Show MR BHODZSS CAREER Something About tho Uncrowned King of Phodesia Cecil John Rhodes uncrowned King or Rhodesia former Premier of Cape Colony Col-ony and one of the alleged Instigator of the raid of Dr Jameson and his followers fol-lowers Into the Transvaal waa born In i53 and was educated at Oxford Jlowas TrcuburerGcneral of Capo Colony In 1SS1 Deputy Commissioner of Bcchuanaland Cram al to 1SS3 director of tho British South Africa company whoso charter was mainly granted as a result of his cf fortH in 1SS3 and he was chairman of hat company until lEa Mr Rhodes was aLso a director of the De Beers mines and van Premier of Cape Colony from 1SSO until 1658 when he resigned as ono of tho results of the Jameson raid Later Mr Rhodes appeared before the arliamentary committee Inquiry In London Appointed to establish the blame of the raid and He hail also served with he British forces in Matabelelahd NAPOLEON SOUTH AFRICA Mr Rhodes has been referred to as the Napoleon of South Africa and with Dr Jameson was understood to bo astron a-stron > advocate of the federation oC South Africa He la reported to have been l Immensely wealthy his fortune being placed at 0 IOOOCO and his residence near Capetown Grooto Schuur signifying a granary Is said to be a magnificent place and one of the great sights of South Africa A considerable portion of the mansion was destroyed by lire some tlmo ago but it was rebuilt on improved plans His zoological garden contained all the rarest specimens of animal and bird life of South Africa HATED BY OOM PAUL Perhaps Oom Paul Kruger knows and perhaps he docs not Just how much his personal hatred fOr Cecil Rhodes influenced influ-enced Mm when he flung his ultimatum In Englands face and practically declared tar war Just when all thlnprs vcro ma Icing hopefully for peace That murderer murder-er was Oora Pauls gentlest word In speaking of Rhodes when Indeed ho would so far overcome his loathing for ho man as to refer to him at all Next to religious fervor the predominating Iment In Oom Pauls mind was hatred for this grand Englishman who towered as a Colossus among his countrymen South Africa Just as Oom Paul towered a master spirit among tho Boers there GIVEN SHORT LEASE OF LIFE When In 1371 Cecil Rhodess health Rave way and ho was obliged to leave college ho consulted physician who told him ho must KO to a milder climate Ho was a methodical old doctor and In his private memorandum of the case ho wrote < fa a footnote Cannot live six months He was a thinfaced lanky lad of IS years then with dull eyes His countenance did not suggest Intelligence and Indicated nothing of force That was only thirty years ago BECAME DIAMOND KING He lived to become known as tho diamond dia-mond king tho gold Icing the railroad builder the multimillionaire among multimillionaires In his private hum drum capacity and In his public capacity tio was the toundcr of a vast empire a olatesman who In I Gladstones time was Qountedt second only to the Grand Old Man himself and since Gladstones death counted second to none in all tho vast British dominions for relentless force and sheer weight of personal power HIS ONE IDEAL It Is nousc for us to have big Ideals said Rhode onco In conversation with his t friend Chinese Gordon unless wo have money to carry them out That sentiment was the keynote I of his early I career In South Africa Ho had big Ideals and lie needed a colossal fortune to carry hcm out So Jio went and got the colossal fortune Just as carpenter would go and Tet his tools to do a plocd of work Ills ono Ideal around which all other IdeaK centered was a vast United States of South Africa STOOD FOR THE RIGHT Ho stood flrst andabovo all things for the right of tho governed to a voice In the government No taxation > without rcprcsentatimu N t1Ji ztnhigayil 1 iIngthtIitrcrics fihIcI1 111 hIlS mado South Africa ring until they culminated cul-minated In tho demands for representation representa-tion which mado Oom Paul throw down the gauntlet IMBUED WITH AMERICANISM How thoroughly ho was Imbued with American Ideas ho was constantly show Ing In his utterances private and public When the homo rule agitation was going on In England ho exclaimed impatiently Why dont they go and read the Constitution Con-stitution of tho United Staten Instead of speculating on this and doubting that There Is no speculation or doubt about it Homo rule is not an experiment It has been worked out and solvcU In tho United States for more than a hundred years I UNITED STATES OF SOUTH AFRICA Another lime commentln on tho vindi cation that was being poured in tho Eng lish papers on South African ambitions and on him personally he said That Is tho sort of talk that led Bunker Hill lam loyal Tho Cape Jsl loyal Butcon tinued Injustice and misrepresentation will alienate tho most loyal If Englam interferes with us well the United States ot South Africa Is not an illsound ing name Mr Rhodes was married but leaves no children |