| Show AFRICAN EMPIRE mr joseph chamberlain her ma bestys secretary of state tor for the colonies has made public a formal an no of the measures which he is to submit for the future government of the vast african domains of the british chartered company this is the final step in the movement made necessary by cecil rhodes and dr Jarnis ons ill advised attempt to overthrow the boer government of the transvaal republic two years ago it was evident then that the vast and indefinite powers wielded by rhodes and the company of which he fie is president were entirely too dangerous to be allowed to continue it will be Fe recalled Called that rhodes was not only ousted from the position of prime minister of the cape colony but that mr chamberlain is credited with the intention of a campaign which would entirely lesroy the power of this anglo african imitator of warren hastings mr rhodes was however too strongly in trenched in the favor of the conservative serva tive led leaders ders in great britain and was an object of too much admiration of the sincerest kind on the part of 0 the london stock market for archam to seriously meddle with his posit position tom the fact that paul kruger and his doerr boers regard him and all his works with a justifiable degree of suspicion has not been sufficient tent reason for a material decrease in rhodes supremacy over the new colony which he founded and to which itis it to characteristic te of the man that he allowed his own name to be attached the outcome is regarded as a compromise between rhodes and the imperial government and the scheme which mr chamberlain fathers while virtually taking over the military administration together with the regulation of Rhode aias external relations leaves leave the sway away of rhodes and his coadjutors over the country and its resources as fairly unchecked as ever if mr kr rhodes wings have been clipped to any extent it la Is not to prevent his making flights in the stock market Perhaps the gentle mans admirers of whom as already indicated he has many on the other side will admit that this is the field in which he has gamed gained the most distinction jaff the details of chamberlains plan for the government of rhodesia it is only necessary essary to say that they recall very closely the relations between tween the old east indian company and the crown there is to be a aver governor a military commander appointed by the imperial authority a supervision of relations between the natives and the chartered company I 1 by the colonial office and an annual supervision by the authorities in london of the com banys commercial operations and revenues while power is also reserved to remove officers and directors this is in the main similar to the provisions under which john company ruled india down to the beUlon re of 1857 it is in substance as much of axi an effort as 98 it is possible to make to put ia a concern which arrogated to itself political powers back in its proper place as a commercial body profitable re suits from the companas comp anys operations would probably cause this solution to be hailed balled with great approbation but thus far the british chartered company has not been a great financial or commercial success its territory to is vast but the resources remain indefinite so far as profits are concerned commercial america |
