The Last Great Fight Liberal Part) Policy Out of Print
'Sunday Break'
The British Radical Criminals in Cars 'Pie Nola Detainees The Music-Makers Pullman Service 'Vice' Prosecutions G. S. Clillord-IV ills John Kemp Frank G. Penney Penry Jones H. E. Faulkner J. E. M. Gunning .Robert Bolt Paul Vaughan Vivian Ellis A. E. G. Wright
HE LAST GREAT FIGHT
liw,—The picture Mr. Sanger gives of the UFP goes a long way towards assuring me of the truth of re- karks Mr. Nkomo made in a debate at our Univer- ,thY earlier this month : that Welensky's policy is Indicative of a mental illness that has taken hold of the members of his Government and the settlers who Pport him. No right-minded settler can imagine that e British Government can hand over complete con- r01 to the Federal authorities through the grant of ti,ominion status after the recent happenings in Central "frtea• No right-minded settler should imagine that 4ettier domination is the pattern for the future. The Withdrawal of several discriminatory measures from IC Southern Rhodesian Parliament after the recent disturbances and reactions in Britain does nothing to lay our suspicions. Welensky and Whitehead are oubtless playing for time. 1 he Colonial Office is in a difficult position in rela- tion to the Federal authorities and the two colonies lith administered in many aspects by the Colonial ittflice. Even if it wished to support Todd, Franklin 411(1 Moffat—the new hope for the Federation, it Items—it has to deal with Roy Welensky's settler itivernment that appears to refuse to accept the spirit ,t)r the preamble to the Federal Constitution. But the Secretary will do well to listen with care to Central Africa Party at the constitutional talks in ,19(4). As Mr. Sanger says : 'In the long term the future "eiongs to the CAP more than to Welensky.' In North- Rhodesia it would seem to be the case even at Te expense of Congress, judging by the success of "Iffed Gondwe. The CAP, let it be remembered, is teeliohlely multi-racial. It is, in all the trials that can expected, the duty of the Government at West- ; inster to honotft the spirit of the preamble, and not be bulldozed by the United Federalists as has ‘DPeared to be the case in recent years. The UFP 1111,1aY be a majority party in the Federal Parliament, itt do not let us forget they are there not by universal !dult suffrage but on a franchise that is both limited iind often subject to reducible-vote clauses. , The forum which the Spectator continues to provide linr the discussion of the intricate and worrying prob- ,e,ols of an awakening Africa is greatly appreciated.— Ieurs faithfully,
G. S. CLIFFORD-WILLS
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