Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hay. BRITISH EMBASSY, Washington, May 25, 1902. DEAR MR. HAY: I have just received an answer from Lord Lansdowne in which he desires me to say that His Majesty's Government highly appreciate the offer which has been made by the President, through you, to convey the remains of Lord Pauncefote to England in a United States vessel, and that they do not hesitate to accept it on Lady Pauncefote's behalf. Yours, very sincerely, ARTHUR S. RAIKES. No. 138.] Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hay. WASHINGTON, May 31, 1902. SIR: I have received the commands of the King, my gracious sovereign, to convey to the President His Majesty's high appreciation of the signs of respect which the President himself as well as the United States Government showed to the memory of Lord Pauncefote during the recent ceremonies at this capital. No. 215.] Mr. Raikes to Mr. Adee. BRITISH EMBASSY, Bar Harbor, Me., August 30, 1902. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from His Majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, stating that he has read with great interest the dispatches in which I reported the military honors accorded by the United States Government on the occasion of the funeral service for His Majesty's late ambassador at Washington and the naval preparations made for the conveyance of Lord Pauncefote's remains to England. In order to afford a fitting reception of the Brooklyn on her arrival in British waters, H. M. S. Australia and Apollo met her outside the Isle of Wight and escorted her to Southampton, while the commander in chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Hotham, G. C. V. O., K. C. B., proceeded to Southampton in H. M. S. Fire Queen and there awaited the arrival of the Brooklyn. I am now desired by the Marquis of Lansdowne to convey to your Government the expression of the deep sense entertained by His Majesty's Government of the respect paid to Lord Pauncefote's memory, and their sincere appreciation of the signal honor shown to him in the conveyance of his remains to England on board one of the public ships of the United States. ARTHUR S. RAIKES. I have, etc., PROTECTION OF CUBAN INTERESTS BY UNITED STATES CONSULAR OFFICIALS. Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay. [Telegram.] AMERICAN EMBASSY, London, June 6, 1902. Referring to your telegram of May 24," Government have had much pleasure in agreeing to arrangement suggested with regard to Cuban representation by American consular officers. Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay. CHOATE. No. 874.] AMERICAN EMBASSY, SIR: With reference to your telegram of the 24th of May, requesting that permission should be granted for United States consular officers within the jurisdiction of Great Britain to use their good offices in representing the interests of the new Cuban Republic and its citizens until Cuban consuls shall have been appointed, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a note from the foreign office, dated the 3d instant, stating that His Majesty's Government had much pleasure in agreeing to the proposed arrangement. I have, etc., JOSEPH H. CHOATE. [Inclosure.] Lord Lansdowne to Mr. Choate. FOREIGN OFFICE, June 3, 1902. YOUR EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency's note of 26th ultimo requesting that permission may be granted for United States consular officers, within the jurisdiction of Great Britain, to use their good offices in representing the interests of the new Cuban Republic and its citizens until Cuban consuls shall have been appointed. In reply I beg to inform your excellency that his Majesty's Government have much pleasure in agreeing to this arrangement. The secretaries of state for the home department, for the colonies, and for India have been duly notified. I have, etc., LANSDOWNE. SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THE WILL OF CECIL JOHN RHODES. No. 883.] Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay. AMERICAN EMBASSY, SIR: I have the honor to report that I have received from the trustees, under the will of the right honorable Cecil John Rhodes, and herewith transmit a printed extract from his will relating to the scholarships to be established from the States and Territories of the United States, accompanied by a letter from Mr. Hawksley, one of the trustees, of which I inclose a copy. a Printed, page 6. By this it appears that the trustees are desirous of making regulations with regard to the method by which qualifications of candidates are to be ascertained, and as to the examinations, and have asked me to bring the matter to the notice of the Government of the United States, and to request on their behalf that the views of the chief officials having the control of education in the various States and Territories may be ascertained and communicated to the trustees. This is as suggested by Mr. Rhodes. How far the Government of the United States can act in the matter, except as to the Territories concerned, I am not sure, as it seems to pertain to the States individually; but as it is a matter of first-rate importance to the whole country, I think you may find a way to communicate with the governors of the several States and ascertain and transmit to the trustees their views and those of the chief officials having control of education. I will myself transmit copies of the "extract" to the presidents of the leading universities named in the letter, as requested by Mr. Hawksley. You will observe that it is the hope of the trustees that the students can be elected in time to go into residence in Oxford in 1903, so that it is desirable that the matter should be promptly laid before the officials referred to, and if you think that it is not for you to act in any way as to the States, but that the trustees should apply directly to each of them, I shall be obliged if you will promptly advise me. The trustees naturally desire to act in the light of the best advice which they can get from the communities particularly concerned, and from the best authorities upon the subject of education. I have, etc., [Inclosure.] JOSEPH H. CHOATE. Mr. Hawksley to Mr. Choate. 