15 OCTOBER 1965, Page 6

After G. K. Chesterton

In the ultimate transcendence, Ian Smith, Will you plump for Independence, Will you, Smith?

When the fortunes of Rhodesia Grow demonstrably fainter, Would it really make things easier If you chose to cut the painter?

Or when clash on clash grows sharper, And the threats that come therewith, Do we sense the claws of Harper, Do we, Smith?

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS