16 OCTOBER 1959, Page 6

AND THIS IS NOT the only piece of good news

this week concerning Africa : the Kenya Govern- ment's decision that in future ability, rather than race, is to be the test for ownership of land in the White Highlands is most welcome. Only by such measures can the move towards a multi- racial society be speeded up. It is going to be interesting to see how the extremists on both sides react—my own belief is that confronted with firm liberal measures of this kind the influence of both will diminish.