The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1902, Page 13

THE SUNDAY CALL 13 DuinG Wweord Empire B magin sion done; so much to do.” I ving words of a Colobsus. an to begin v othing and k of thirty s before he to count ese mi S 4 means, not an end Is 1t so e for 2 man to control the ompanies as the the Chartered governs the en diamond product Africa, and the of the country? ave been instrumental g the British flag fiy- the richest regions in ca; or t have designed for establishing of Lo- the kraal of the man-sia; beles, whose devastatin ing in Mashonaland an peace was brought about? to stretch a telegraph line f way from Cape Town to ugh desert country and jungle mountain retreats of savage more than this same ous in- hampered should fore- Boer in their , and re a tract of of tne British n that lood-orgies tted with bscure curate’s g, and is Brit- ing to have has al- ed untold wealth. the African veld walle recov the foundation pr And he placed erior up to ihe e Great Lakes That is my of building a fortune # er much from the methods v - millionaires have made fortunate seiection of o he had mno all, followed digging and nucleus was speculation Ims that goes oa degrees it be- Rhodes was on Jews there, as many for the gentile that for them. In a r supremacy nar- ne an unknown des; the other, pugilist—Bar- ng came for amal- mond inter- as the amal- Beers Com- succe diamonds. tinction of the article thorizing the time to time ble for b Mr. others T it was ey said. Let him did, as was his s been one of the not only accepted soclalism, but acted robably not a man on to-day who would use his private fortune to bulld a raflroad ction, LR O NN he must obviously wish me to do of what I can to give as much scope and power to that race as possible. Hence,” and he concludes his long argu- ment, 4if there be a God I think that what he would like me to do Is to paint the influence race.” Yet there are many who will always think of Cecil Rhodes as a mere money- getter, a vulgar political adventurer; & man who made miliions for the lust of the English Aking s of Cecil Rhodes, the Coressal Uilder, the Millionaire With an ation, Whose One Grand Pas- Was {0 Paint Darkest AFriga @s much of the map of Africa British red gold; a man who held office for the lust as pessible, and to do what I can else- of power. Where to promote the unity and extend None knew better than Cecil Rhodes 5 2 the value of money. “Providence is gen- erally on the side of the big batt was a favorite quotation of the grabber. ‘“My battalions,” he ad pounds sterling.” When Rhodes was Treasurer-General of Cape Colony, at the age of 28, General Gordon met him and told of his re- fusing a roomful of gold offered by the - vy w . Emperor of China for crushing the Tai- ping rebellion. “O w a wasted “Y‘ n 5 ortunity!” exclaimed R “T would ave taken as many rc as I could VL have got.” in a savage country or defray the ex- lutionist he believea in the survival of Rhodes was sing “bat- of a war not sure of reimburse- the fittest. . talions” . Myen To the average millionaire div When he had decided that the white rgny o B i are the one idea. To Cecil Rhodes race was evidently he fittest he asked of doing it. They J ot ends, but his dream of himself which of the white races? of his u[te‘r selfles an vas a millionaire with an _Then he took up another line of inquiry. o e $ His grand passion was What is it that God—if there be a God ks n% Bt thé. power of mone ap of Africa British red. is aiming at? What is the divine ideal sl Py o il e never a man of toward which all creation presses, con- Thoant that his ahos & ot feg s a man of thoughts and sciously or unconsciously? And by sing- waedea by’ going tto po ot & se who think of him only ling out the forem pecimens of man- 1t with bis usual -rest rgy. and butlder, it ma m strange kind and contemplating the moral qual- never took the painsto a hargs w 1 given to pon- ities that distinguished them from the of his buying a seat & gisla- G s Which, in ‘the rest he formed the ide that the secret o T Al awn soud (e g Hecamd of modern life, few men of the divine purpose is the discovery o when the time came -when try to answer. It was a the race that would be most likely to E;emv{,f,r; bé‘»[fl,\))gfo “n':w‘.