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RHODESIA: MYTHS AND FACTS

by Ian G. Anderson

Chairman, Candour League of Rhodesia

Editor, Rhodesia & World Report

A recent letter in the London Daily Telegraph (March 23, 1976) started with these words: "Nothing

remotely resembling the truth has ever been told to the people of Britain regarding the situation in Rhodesia."

T this I would add: "nor to the rest of the world"; and it is my purpose today to try to correct some of

the erroneous ideas which are currently held by those who still believe that the world's Press presents the

unbiased truth when, infact, it has largely been taken

over by the Left and turned into an organ of left- wing propaganda.

Rhodesia declared her independence on November 11th,

1965, when she severed the tenuous ties that bound her to Britain. We have always maintained that there ias

nothing illegal in such action, no more than when the junior partner of a business firm wishes to dissolve

partnership and set up on his own.

From 1590 to 1923 Southern Rhodesia (now Rhodesia)

could properly be calleda "settler community" and was administered by the British South Africa Company. But

from 1923 onwards it was owned by the people of Southern Rhodesia by right of purchase. In 1923 Southern Rhodesia was given the choice of self-government or

inclusion in the (then) Union of South Africa; and, as the result of a plebiscite, chose self-government. The British Crown bought out the B.S.A. Co's claims for £3 750,000. "The Crown took over all uñalienated

lands, public works and buildings in the two Rhodesias,

whilst the Company kept its mineral rights both north and south of the Zambesi and received cast-iron pro-

tection against any tampering with its railway assets.

The new Southern Rhodesia Government had to pay £2

million to the British Government, thereby reducing the total Imperial cost of acquiring the two

Rhodesias to £t.75 million (i.e. the remainder was in

respect of fJorthern Rhodesia and not a debt of the Southern Rhodesia. Government

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2-"Southern Rhodesia for her part obtained her public

works and un-alienated land, the Southern Rhodesiansettlers becoming the only community in Imperialhistory which has ever had to pa for the privila e ofself_government.t?* (My itafl,cs - Author).

The Rhodesian Courts are noted for their austereimpartiality and, some Rhodesians would say, disregardof the dictates of government administrativeexpediency. After much careful consideration of allthe arguments and much detailed research, theRhodesian Court of Appeal came to the conclusion thatthe so-called "Smith regime" was both the de facto andde jure government of Rhodesia.

fhe main argument that swayed the Rhodesian Court ofAppeal was that in fact the British Government hadlong previously given Rhodesia her independence; andthat she could no more take it back from Rhodesia thanshe could from Canada, Australia or New Zealand (or,for that matter, the United States).

In disregard of the same arguments the BritishHouse of Lords Judicial Committee (composed mainly ofpolitical appointees) hastily decided that Mr Smith'sgovernment had become illegal overnight, although ithad been previously elected under a Constitutionapproved by the British Crown and Parliament.

Further, the Southern Rhodesia Government bought themineral rights from the British South Africa Company for£2 million in 1933; and subsequently the railways alsowere acquired by purchase.

Although Southern Rhodesia continued to be called aColony in legal documents, in fact from 1923 theBritish Government never once intervened in heraffairs nor ever contributed any finance towards de-velopment; and the status of 5outhern Rhodesia wasrecognised as that of a self-governing colony. Assuch she continued to develop and prosper until shewas ill-advisably persuaded to join in the formationof the Central African Federation in 1953.

*History of Southern Rhodesia: Early Days to 1934, yL.H. Gann, 1965, page 248

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-3- When the Central African Federation was dissolved

by the British Government in 1953, the other partriers -

the former Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were given

thei-r independence and it was tacitly assumed that

Southern Rhodesia would receive the same treatment.

But it is now clear, in hindsight, that the main

purpose of the formation of the Central African Feder-

ation was to draw Southern Rhodesia into a net from

which it was not intended she should be released.