30 MINCING LANE, E. C., London, June 16, 1902. DEAR SIR: At the request of my colleagues, tustees of the will of the late Mr. C. J. Rhodes, I send you an extract from his testamentary dispositions relating to scholarships to be established for students from certain colonies and from the United States of America. Your excellency will note the qualifications which Mr. Rhodes desired should be sought for in the candidates, and his suggestion that before election the trustees should consult with the ministers having the control of education in the various colonies, States, or Territories to which his dispositions apply. The trustees are desirous of making regulations with regard to the method by which qualifications of candidates are to be ascertained and as to the examinations. They will therefore be obliged if you will be so good as to bring the scholarship provisions of Mr. Rhodes's will to the notice of your Government, with a request on their behalf that the views of the chief officials having the control of education in the various States and Territories of the Union may be ascertained and communicated to the trustees. It would further be of great assistance to the trustees if they could be furnished through your kindness with the opinion of the leading educational authorities in the United States, especially the heads of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other universities, with regard generally to the election of qualifying students and the best mode of giving practical effect to the scholarship trust. It is hoped that the students can be elected in time to go into residence at Oxford in 1903. I am, etc., BOURCHIER F. HAWKSLEY. [Subinclosure.] The Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes. The following are the provisions in the testamentary dispositions of the late Mr. Rhodes relating to the establishment of scholarships at Oxford for students from the colonies and the United States of North America: "Whereas I consider that the education of young colonists at one of the universities in the United Kingdom is of great advantage to them for giving breadth to their views, for their instruction in life and manners, and for instilling into their minds the advantage to the colonies as well as to the United Kingdom of the retention of the unity of the Empire; and "Whereas in the case of young colonists studying at a university in the United Kingdom I attach very great importance to the university having a residential system, such as is in force at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge; for without it those students are at the most critical period of their lives left without any supervision; and "Whereas there are at the present time fifty or more students from South Africa studying at the University of Edinburgh, many of whom are attracted there by its excellent medical school, and I should like to establish some of the scholarships hereinafter mentioned in that university, but owing to its not having such a residential system as aforesaid I feel obliged to refrain from doing so; and "Whereas my own university, the University of Oxford, has such a system, and I suggest that it should try and extend its scope so as if possible to make its medical school at least as good as that at the University of Edinburgh; and "Whereas I also desire to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which I implicitly believe will result from the union of the English speaking people throughout the world and to encourage in the students from the United States of North America who will benefit from the American scholarships to be established for the reason above given at the University of Oxford under this my will an attachment to the country from which they have sprung, but without, I hope, withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth. "Now, therefore, I direct my trustees as soon as may be after my death and either simultaneously or gradually as they shall find convenient, and if gradually, then in such order as they shall think fit, to establish for male students the scholarships hereinafter directed to be established, each of which shall be of the yearly value of £300 and be tenable at any college in the University of Oxford for three consecutive academical years. "I direct my trustees to establish certain scholarships and these scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as 'the colonial scholarships.' "The appropriation of the colonial scholarships and the numbers to be annually filled up shall be in accordance with the following table: The Diocesan College School of Rondebosch, in the same colony The South African College School in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope.. 1 and no more. Do. Do. 3 St. Andrews College School, Grahamstown Do. Do. 3 The colony of Natal, in the same colony. Do. 3 The colony of New South Wales. Do. 3 The colony of Victoria.... Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 3 The colony of South Australia. 