TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-07-31

public affairs.
On July /, 1899, Rhodes dictated
another draft OF bis last Will, In
which the provisions for the scholar
ships are more specified. In January,
1901, he added the following codicll:
Il note the German Emperor has
made instruction In English com.
pulsory In German schools. / leave
i've yearly scholarships at oxford
OF $50 pounds per annum to
students OF German birth, the
scholars to be nominated by the
German Emperor for the time
being"
That these dispositions are not
fully approved at Oxford, appears
from an article THE American
Rhodes Scholars at Oxford" In the
Educational Review" OF February
1906. On page III ii says:
Oxford is carrying out the
Rhodes bequest without being In
sympathy with the Anglo-Saxon
ideal. When the Dons think aloud
they blurt out the truth that In
their estimation the Colossus OF
South Africa made a gigantic
mistake In undertaking TO educate
Germans, Americans, aud even
Colonials, at Oxford on terms OF
equality with Englishmen. They
do not hesitate TO say that 1t would
have been better il he had left
his fortune TO the university itself,
which is not well endowed, al.
though the colleges themselves are
rich. They consider il a mis-
fortune that the Rhodes Scholar
ship Trust is diverted from the
education OF Englishmen, Welsh
men and ~Scotchmen, and possible
lrishmen as well, to a missionary
enterprise for converting Germans,
Americans, and coloniais into good
Anslo-Saxons. They would Ger.
tainly have dropped the Germans,
II they could have had their way;
for they do not believe that the
students nominated from the palace
in Berlin will eyer be good Anglo
Saxons. Some OF them say outright
that the Rhodes Scholarship Trust
will enable the German Emperor
to give candidates for the
diplomatic service a good training
in English studies without expense;
and that when they leave Oxford
they will be more uncompromising
Germans than ever. The Americans
are regarded as more hopeful sub
iects Of Anglo-Saxon missionary
effort than the Germans"
These last remarks indicate clearly
the object of the Rhodes Scholar.
ships.
BY taking from their native country
every year such large numbers of
American students and by placing
them for SO long a time under the
strong influence OF British students
and professors at a British university.
such an institution clearly aims at
nothing less than TO form, In time.
from the recipients OF these scholar.
ships a vast army OF active agents.
who may be counted upon to carry
out in the United States Englands
fond hopes, as they become IN
huential citizens or leaders and
official representatives of the Amer.
lean people.
The great danger to the freedom
OF the United States from this in
stitutton becomes clear when it is
shown TO us that Rhodes idea of a
World Empire under control OF Great
Britain is endorsed and furthered BY
Andrew Carnegie and many other
men OF great influence. An article
published over C~arnegie's signature
In the North American Review of
June 1893, under the heading "A
Look Ahead, contains the following
passage:
"Let men say what they will.
say that as surely as the sun in
the heavens once shone upon
Britain and America united, so
surely Is 1t one morning to rise.
shine upon and greet again the
"RE-uNlTED STATES" THE
BRITISH AMERICAN UNION"
The purpose Of this union Car.
negie set forth in the same article
as follows.
THE advantages Of a race con.
federation are so numerous and SO
obvious that one scarcely knows
how to begin their enumeration.
Consider its defensive power. A
reunion OF the Anglo-Americans.
consisting to-day Of one-hundred
and eight millions, which fifty years
hence will number more than two
hundred millions, would be unas-
sailable upon land by any power
or combination OF powers that 1t
Is possible to create. We need
not, therefore, take into account
attacks upon the land; as for the
water, the combined fleets would
sweep the seas. The new nation
would dominate the world and
Danish from the earth its greatest
stain the murder OF men By
men. 1t would be the arbiter
between nations, and enforce the
peaceful settlement OF all quarrels.
Such a giant among pigmies as the
Re-unlted States would never need
to exert Its power, but only intimate
its wishes and decisions
And at another place Carnegie says:
"Were Britain part Of the Re.
United States all that she would
be interested about in europe would
be fully secured; namely tine pro
lection Of her own soil and
the command OF the seas. No
balance OF power or any similar
question would be OF the slightest
importance. The reunited nation
would be prompt to repel any as