney
country Rhodesia" he wrote II md
am human and should like TO be livinl
after my death. STILL perhaps. II tha
name is coupled with the object OF Englani
everywhere It might convey the discover
OF an idea. that might result in the eessa
ton Of all wars ana one language through