Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Milner and The Society of the Elect
The authors of The Hidden History, The Secret Origins of the First World War claim that it was Great Britain that started World War One, and not Germany. It is a convincing story. The authors George Docherty and James MacGregor call their book a conspiracy fact.
The story begins in the late 1800s. The British Empire ruled the seas. In 1870 a young Cecil John Rhodes migrated to a British colony in southern Africa. After failing at farming he set out in pursuit of diamonds, which had been discovered in a region of Southern Africa. With the financial backing of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, the young Rhodes monopolized the diamond trade. He became fantastically wealthy and founded the De Beers diamond company. In 1889 Rhodes was granted a royal charter for the British South Africa Company to colonize an area later named Rhodesia.
In 1895 gold was discovered in the Transvaal Republic controlled by Dutch settlers, known as Boers. Rhodes teamed up with Sir Alfred Milner, who was the British commissioner for Southern Africa. Together with a small group of wealthy British elites they instigate the Boer War in order to grab the gold for themselves.
Rhodes and Milner went on to form a secret society. As Rhodes had written earlier:
Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire, and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for the making of the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire.
Rhodes' ambition was to control all of the world's wealth, for the benefit of the British Empire. He believed in the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race, and he believed that the British Empire should rule the world. After Rhode's early death in 1902, Alfred Milner became the leader of the secret society. Milner was so admired by Rhodes that he is quoted as having said:
If Milner says peace, I say peace. If Milner says war, I say war. Whatever Milner says, I say ditto.
Conspiracy Facts
The authors of the "Hidden History" uncovered many World War 1 documents, which lay the blame for WW1 on Rhodes's secret society. Authors George Docherty and James MacGregor built on the work of Georgetown University Professor Carroll Quigley's book The Anglo-American Establishment. Quigley wrote:
One wintery afternoon in February 1891, three men were engaged in an earnest conversation in London. From that conversation were to flow consequences of the greatest import to the British Empire and the world as a whole. For these men were organizing a secret society that was, for more than fifty years, to be one of the most important forces in the formulation of British imperialism and foreign policy.
The three men thus engaged were already well known in England. The leader was Cecil Rhodes, fabulously wealth empire builder and the most important person in South Africa. The second was William T. Stead, the most famous, and probably the most sensational , journalist of the day. The third was Reginald Baliol Brett, later known as Lord Esher, friend and confidant to Queen Victoria, and later to be the most influential advisor to King Edward Vll, and King George V.
The Boer War was a long and costly war for Britain. It marked the beginning of the decline of the British Empire. Rhodes established his secret society of elites to reverse the decline. He named it The Society of the Elect.
By the turn of the 20th century, Germany was a rising power. It was outpacing Great Britain in industry, finance, science, technology, commerce and culture. Germany was acquiring colonies and expanding its navy. The Society of the Elect viewed every German advancement as an act of aggression. They conspired to start a war that would crush Germany, so that the British Empire would remain supreme.
Circles Within Circles
The Society of the Elect was organized with circles within circles. The inner circle was Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Milner, W. T. Stead, The Viscount Esher, the Marquess Salsbury, Lord Rosebery, and Nathaniel "Natty" Rothschild. King Edward VII was a central member, and after his death in 1910, King George V was too. According to "Hidden History":
Stead was there to influence public opinion, and Esher acted as the voice of the King. Salisbury and Rosebery provided the political networks, while Rothschild represented the international money power. Milner was the master manipulator, the iron-willed, assertive intellectual who offered that one essential factor: strong leadership.
The Society of the Elect had an outer circle, which they named the "Association of Helpers". The Helpers were like-minded elites from the ruling class. They were royalty, imperialists, financiers, greedy profiteers, war mongers, and egotistical and corrupt politicians. The Helpers were willingly manipulated, often unknowingly, by the inner circle.
Some recruits to the Helpers were Jan Christian Smuts, Arthur Balfour, Edward Grey, Richard Haldane, H. H. Asquith, Lord Roberts, David Lloyd George, Sir Edward Carson, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Alfred Harmsworth, and Winston Churchill.
During WW1 Churchill was among the most ruthless imperialists and warmongers. He is quoted as having said:
I think a curse should rest on me, because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.
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