{ v”rw s he In" the years when ne . universalize the broad general principles showed his sup over title oS~ dirt for” diamonds un- of justice, liberty and peace. This brought ton. Office had helped him in what he 3 African ars. In the him quickly to the conclusion that the had to do; removal from office could not garlier days, when he was un- English race, whether British, American, e v wn, he kept his thoughts to himself; Australian or South African, is the type When Mr. Rhodes 2 to plan the nd at all times he was more given to Which has done most to establish justice, building of his Cape- ro railway he Wworking them into actions than into DPromgte liberty and insure peace over artlod thi vrealds Do ing his - ppeeches. JHe did not allow himself to the greatest area of the globe. tention of stringing & line from be troubled with correspondence. He re. _ ‘Therefore,” he finally concluded, the Cape to Cai i, When geived letters, read them, lost them per- “if there be a God and he cares any- 5 P! g - v ha\l\)s. but answered them never, thing about what I do I t k it is he asked for f the wires ile at college Mr. Rhodes was pro- clear that he would like me to do oy ko g g P g undly impressed by a saying of Aris- What he is doing himself. And then Iy full possession of Kha n and totle as to the Importance of having an he is manifestly fashioning the the Egyptian Soudan. How could Rhodes aim in life sufficiently lofty to justify English-speaking race as the hope to get his line through the Mahdl Tenen jending your life in ehdeavoring fo chosen instrument by hleh country? st he will bring in a siate “Oh, as to that,” he replied, with boyish He t back to Africa wondering what Oof soclety based upon confidence, “when the time comes I shall sam in ”»’;‘. should be. and this was Jumzv (N»Pm know how to-square the Mahdi.” t of his thoughts as he hunted and peace. But people shrugged th: houlders, be- e G 3 o Heving the fanaticiom of the Mahdi would Tha it be the pursuit of wealth $ be proof against Rhodes’ millions, Others That was the oblect of those around asked how te egraph poles wers to be Pro. took note of them, and reached tected from the white ants, those scav- his conclusion: “Increase of weaits engers of South Africa, to whom nothing ‘»é' }l')‘":'é-‘x'”b point means incr is sacred that has in It nciple of of power; bevond that point < life means for possessor in “Make them of iron,” replied Rhodes. g eaas ot en w “But against the wandering herds of mpens have g 1 - hat avail will be y known millionaire aftor wild elephants what avail wil) our millionai: leave the iron poles? They will be used as scrateh- nging t ing-posts.” DEIDE Lo “We shall see.” was t d - you don’t subscribe for t airo telegraph stock I self and go ahead Nine-tenths of the money to be found by Mr. Rhodes [ al but h at once began the lin ch he had hoped to have in rder within the next two The transcontinen telegraph project had some claim to r for financiers Not so th airo Rai Mr. Rhodes v he less det mined to push it ar ago had set t last rail on January But Cecil Rhodes and th s still nearly 3000 m road u ished, and this he most difficu part of the cor much to dc Up to the time Jameson ra Cecil Rhodes’ career been verse. But h proved the un only to show his “1 am told that my an end. I just beginni These were spoken by Mr. Rhodes at a [ Kimberle went temptation home for to win a putations He did not lie; who had sha “Poor old Ja There were those wk the effrontery with which his own_baseness a tion that he would ISpir be, taking care next tim spiracy turned out successf: the investigation ade ve hated man in , it to Africa a 1 not hurt after him; t who knew statesman in ( As became an promoted a conspira Rhodes resigned but as a simple proof of his boast ency gained ground so steadi the war came to a close the fused to recognize any on Rhodes as chief of the whites. Cecil Rhodes was called a coward Among other things at this time frequentl by his enemies—a moral and physical coward. His cowardice was of this sort: When the efforts of the troops to dis- lodge the stubborn Matabele rebels from their fastnesses in the Matoppo Hills had proved ineffectual, Mr. Rhades moved up and encamped at close range. The na- tives were holding a great indaba or council in the hills a few miles away, and. sent word (hat Mr. Rhodes might cowe to them, as they were d to come to him. He went, with and He went