3 The colony of Queensland. 3 The colony of Tasmania. 3 The Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada.. 3 The Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada. 3 The colony or island of Newfoundland and its dependencies 3 The colony or islands of the Bermudas. 8 The colony or island of Jamaica.... "I further direct my trustees to establish additional scholarships sufficient in number for the appropriation in the next following clause hereof directed, and those scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as the American scholarships.' "I appropriate two of the American scholarships to each of the present States and Territories of the United States of North America, provided that if any of the said Territories shall in my lifetime be admitted as a State the scholarships appropriated to such Territory shall be appropriated to such State, and that my trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion withhold for such time as they shall think fit the appropriation of scholarships to any Territory. "I direct that of the two scholarships appropriated to a State or Territory not more than one shall be filled up in any year, so that at no time shall more than two scholarships be held for the same State or Territory. "The scholarships shall be paid only out of income, and in event at any time of income being insufficient for payment in full of all the scholarships for the time being payable I direct that (without prejudice to the vested interests of holders for the time being of scholarships) the following order of priority shall regulate the payment of the scholarships: (I) First, the scholarships of students of or from Rhodesia shall be paid; "(II) Secondly, the scholarships of students from the said South African Stellenbosch Rondebosch and St. Andrews schools shall be paid; "(III) Thirdly, the remainder of the colonial scholarships shall be paid, and if there shall not be sufficient income for the purpose such scholarships shall abate proportionately; and (IV) Fourthly, the American scholarships shall be paid, and if there shall not be sufficient income for the purpose such scholarships shall abate proportionately. "My desire being that the students who shall be elected to the scholarships shall not be merely bookworms, I direct that in the election of a student to a scholarship regard shall be had to (I) his literary and scholastic attainments; (II) his fondness of and success in manly outdoor sports, such as cricket, football, and the like; (III) his qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for the protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship, and (IV) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates, for those latter attributes will be likely in after life to guide him to esteem the performance of public duties as his highest aim. As mere suggestions for the guidance of those who will have the choice of students for the scholarships, I record that (I) my ideal qualified student would combine these four qualifications in the proportions of three-tenths for the first, two-tenths for the second, three-tenths for the third, and two-tenths for the fourth qualification, so that according to my ideas if the maximum number of marks for any scholarship were 200 they would be apportioned as follows: Sixty to each of the first and third qualifications, and 40 to each of the second and fourth qualifications. (II) The marks for the several qualifications would be awarded independently, as follows (that is to say): The marks for the first qualification by examination, for the second and third qualifications, respectively, by ballot by the fellow-students of the candidates, and for the fourth qualification by the head master of the candidate's school, and (III) the results of the awards (that is to say the marks obtained by each candidate for each qualification) would be sent as soon as possible for consideration to the trustees or to some person or persons appointed to receive the same, and the person or persons so appointed would ascertain by averaging the marks in blocks of 20 marks each of all candidates the best ideal qualified students. "No student shall be qualified or disqualified for election to a scholarship on account of his race or religious opinions. "Except in the cases of the four schools herein before mentioned, the election to scholarships shall be by the trustees after such (if any) consultation as they shall think fit with the minister having the control of education in such colony, province, State, or Territory. "A qualified student who has been elected as aforesaid shall within six calendar months after his election, or as soon thereafter as he can be admitted into residence or within such extended time as my trustees shall allow, commence residence as an undergraduate at some college in the University of Oxford. "The scholarships shall be payable to him from the time when he shall commence such residence. "28. I desire that the scholars holding the scholarships shall be distributed among the colleges of the University of Oxford and not resort in undue numbers to one or more colleges only. "29. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, my trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion suspend for such time as they shall think fit or remove any scholar from his scholarship. "30. My trustees may from time to time make, vary, and repeal regulations either general or affecting specified scholarship only with regard to all or any of the following matters, that is to say: |