This was in accordance with the agreementmade at

Yalta between Roosevelt and Stalin, behind Churchill's

back, that the price of lease-lend in World War II

included te dissolution of the British Empire within

twenty-five years and the abandonment of the protective

imperial tariffs which had proved so disadvantageous to

American trade Southern Rhodesia, as pert of the

erstwhile Empire, was not to be exempted from this

wholesale sacrifice

Economically and politically Rhodesia was more, not

less, capable of standing on her own feet; and indeed

in the years that have elapsed since then, Rhodesia

has amply proved her economic stability, her ability to

order her own affairs, ±o maintain law and order, and

in every respect to fulfil the obligations and con-

ditions which should hae accorded her universal

acceptance in th community of nations

By contrast, the favoured former partners, Zambia

and Malawi, have proved unstable arid inefficient in

spite of massive financial and technological aid which

has been, and continues to he, lavished upon them;

whereas for nearly eleven years Rhodesia, far from

receiving any aid at all, has survived and prospered

in spite of the most vicious exercise of almost uni-

versal sanctions, in spite of being cut off from the

money markets of the world, and in spite of the con-

stant harassment of terrorist incursions into our

territory which are not only draining us of money and

material which could more profitably have been spent

on peaceful development, but which also imposes a

severe strain on the limited manpower of a country

whose total population is only six millions, of which

about half are under seventeen years of age.

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I have touched briefly on the alleged illegality ofRhodesia's UDI because it is frequently maintained thatsanctions, terrorist attacks and all the other harass-ments to which Rhodesia has been subjected are thefault of Rhodesia and the consequence of her rashnessin declaring her independence. Critics of UDI basetheir opposition to it on the grounds, not that it wasillegal, but that it was superfluous arid led us intounnecessary conflict with the British Government, theUnited Nations and indeed most of the world, with allthe sanctions and restrictions which have since accrued;because Rhodesia already was independent, and greaterinsistence on this fact should have been made andpursued through the Court of International Justice.But even before UDI plans were being drawn up and im-plemented for the subversion of Rhodesia. For instance,the British Government banned the importation of allfirearms, even sporting rifles, into Rhodesia beforeUDI; and terrorist incursions across our bordersstarted before the end of 1964 by terrorists based inZambia, our former partner, encouraged by the apparentmilitary weakness of Rhodesia and the ill-concealedhostility of the mother country.

From this assertion another false notion has grown:that terrorist attacks are due to "freedom fighters"whose organisations were caused by the intransigenceof the Rhodasian Government in not coming to terms with"Afritan nationalisrn". I reiterate that these attackspreceded and are not a result of UDI. They started forthe same reason as attacks on Angola and Mocambique -to force Rhodesia to spend ever-increasing money andmanpower on defensive measures. Portugal gave up whenthis exceeded 40 percent of her national income; andSouth Africa has recently been compelled to increaseher defence budget by 39 percent.

The next step was to condemn Rhodesia for "racialism"and, by the constant repetition of the term "race war",to place the blame for the bloodshed not on theterrorists who are clearly the aggressors, but on theRhodesian Government and in particular on the whitepopulation who dare to resist this aggression. AgainI must stress that this is not a race war. How could itbe, when nearly half of our security forces, and almost

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-5- two-thirds of our police, are black? This is further

endorsed by a statement made by Senator Chief JS, Chirau and Senator Chief K. Nkeweni on behalf of the

Council of Chiefs on Feb. 23 1976:

"We refer to the statement attributed to Mr. Ennals to the effect that Britain would not

intervene if a 'race war' flared up in Rhodesia.

"We, as the representatives of the Council Of Chiefs and on behalf of all tribesmen, condemn

this statement as utterly irresponsible. There is no race war in Rhodesia now, nor do we expect

this to happen.

"The fight is between decent Rhodesians, black and white,, and terrorists who are being used and

directed by the forces of Communism. Look at the victims of the murders, atrocities and land-

mine incidents. Most of them are black.

"How does Mr. Ennals reconcile that with a so- called war between the races?"

THE MYTH OF AFRICAN MAJORITY RULE

It has become the official policy of successive British Governments, whether allegedly right-wing or frankly left-wing, that peace can only be assured in Rhodesia by the handing over of power to what is glibly referred to as "African majority rule". This policy is based solely on the counting of heads with no regard to their contents; there being about 6 million blacks to about 275,000 whites. No credit, of course,

is given for the fact that the blacks have increased from an estimated 300-400,000 in 1890 to nearly 6

million now, because the white man put an end to inter- tribal war, brought law and order to a primitive and savage country, and through his expertise and energy

brought prosperity, health, education, and material and social progress to the indigenous population at an

expense of effort and treasure out of all proportiDn to the meage contribution made by the black population.

"Genocide" and 'oppressionU are the terms commonly used to describe these benefits which have accrued to the black man from the white man's efforts.

