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Show BEQUESTS OF RHODES. London Morninf- Press CommtEtts tho Munificent Oifts of Late Vn crowned King of EhodtsU. London April 5 The London mm Ing iaers lomment In various teres of eiilog) on the remarkable career e! the miinlflceut bequests of Cecil Rhoto nnd the strong personality dlipUia In his testamentary dispositions Seldom sijh tho Dally Chronid' has a hum in document ot noret lions ii terest been given to the trail Ml the rnmnnce of his career his fusion fu-sion of ratrIotl9in hla Idea of pNs service and his conception ot the is of mone) as 11 means of entorclnib Ideia are nldinptd Indelibly on IhJ testament The u ill) Mall snys ' W'c ventw to think thnt (lie tcstument ot C(d llhodea will pass Into the Hon i hln life ns the fcrcntcst and noM deed be ever nc ompllshed ThedotJ-ment ThedotJ-ment Itself so full of lofty Ideals as) noble alms show a that, busluesi Bto and pinetlcal aa he was, Cecil Wwls was inn of the finest dreamer! u thit kers of this or any other see The Morning Post su)S ThouihK In de id yet he llvelh for the w and greitist In Cecil llhodes Is Impel Ishahl) i srnel In tho monumenlW built In hlm elf The btnndunl comments upon U stilklng nilxtute of old fashioned Hment and Intcnscl) modern feelltf ixbiblied In the testument ItilsM pet 1 xi 1 ciB s the opinion that the ran-tiisth ran-tiisth tules lall down for the eleclios of scholms are llke to lend to the " npnient of rlgglshness, and lrw thjt srmo meina will be found toeUK tbece rules which tho paper ) " litur lined In llguto in ltousJM" 1 mile than In the practical rnodert " orl 1 r. n. Iteferrlng to this subject the WW Telegraph sn)s Hven more stsine than the prln ely munificence ' bequests Is tho high Imperial l'"" wlibh the dead cmplre-maker is nounces his Inlentlnns and "J l'l no dec laud Hint the Pf'!" mull never bo 1 illz d till rwf Ih is were kings 01 kings jerePj1. I hers l cell llhodes ha' applied tn Idea to a mo lcrn empire on a truly w P Hal scale ' i I'e uli niy noticeable Is the Ii olsoiiK of comment on Mr W" beqiintK ot scholarships to A"1"1" and f.ermuny Pxcept the Dally ; Biaph whlih describes them s B ihnnuteilsllr,' iilmost the only PJC t.lltMilnr. .,., ,I,ID onl.lrtl l the U3"' Kxpress 11 hit h con Iders the eo inent or Anurlcan scholarships " most lemnrknble, In view of IM " 'hut 1 i I) Hliodis bestowed 1U'W b, per mnt morn scholmshlps '" ' I nlted Btatia than In Ihe nrltlsh"' plre Client therefore a "; 'S Hal element ot the scheme l'"u lecms 10 be n meaning In t '',, eve,, g,..,ur says tho D'llly.".,, and the pa pel nskB ' Does It M tldpate and aim nt the unity I nglMi spciklng world' ..u,ii Acioidlng to tho Dally T'1,'f, the Mil of Cc II Rhodes deals l' total of fi 000 000 . . ,r,t In un editorial the rime; )' ' , re II Ithodea hns furnished a o parallel lo Caesar 8 will nt depict eo Shakespeiire Ihe world ' ',ii toiliiv sna tho rim 1 ' t a,"',rw is It hns not done befoie tho l""" peisorul chuneter of "'whiner ' lumstimes havo piesentcd ram" un nbsti ict force , .mc Theie Is 11 certain Intimacy ' , ot un onsi lolls nelf revelillon in j riovlslons of Cecil Ilholess ' (1 the luslruillonn given for tliem , bring the man nearer to mo ' ,. bis bath llinn ho e er was or 1 hups 1 ver could have been In i' n The Tlmii llko the oihet P ,, merely imutlnna tho fact '"', 1 t'nlted Htatcs will be able to 'p, hundied scholars I'rinoiienti y ' u0i ford and says It thinks '"''iill of the 1. Hchnlnrs to be both c" und business like. |