Speech by Mr Cecil Rhodes.
JBer Prpsg Aseojcjatjon.) Capetown, Dec. 25. Cecil Rbodjss received an ovation on bis arrival at Pprt Elizabeth. lie compared bis sufferings to those of the Patriarch Job apd said bo aiinerl w-fcb regard to racial feeling at uniting North Africa witb the Cape. This Day. In the courso of his speech at Fort Elizabeth Mr Rhodes complained be bad presented Rhodesia to power which was now ont of sympathy with himself. Ho referred to what he termed the unctuous rectitude of the British Government and stated Parnell bad promised him a clause should be introduced in the Home Rale Bill allowing the colouies to be represented in tho House of Commons. The hostile tone latterly adopted by Mr C lilies Js pinch p^nimodted on in pape t°V»- _ '
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 151, 28 December 1896, Page 2
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132Speech by Mr Cecil Rhodes. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 151, 28 December 1896, Page 2
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