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-6-In the Daily Telegraph (Feb. 19) an article on

Rhodesia written by conservative M.P. Mr. Winston 5.

Churchill stated (inter alia):

"Every pressure should be brought to bear on Mr.

Smith and the Rhodesian Government to reach anearly settlement with Mr. Nkomo which, more than

anything else, would facilitate a strong stand

fry Western Governments against Sotiiet aggression."

This cliche does not become any truer by being re-

peated by nearly every political commentator in the

United Kingdom and elsewhere; nor has any WesternGovernment made any strong stand against Soviet

aggression.

Mr. Smith is the legallyelected head of government

under the existing franchise. Mr. Nkomo is the leaderof the ZAPU faction of the African National Councilwhich draws its support mainly from the Matabele who

are about one-sixth of the black population. ZANU is

led by Bishop Niuzorewa and is responsible for most of

the terrorist attacks on Rhodesia. Neither commandsmore than a relatively small support from theirrespective tribal groupings. Both are communist-influenced, ZANU drawing its main support from and

leaning towards Maoist, ZAPU towards Marxist, ideology.An accommodation with Mr. Nkomo would lead, not to-

wards African majority rule, but towards minority rule

by a minority tribal group. Moreover, Bishop Muzorewaand ZANU have already made it clear that they will notrecognise any agreement reached by Mr. Smith and Mr.

Nkomo. Handing over to an Nkomo-led party would leadnot only to intensified inter-tribal warfare, such asoccurred in Angola, but would play straight into the

hands of the communists.

ALLEGIANCE TO THE CHIEFS

Nor does it appear to be the wish of the blackpeople themselves that they should be handed over to so-called African majority rule. African society in bothurbanand rural areas revolves around the Ehiefo. They

continue to receive the allegiance due to hereditaryleaders and live among their people in the areas allo-

cated to each tribal group, as well as making frequent

I n t n . U a i f V f t f t g t . P | ( F e b . 1 9 ) a n a r t i c l e o n

n h o d e s f f i r v a t i v e M . P . M r . l n / i n s t o n 5 .

C h u r c h i l l s t a t e d ( i n t e r a l i a ) :

I t E v e r y p x e s s u x e s h o u l d b e b r o u g h t t o b e a r o n M r '

S m i t h a n d t h e R h o d e s i a n G o v e r ' n m e n t t o r e a c h a n

e a r l y s e t t l e m e n t w i t h M r . N k o m o w h i c h , m o r e t h a n

a n y t h i n g e 1 s e , w o u l d f a c i l i t a t e a s t r c r n g s t a n d

b , y i , / e s t e r n G o v e r n m e n t s a g a i n s t S o v i e t a g g r e s s i o n . r l

T h i s c l i c h e d o e s n o t b e c o m e a n y t r u e r b y b e i n g r e -

p e a t e d b y n e a r l y e v e r y p o l i t i c a l c o m m e n t a t o r i n t h e

U n i t e d K i n g d o m e n d e l s e w h e r e ; n o r h a s a n y V d e s t e r n

G o v e r n m e n t m a d e a n y s t r o n g s t a n d a g a i n s t S o v i e t

a g g r e s s i o n .

M r . S m i t h i s t h e l e g a l 1 y e l e c t e d h e a d o f g o v e r n m e n t

u n d e r t h e e x i s t i n g f r a n c h i s e . M r . N k o m o i s t h e l e a d e r

o f t h e 1 A P U f a c t i o n o f t h e A f r i c a n N a t i o n a l c o u n c i l

w h i c h d r a w s i t s s u p p o r t m a i n l y f r o m t h e M a t a b e l e w h o

a r e a b o u t o n e - s i x t h o f t h e b l a c k p o p u f a t i o n . z A N U i s

. I e d b y B i s h o p M u z o r e w a a n d i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r m o s t o f

t h e t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s C I . n R h o d e s i a . N e i t h e r e o m m a n d s

m o r e t h a n a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l s u p p o r t f r o m t h e i r

r e s p e c t i v e t r i b a l - g l r o u p i n g s . B o t h a r e c o m m u n i s t -

i n f l u e n c e d , Z A N U d r a w i n g i t s m a i n s u p p o r t f r o m a n d

l - e a n i n g t o w a r d s M a o i s t , z A P U t o w a r d s M a r x i s t , i d e o l o g y .

A n a c c o m m o d a t i o n w i t h M r . N k o m o w o u l d l e a d , n o t t o -

w a r d s A f r i c a n m a j o r i t y r u l - e , b u t t o w a r d s m f _ n s g i l y r u l eF . r r : m i n n r i l r r t r j h - ' l n r n r r n , M o f e o v e f , B i S h O p M u z o f e W au y d l l l J l l u r r u y u r r u q r Y r u u P . " u r u u v e & t

a n d Z A N U h a v e a l r e a d y m a d e i t c . l - e a r t h a t t h e y w i l l n o t

r e c o g n i s e a n y a g r e e m e n t r e a c h e d b y M r . S m i t h a n d M r '

N k o m o " H a n d i n g c l v e ] r t o a n N k o m o - 1 e d p a r t y w o u l d l e a d

n o t o n l y t o i n t e n s i f i e d i n t e r - t r i b a l w a r f a r e , s u c h a s

o c c u r r e d i n A n g o l a , b u t w o u l d p l a y s t r a i g h t i n t o t h e

h a n d s o f t h e c o m m u n i s t s .

ALLTCIANDE TO THE CHIEFS

N o r d o e s i t a p p e a r t o b e t h e w i s h o f t h e b l a c k

p e o p l e t h e m s e l v e s t h a t t h e y s h o u l d b e h a n d e d o v e r t o s o -

c a f l e d A f r i c a n m a j o r i t y r u l - e . A f r i c a n s o c i e t y i n b o t h

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of this that the Chiefs have rightfully been given

their place in the Rhodesian Cabinet, in the Senate

and in the lower House of Assembly. The black

political parties are essentially the product of urban

semi-sophisticates, university students and graduates,

and the so-called emergent black intelligentsia, who

hope to sit in the seats of power and milk the country

for their own profit in the event of the surrender of

good government to anarchy.

The clamour of thousands of vociferous supporters at

ANC gatherings is lost in the silence of the millions

of quiet, simple Africans who daily go about their

ordinary tasks in peace, and wh.o look to the white man

for their welfare. They look to the white man for

economic advancement, health, education and protection.

They look to him for fairness and more than a fair

share of the profits of their joint enterprises.

Above all, they look to him not to let him down.

It is not the white Rhodesian or South African who is

letting him down, but those of Europe and America who,

by failing to lift a finger in our and their defence,

are condemning black and white to the endless

servitude of international communism.

The burden of responsibility assumed 85 years ago

by white Rhodesians cannot be wantonly or irresponsibly

abdicated. The once prosperous countries of Angola and

Niocambique have been reduced to ruin; famine and terror

stalk these lands; business is at a standstill and

white men with their skills and humane care have

emigrated by the hundred thousand, whilst African so-

called nationalist movements fight each other - and

the civilian populations -

for the corpses of their

once-prosperous lands. These factions, based as

they are on tribal antipathies, have their counter-

parts in Rhodesia.

The acceleration of this horror has one clearly

defined cause; the removal of white control, the

lifting of that civilised moderatidn which has always

been necessary to curb the latent savagery of Africa.

Here we touch the core of the matter. This is not

really a war at all; for war, by definition, must have

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a military objective, and there is none discerniblehere. The objective is terroristic, the victims arecivilians and more black than white; and the destruct-ion of homes, farms and other amenities affects theblacks as much, if not more than, the whites.

As I write, this Whitsunday, when we celebrate thedescent of the Holy Ghost to bring wisdom andunder-standing to all mankind, two white mine workers havebeen brutally murdered in the Mtoko region for noreason at all except that they were in an isolated areawhere murder can be done with less risk of retribution,As a result, the mine has been closed down, eightyAfricans have lost their employment and the countryhas been deprived of the revenue from the exportationof the mine's products.

There is not one country of Africa which can legiti-mately claim that it is in any way better off underblack rule than it was under white rule.

There is absolutely no valid reason why Rhodesiansshould consider for a moment, not only handing overto black rule, but any sharing of power with those whohave never in their entire history had the slightestregard for the sanctity of human (or animal) life;who have never understood the meaning of power-sharing;who look upon reasonableness as weakness, concessionsas surrender, and who have historically celebratedvictory with orgies of slaughter, rape and pillage uponthe persons, womenfolk and possessions of those whohave been so unfortunate as to fall into theirpitiless hands.

