The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

HE recent peace conference country. the
most impressive international gathering of
tury, planning golden for the peoples of the
earth. curiously enough revealed vision
OF peace years ago. stupendous dream
empire that shaped-tself in the brain of any
the massive personalities that Influenced the
They disclosed the will
John Rhodes time premier South Africa
referred by Earl Grey of Canada
speech in New York city, when pictured the
donitable empire builder trekking the boundess
platesus South Africa sleeping the
Rhodes through his own energies. millionaire
I9. viii. the strangest made.
shaped four later, when he of
by the limiess possibilities of Africa
minded student of the economic political history OF
the world and clear headed, calculating and ambitious
man. whose patriotism confounded with the
purely element. unquestionably great
sustaining passion of his life what hopes
after his when he has
is sound. may have pardonable element O
selfish in it, but his obliteraon with
spirit charity the BENEFITS
Of which he can have share. The will is dated
September 19, 1877, in it Mr.. Rhodes bequeathed
everything he had his trustees instructed
apply his estate toward the establishment OF
stupendous undertakings:
The extension of British rule throughout the
world. the perfecting of system of emigration
from the United Kingdom, and of colonization,
by British subjects of all lands wherein the means
of livelihood are attainable by energy, labor and
enterprise, and especially the occupation by Brit
ish settlers of the entire continent of Africa, the
Holy Land, the valley of the Euphrates the ISL
ands of Cyprus and Gambia, the whole of South
America the islands of the Pacific not heretofore
possessed by Great Britain, the whole of the Ma
lay Archipelago, the seaboard of China and Japan,
the ultimate recovery of the United States of
America as an integral part of the British Empire,
the consolidation of the whole empire, the inau-
guration of system of colonial representation in
the Imperial Parliament which may tend to weld
together the disjointed members of the empire,
and, finally the foundation of so great power as
to hereafter render wars impossible and promote
the best interests of humanity
As Rhodes dreamed o an "al red" map of the dark
continent accomplished Titan's toward its
realization so he conceived rubricatlon Of the map
OF the world which would bring complete English
domination and insure perpetual This scheme
based the conviction OF Young man,
already distinguished achievement,
cold Mathematical inspired. vision
Africa gives the great world scheme something
plausbility It is dazzling possibility contemplate.
And while the dream Of purely political empire may
never be realized who knows the years to
come after tedious but resstless progress all of the
lands tha& visioned as magnificent empire
may in be English speaking
Rhodes, later when the game OF
empire building realizing the obstacles
in the economic, social political dealings
civilized peoples grown to the
strength Of nations. undoubtedly somewhat
aspirations his early manhood England,
the impressions conference Of colonial
premiers still talking empire and
thinkers colonial problems are grow
ing more acute day. Thus studying
the Rhodes dream Is Impressed with dverges
from conclusion promised the present
tenseIy conditions and the growing complexities
or an age OF scientific marveis
sydney Brooks. observer OF men and events
and wide vsioned Englishman, perhaps representa-
tive OF the thoughtful sentiment speaking ON this
pofnt he says: that obtain
between Great Britain and India. example or the
Malay states any OF the colonies YOU
feel yourself Of system But
II YOU the relations that obtain Great
Britain and Australia Africa or New
zealand you feel In the OF system at ALL
The empire this latter respect presents itself as
haphazard congeries of states ndepen-
dent and linked neither TO another mother
land by any the casual decorative bonds