PnaLinmENT had not been in recess there should have been
some interesting comment on Lord 1‘'Ialvern's latest utterance. Addressing the League (If Student Parliamentarians in Bulawayo, he otivised them to ignore views expressed at West- ittinster : 'Europeans here are sensible enough,' he told them, 'not to care two hoots what is said in the House of Commons.' It is really about time that the House of Commons began to care what Is said in Bulawayo; for pronouncements like this live a fair indication what is in the mind of the Federation's rulers. 'The formula for those in control of the Federation,' Lord Malvern went on, 'must be : for oversea critics, as much contempt as you can; and for our own people, keep the public sweet.' By 'the public' Lord Malvern does not, of course,' mean the majority of the inhabi- tants of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland, for whose benefit Federation was first envisaged : the great majority of them are still voteless, and their leaders are in detention camps. 'Our own people' means the European electorate. So much for Colonial Office pledges !
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