Show LEFT NO POSTERITY John Hays Hammond Talks of Rhodes New York March 26JoIm Hays Hammond who was for many years and up to the time of the death of Cecil Rhodes Intimately associated with him In the development oC South Africa was consulting engineer of the British South Africa Chartered company and the Con solldated Gold Fields of South Africa in which Mr Rhodes held Important Irit rests r-ests had this to say ot Mr Rhodes < NOT AN OLD MAN Mr Rhodes whose sun went down when It was yet day died In the forty ninth year of his age He leaves no posterity but leaves his name on the II M Cecil Rhodes may of Africa Rhodesia sponsor forja commonwealth nearly as large as our Western Stales Had he lived he would have devoted thezemaining years lilsirfo nnd would have spent even dollar dol-lar of his fortune in equipping that commonwealth CHARACTER MISUNDERSTOOD Unfortunately his character was misunderstood in America Judged by American standards Mr Rhodes was truly a great man The truth Is thai Rhodes cared little for money beyond the power It gave him to assist In the development of South Africa From a most Intimate connection with him In his business enterprises I am able to state that his methods of finance were not only scrupulously honest but were characterized by unusual liberality Pie was known to South Africans as a man of unbounded generosity and one on whom they could depend for the furtherance fur-therance of any deserving local enterprise enter-prise or worthy charity DEMOCRATIC IN HIS TASTE Personally Mr Rhodes was democratic demo-cratic In his tastes and a colonial in his political and social bios He was fond of the simpler and better pleasures of life devoted especially to outofdoor life on the veldt and had a contempt for and disdain of social conventionalities conventionali-ties He was a man oC Innate refinement refine-ment and culture and a graduate of Oxford Ox-ford Politically he was a great admirer of democratic Institutions but at the same time he was a loyal Imperialist Rhodes had his defects and faults but these will not obscure the glory of his name Until the unfortunate raid for which ho has received far more blame than he deserves as history will prove he was very popular with the Dutch of South Africa |