Show THE TRANSVAAL I ALLEGED SCHEME TO CREATE A IHtLTISII JOHANNESBURG BRylSH All Rest Upon the Condition That Gold Can Be Pound If I Pulls Die Scheme Must Pall Too LONDON Feb lOThe Times has an article this morning on the plans of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa of which it says The first chapter in the scheme is the creation under a British administration adminis-tration of a British Johannesburg in Rhodesia Mr Rhodes believes that the mineral wealth of Rhodesia justifies a reasonable hope that within five years the population popula-tion of Rhodesia will exceed that of the Uitlander population of the Transvaal In addition to splendid climatic advantages advant-ages exnerts believe that the plateaus of Mashonaland and Matebele contain I mineral I is also understood that Mr Rhodes project includes lIr projEct an intention to I lead the way by putting the bulk of his own large tortune into the local enterprises enter-prises and to encourage the cultivation cultvaton I of coftee tea wool and spices and posst blv cotton The Times says in an editorial on Mr Rhodes plan The foregoing grand scheme rests wholly upon the condition that cold can be found I I fails the scheme must fail too The Daily News publishes an article by I a nerson who knows Mr Rhodes views and who says he has abandoned the plan of addressing the meeting of the shareholders of the Chartered South Africa company because it is undesirable to prejudice the trials arising out of the Jameson raid This writer says Rhodes may possibly return to London in time for the trial tme Mr Chamberlain has provisionally decided de-cided that nothing has happened necessitating neces-sitating other than such slight modifications modifi-cations in the terms of the charter of the South Africa company as will place its armed force in the city in the hands of an officer appointed by the crown I |