were treache risk of treach very fearlessne: , and they laid Then he took them to task murder of women and children, talked with them as man to men. And one” of the indunas answered: My father. greatest of chiefs, you have trust. ed us and we have spoken. We are all here and our voice is the voice of a na- tion. We give you one word. It {s peace: them -bags by A crowd ars Swarm toes round & uthern swamp. nothing, ri golden Buddhas, ern temple, &il have is only Colenbrander two_others. if and v narmed. was fmpossib was t s that there the Tt overawed troubles before the given not a care for a source of a If that § powe enou Sh it be politics? He felt he might succeed if he tried. Faith in himself was one of Rhodes’ strong elements.” But what did success “*dll that shall be the war is over.’ mean? In South Africa the top of the For two months this man camped on pole was represented by the Cape Pre- x the edge of the Matoppos, unarmed, un- miers Who were the Cape Premiers? Engnsl—fl That. is guarded, with nothing to prevent hostile He bhad known gome of them, and to : natives from attacking the unprotected him they seeme men who ha : camp and killing the great white chief alternate and opposition. ” By patience, tact and isdom e o Most of them were m ‘.ucrlllhrsrfvw had my drecrl). ~—Ce their confildence and induced n:‘pmwrz power even when they held plac No, come down from the fastnesses, whence this was not good enough.’” : it had been impossible to dislodge them hould it be religion? cil Rhodes. At the close of the last indaba he said Mr. Rhodes was not, in tite accepted to the rebel chief: “Mr. Colenbrander and sense of the word, a religious man. He I have now lived two months among you was born in a rectory, but parsons’ sons I was advised to fear you and live among are not noted for piety. Was there in the white impis. I sald ‘No: I will It the churches a .goal great enough to be among my children and carry no arms in worth the devotion of a life? *Perhaps,’” my hand.” We look to you to be good he thought, “if it were true.” But he and w'll forget the past. The indunas was a Darwinian and an agnostic, not a must prove their loyalty. I do not be- Christian. He believed in evolution. Meve they will fight again.”” In return Reincarnation did not nne}n st ];;un. t;\:}yt m"'nelh “Chief and father; ft is af *“Life 1s too short, after all,” he used to right, er. say, “‘to worry about previous lives. From Tt was among the boulders on the high- the' cradle to the grave, what it it? est of the Matoppo Hills that Cocll Three days at the scaside. Just that Rhodes not long aeo selected a_smot for x ng more. But although Is grave. BERTHA H. SMITH three days, we must do 1 cannot spend my time thrown stones into the water. But what Is worth an ruafl TP | I- while_doir elf tc 2 But m’;: « ALK about trusts,” sald a Cinein- ques nat! business-man to an Enquirer )he argued to mself u{ representative, * grind organ his calm ctica tr ther big cit A nn rust in this and Wther big cities evolved the great pose that actuate every thought and act. By degrees it grew up- on him that the teach- ings of all rel! were based upon a G o ruied over all the children of men and who would exact a strict ac- count for all the deeds which they 4id in the body. He did not yield his agnosticism; he mer decided 1t was an even chance that there might be beats them all. T have taken the trouble to inquire and T find that the Ital- ians pay 31 to 32 a day for the use of the Instruments cn the streets. Some of the men who handle the organ from place to place worK from fifteen to cighteen hours a day. Each has a regular run and knows just where be can pick up the pennles and the nickels. If the=e organ grinders don't pick up $1 a day they must make good for the instrument. Ome I spoke to had paid E $20 and when he‘had paid $190 more he .. When be had figured it out to. thi t. He i - Daofi::‘? he asked himself: ~If there be & would own it. He is an exception to the God, of which there is an even chance, rule, for most of the men do not make what does he nt me to do, if so be that enough to b their meals and pay for he cares anytjing about what T do their rooms. The syndicate which controls He kept o thinking. Being an evo- these hand organs is getting rich fast, it the stories of tho: who haul them around are to be believed.”