The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-22

ing Parts of the American Union.
w. L. Stead recently published
statement to the effect that Cecil
Rhodes said if the Anglo-American
union could not be obtained otherwise
than by applying for admission as
states federated with the American
Union he would apply"
This aroused the interest of Andrew
Carnegie, who wrote to Stead for par
Aculars. In response the English edi-
tor made the significant assertion that
Rhodes was ready to have England
and all her colonies apply for admiS
sion as states in the American Union
Says Stead:
"Mr. Carnegie's inquiry suggests the
possibility that other readers may be
glad of reminder as to the attitude
Of Cecil Rhodes in relation to the great
question which has once more been
brought prominently to the front by
the reciprocity agreement between
Canada and the United States.
"The statement to which Mr.. Carnc.
gle refers was made to me personally
at the Office of the Review of Reviews.
Aowbray House, in 1891. 1t repre-
sented the ultimate srage in the evO-
luton of Mr.. Rhodes mind on the sub
ject in question.
"When Mr.. Rhodes was a young
man without penny in his pocket he
drew up will leaving any money
that he might hereafter acquire for
the attainment of his ideals. His idea
was the formation of a kind of secu-
lar church which should have its Nom
bers in every part of the British EN-
pire working with one object and one
idea and especially advocating the
closer union of England and her colo
MES, crushing all disloyalty and every
movement for the severance of our
empire.
Wanted England to Absorb America.
"Hence in his will he Defined among
other objects of the secret society, the
ultimate recovery of the United States
of America as an integral part of the
British empire, the Inauguration of n
system of colonial representation in
the imperial parliament which may
tend to weld together the disiointed
members of the empire and finally the
foundation of so great a power as TO
hereafter render wars impossible and
promote the best interests of human
lty.'
"That was what we may call his
jumping off point before he adequate
ly realized that the United States had
by it's growth, its power and its com
pactnesS become the predominant part
ner of the English speaking race.
From this crude undergraduates idea
of the recovery of the United States
to the recognition of the fact that il
might be necessary to merge the Brit
ish empire in the United States is 4
slowly and steadily, never turning
back.
81 did not meet him until eleven
years after he had made his first will
From that time / can speak authorlta
lively as to the movement of his mind
He wrote to me declaring that the
practical solution of the great political
problem was the union with America
brought about by a commercial wal
for the purpose of securing a CONNER
eial union and the adoption of the
principles of the American constitu
ton as the basis of the reunited Eng
bsh speaking world.
Ready For America to Absorb England
again and again Mr.. Rhodes re
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Until at last his theory that the su
premacy of the world must be place.
In the hands of the English speaking
race assumed almost the character o
a religious dogma.
"In the year 1891 he talked to me TO
three hours concerning his claims, hi
plans, his hopes and his ideas. Afte
he had been discoursing in his usua
vehement fashion as to what might b
done if the republic and the empir
were united in a fraternal union
said to him:
"T agree with every word that yo
say, but go further. I say that if
we're convinced that 1t would be in
possible to secure the union of tn
English speaking race on any othe
terms than that the states under tn
British flag should apply for union a
states of the American republic
would be prepared to take that STEP
"He stopped in his walk, for he wa
pacing the room backward and fol
ward as he talked, and said sharply
Say that again
81 repeated slowly and with en-
phasis the declaration l had just mad
He stopped for a minute and the
said, Upon my word, Stead, l agrt
with you.'
"From that moment the ideal I
English speaking reunion, even If
could only be obtained by the mergir
Of the British empire in the Unite
States, assumed its natural and fin
place as the center of his political a
pirations. The Rhodesian ideal, ther
fore, was the promotion of racial uni
on the basis of the principles embodi'
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