This is the fate that those who recommend surrenderto "African majority nile" intend for the inhabitants -black, white, Asian and Coloured - of' once-prosperousand progressive countries.

COMMUNIST AGGRESSION

I trust it is clear from this brief survey that theso-called "race war" is nothing but coflimunist-inspiredaggression against my country and its inhabitants.There is overwhelming evidence available (which I need

not detail here) that the terrorist organisations

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a m i l i t a r y o b j e c t i v e , a n d t h e r e i s n o n e d i s c e r n i b l eh e r e . T h e o b j e c t i v e i s t e r r o r i s t i c , t h e v i c t i m s a r e

c r v i l i a n s a n d m o r e b l a c k t h a n w h i t e ; a n d t h e d e s t r u c t -

i o n o f h o m e s , f a r m s a n d o t h e r a m e n i t i e s a f f e c t s t h e

b l a c k s a s m u c h , i f n o t m o r e t h a n , t h e w h i t e s

A s I w r i t e , t h i s W h i t s u n d a y , w h e n w e c e l e b r a t e t h e

d e s c e n t o f t h e H o l y G h o s t t o b r i n g w i s d o m a n d & - r n d e r -

s t a n d i n g t o a l l m a n k i n d , t w o w h i t e m i n e w o r k e r s h a v e

b e e n b r u t a l l y m u r d e r e d i n t h e M t o k o r e g i o n f o r n o

r e a s o n a t a l - l e x c e p t t h a t t h e y w e r e i n a n i s o l - a t e d a r e a

w h e r e m u r d e r c a n b e d o n e w i . t h l e s s r i s k o f r e t r i b u t i o n .

A s a r e s u l t , t h e m i n e h a s b e e n c l o s e d d o w n ' e i g h t y

A f r i c a n s h a v e l o s t t h e i r e m p l o y m e n t a n d t h e c o u n t r yh a s b e e n d e p r i v e d o f t h e r e v e n u e f r o m t h e e x p o r t a t i o no f t h e m i n e t s p r o d u c t s .

T h e r e i s n o t o n e c o u n t r y o f A f r i c a w h i c h c a h l e g i t i -

m a t e l y c l a i m t h a t i t i s i n a n y w a y b e t t e r o f f u n d e r

b l a c k r u l e t h a n i t w a s u n d e r w h i t e r u l - e .

T h e r e i s a b s o l u t e l y n o v a l i d t r e a s o n w h y R h o d e s i a n s

s h o u l d c o n s i d e r f o r a m o m e n t , n o t o n l y h a n d i n g o v e r

t o b l - a c k r u f e , b U t a n y s h a r i n g o f p o w e r w i t h t h o s e w h o

h a v e n e v e r i n t h e i r e n t i r e h i s t o r y h a d t h e s l i g h t e s tr e g a r d f o r t h e s a n c t i t y o f h u m a n ( o r a n i m a l ) l i f e ;

w h o h a v e n e v e r u n d e r s t o o d t h e m e a n i n g o f p o w e r - s h a r i n g ;

w h o l o o k u p o n r e a s o n a b l e n e s s a s w e a k n e s g ' c o n c e s s i o n sa s s u r r e n d e r , a n d w h o h a v e h i s t o r i c a l l y c e l e b r a t e dv i c t o r y w i t h o r g i e s o f s l a u g h t e r , r a p e a n d p i l l a g e u p o n

t h e p e r s o n s , w o m e n f o J - k a n d p o s s e s s i o n s o f t h o s e w h oh a v e b e e n s o u n f o r t u n a t e a s t o f a l l i n t o t h e i rp i t i l e s s h a n d s

T h i s i s t h e f a t e t h a t t h o s e w h o r e c o m m e n d s u r r e n d e lt o r t A f r i c a n m a j o r i t y r d l - e i l i n t e n d f o r t h e i n h a b i t a n t sb l - a c k , w h i t e , A s i a n a n d C o l o u r e d o f o ' n c e - p r o s p e r o u sa n d p r o g r e s s i v e c o u n t r i e s .

