So here is something that today would be attacked as "conspiracy theory":
This "Milner Group" had tremendous influence in events of the 20th century.
Was the above written by a feverish believer in conspiracy theories ?
Not at all. In fact, it was written by a well respected professor of history at Georgetown University: Carroll Quigley.
From the preface to "The Anglo American establishment", published in 1981.
Of note is that his courses were very popular with the Washington establishment.
Who needs a secret handshake when secret meetings can be arranged by other means ?
Quote:The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhodes's seventh will, are
known to everyone. What is not so widely known is that Rhodes in five previous wills
left his fortune to form a secret society, which was to devote itself to the preservation and
expansion of the British Empire. And what does not seem to be known to anyone is that
this secret society was created by Rhodes and his principal trustee, Lord Milner, and
continues to exist to this day. To be sure, this secret society is not a childish thing like the
Ku Klux Klan, and it does not have any secret robes, secret handclasps, or secret
passwords. It does not need any of these, since its members know each other intimately.
It probably has no oaths of secrecy nor any formal procedure of initiation. It does,
however, exist and holds secret meetings, over which the senior member present presides.
At various times since 1891, these meetings have been presided over by Rhodes, Lord
Milner, Lord Selborne, Sir Patrick Duncan, Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Lord Lothian, and
Lord Brand. They have been held in all the British Dominions, starting in South Africa
about 1903; in various places in London, chiefly 175 Piccadilly; at various colleges at
Oxford, chiefly All Souls; and at many English country houses such as Tring Park,
Blickling Hall, Cliveden, and others.
This "Milner Group" had tremendous influence in events of the 20th century.
Was the above written by a feverish believer in conspiracy theories ?
Not at all. In fact, it was written by a well respected professor of history at Georgetown University: Carroll Quigley.
From the preface to "The Anglo American establishment", published in 1981.
Of note is that his courses were very popular with the Washington establishment.
Who needs a secret handshake when secret meetings can be arranged by other means ?
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