Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-03-26
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
EXPOSED.

What the Trust Fund Left in Cecil
Rhodes secret win Is Doing to
Spread the Seeds of High
Trcason--Shall tho United States
Become an Integral Part OF
Great Britain?
by Frederic Franklin Schradcr,
in The Fatherland
II is hardly creditable that tho
United States should be the object OF
a deep-laid conspiracy on the part Of
an element OF its own citizens, to
deliver the country into the hands Of
Great Britain, but nothing in the
history Of any Of the South American
republics equals the infamy OF the
obvious plot by which it is proposed
TO end the independence OF the Great
American republic and rcunite It's
destiny with that or the crown or
George " The ramifications Of the
conspiracy extend In many directions
and touch In numerous high places,
and clearer knowledge OF its exist
encc VIII explain many things and
occurrences which seem incxplicable.
Who Is providing the funds for the
Widespread agitation designed 10
draw the United States into the war
on the side OF the Allies? What cx-
plains tho almost unanimous policy
OF the New York papers in espous-
ing the cause Of the Allies, in misrep-
rcsentinG the attitude OF the Central
powers and suppressing all news that
is unfay0rable to the cause OF Great
Britain2 What Influence Is working
on many Of social prominence to
make the cause Of the Allies their
own? Why with q vast element
throughout the country in sympathy
with Germany IS only one side of the
controversy allowed to be heard, and
why arc American citizens charged
with dsloyalty that have committed
10 ofgcnse other than to criticise the
unncutral acts OF an administration
which they helped TO elect?
Why These Sudden Changes?
The campaign OF falsehood against
the Central Powers did not begin
with the invasion Of Belgium or the
sinking Of the Lustania. II started
with the day that war was declared,
before there could possibly be any
Belgian atrocities, and ten months
before tho Lusitania tragedy, What
is the explanation for the remarkable
change OF front OF Prof Eliot, Of
Roosevelt, OF Root, and a score Of
othcrs who may be named among the
prominent agitators for war; II has
been shown that Prof. Eliot, in
1913. in a public speech at a ban
quot in New York eXDounded dia-
metrcally opposite Views Of German
civilization from those so vindictive-
ly advocated by him since the out
break Of the war. 1t has been shown
that in an academic discussion,
printed in a New York law journal,
one month before the war; Mr.. Root
in substance held that a State which
felt itself menaced by another State
was justified in invading a neutral
country that divided one of the an
tagonists from the other.
IT Is we'll known that Roosevelt
posed as the friend OF German
civilization. OF the German American
clement and personal friend of the
Kaiser Ii is hardly to be credited
that a man processing such senti-
ments should suddenly reverse him
self and become one OF the most
violent defamers OF country and a
people whose hospitality he enjoyed
tnd whose confidence he had won
by many expressions calculated to
inspire them. He deserted Korea in
her hour OF need when her indcpen-
dcnce was cxpunged by Japan, he
abandoned the Boer republics to
their fato, ana he deliberately de-
tachcd Panama from Colombia in
siolation OF Law and treaties and he
is certainly tho last man who should
rave against Germany for invading
Belgium in defense OF her national
existence Mr.. Root was Secretary
Of state when Korea was raviShed
Was it with view TO justifying his
own treachery to that weak State
That he cxpoundcd his theory referred
to above. which now rises to convict
him OF insincerity and dishonesty
Cecil Rhodes Secret VIII.
in order to arrive at as clear an
understanding as possible Of tic in
fluonces working throuhout the
East, and especially in university
circles. il is necessary to repeat Ger
tain facts and certain evidence to
which attention has already been
called, but which heretofore have
not been correctly interpreted IN
lNolI rotation 10 lnb EICdt plVt' ~ ~
necessary TO rcvivo the readers
memory OF certain viii loft by the
late Cecil Rhodes. the African dia-
mond king. and England's modern
Warren Hastings. This will. drawn
up in 1877, and known as the secret
VIII Of Cecil Rhodes, in It's main pro-
visions sets forth its purpose
$40 and for the establishment Of,
promotion and development Of q Sec
rot Society, the ti1c aim OF which
and object whereof shall be the eX-
tension Of British rule throughout
the world and especially the ul-
inmate recovery of the United Sta
trs OF america as an integral part OF
The British Empire.'
This win provided fund OF mil-
lions Of pounds for the carrying out
Of this provision, and for this pur-
pose Rhodes never swervcd an iota.
Fourteen years later, in a letter to
William r. Stoad, dated August 10
and September 3, 1891, Rhodes
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