Cecil Rhodes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Cecil Rhodes.

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Napoleon, Pius VII. on, 35
Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, 215

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Orange Free State, flight of the populace, 158
      illusions of the Dutch in, 176
      resources of, 8

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Pius VII., Pope, on Napoleon, 35
Polish Jews, plight of, 193
Pretoria, British flag hoisted at, 226
      Rhodes tabooed at, 211
      Rhodes visits Kruger at, 91
      soldiers’ institutes at, 186

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Radziwill, Princess Catherine, and Rhodes, 110, 146
      and Rhodes’ suspicions of Sir A. Milner, 107
      conversations with Sir A. Milner, 106, 232
      Rhodes’ characteristic note to, 59
      talks with Rhodes on Reade’s “Martyrdom of Man,” 127
      visits concentration camps, 163
Rand, the, Downing Street and, 179
      Dutch illusions as to Britain’s intentions, 177
      flight from, 191 et seq.
      gold fields of, 90
      magnates of, 137 el seq., 197
Reade, Winwood, influence of his
      “Martyrdom of Man” on Rhodes, 126
Rhodes, Cecil, agitates for suspension of constitution, 118, 155, 213, 224
      beginning of his fortune, 21
      created a Privy Councillor, 43
      death, 129, 153, 224
      end of his political career, 47, 50, 57, 73
      enters political life, 28
      patriotism of, 10,17, 31, 76, 82, 152, 230
Rhodes, Herbert (brother of Cecil Rhodes), 20
Rhodesia, annexation of, 24, 25, 28, 35, 36, 78
      exploitation of, 198
      question of its mineral wealth, 177
      Rhodes as “King” of, 122
Roberts, Lord, complimentary lunch to, 134
      Rhodes’ abuse of, 147
Rowntree, Mr., and the concentration camps, 187
Russia, Wallace’s work on, 126

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Sandringham, Rhodes at, 126
Sargent, E.B., 183
Sauer, Mr., 86, 117, 134, 150, 155,
      and Rhodes, 73
      leader of Bond party, 100
Schoeman, Mr., illegal arrest of, and Lord Kitchener’s
          intervention, 200, 201
Schoeman, Mr., and Loyalists, 219
Schreiner, Mr., 38, 86, 133, 150
      confidence in Rhodes, 32
      indignation with Rhodes, 50, 73
      questions Rhodes, 45
      Rhodes and, 23, 74
Schreiner, Olive, on annexation of Rhodesia, 36
      Rhodes and, 33
Simonstown, camp for prisoners of war at, 172
Smuts, General, Imperialism of, xii
Sonnenberg, Mr., and Rhodes, 26
South Africa (see Africa, South)
South African League, 86, 88, 97, 99
      a petition to Sir Gordon Sprigg, 99, 102
      and Sir A. Milner, 90
Southern Cross, the, 22
Sprigg, Sir Gordon, and the South African League, 99
      diamond and dop taxes, 224
      Premier of Cape Colony, 99, 121, 132
Stead, W.T., admiration of Rhodes, 212
      and Sir A. Milner, 209
Steyn, President, and Mrs. van Koopman, 40

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