COMMUNIST AGGRESS iON

I t r u s t i t i s c l e a r f r o m t h i s b r i e f s u r v e y t h a t t h e

s o - c a 1 l e d i t r a c e w a r t f i s n o t h i n g b u t c o f i m u n i s t - i n s p i r e da g g r e s s i o n a g a i n s t m y c o u n t r y a n d i t s i n h a b i t a n t s .T h e r e i s o v e r w h e l m i n g e v i d e n c e a v a i l - a b l e ( w h i c h I n e e d

n o t d e t a i l h e r e ) t n a t t h e t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i s a t i o n s



-9- operating against Rhodesia are organised, trained, armed,

ledand financed by Communist money. Arms captured

from terrorists used to be predominantly of Red

Chinese origin; recently they have been replaced by

those of Soviet Russia and her Eastern European

satellites.

Rhodesia and South Africa are treasure-houses of

natural resources. We have in abundance what our

enemies want and intend to take by force. For

instance, Rhodesia mines 38 minerals of which 13 are

classified as of strategic importance. Our enemies

cloak their cupidity with a hypocritical concern for

the "oppressed" black man whom they intend to

"liberate" from freedom into slavery.

In 1965 - the year of UDI -

there was virtually no

wheat grown in Rhodesia. By 1970 our farmers were supplying nearly 50 percent of our requirements; and

this year it is predicted that we shall be self-

sufficient in wheat.

By contrast, a 26 percent decline in output is

forecast in the U.S.A.; drought has hit East Anglia,

the wheat-growing area of England; and in Soviet

Russia and Red China production is falling behind

even more than usual.

The agricultural output of southern Africa could

feed all Africa south of the Sahara. In Africa as

a whole the black population has steadily increased

by about 3+ percent per annum over the last thirty

years, while agricultural production has declined by

5 percent per annum. If this continues, widespread

starvation will be the lot of millions; and the time

will come when food will become the only negotiable

currency. In responsible hands, this threat of

starvation can be averted for all forseeable future.

This awesome responsibility is ours and cannot be

lightly abandoned.

Over the last dozen years or so it has been the

task of Candour League, willingly assumed, to

educate the people of Rhodesia and elsewhere

about the realities of communist aggression not

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world, There are the fainthearted who wring theirhands and exclaim: "But what can a 1i±tl countryof a bare 6 millions do in the face of the might ofinternational communism?" We reply: Examine whatthis little countr has airead done.. It has notonly survived ten years of sanctions: it hasprospered for the benefit of all its peoples ofwhatever colour or creed. Indeed, the economic andsocial progress of the indigenous population hasprobably been greater than anywhere else in Africa.In spite of the continuous and considerable strainof terrorist attacks and a flood of hostilepropaganda winged on the air from neighbouringcountries, race relations remain excellent, as isattested by almost every foreign visitor to Rhodesia.in particular the loyalty of the Chiefs to theGovernment has been and remains unshaken. Contraryto all the expectations of the vultures gathered forthe feast, Rhodesia remains alive and kicking.

A CLOUD OF WITNESSES

From Thermopylae (480 B.C.) to Malta (A.fl 1565),from Horatius at the bridge to little Belgium in 1914,it has often fallen to a small community or peopleto give a moral lead to its larger and morepowerful neighbours. In each case the war was notended by the small country's stand; in each casethe value of its sacrifice was measured bysubsequent events; in each case valuable breathingspace was gained for other parties to rally tothe cause and to complete the task so boldlyinitiated by faith.

We in Rhodesia have a very strong sense ofnational purpose. We feel we have been singledout by Providence to be the stumbling-block inthe path of communist aggression. There is yettime for the Western powers to put Rhodesia'sstand in its historical perspective; but they areleaving it dangerously late. So long as theWestern powers concern themselves solely withtrading interests and their own material benefits,so long will they fail to appreciate the spiritualconnotations of Rhodesia's obduracy. To the

1uw o r t d . T h e r e a r e t h e f a i n t h e a r t e d w h o w r i n g t h e i rh a n d s a n d e x c l a i m ; I t B u t w h a t c a n a l - i t t l . { r n u n t r yo f a b a r e 5 m i l l i o n s d o i n t h e f a c e o f t h e n r i g h t o f

i n t e r n a t i o n a l - c b m m u n i s m ? i l t d e r e p l y ; E 5 e m : * - J E Lth is l i t t le count ry has a lqeedJ-4AT-g- . . I t has no t

o - 1 y s u r v i v e d t e n y e a r s c f s a n c t i o n s : i t h a s '

p r o l p e r e d - f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f a l l i t s p e o p l e s o f

w h a t e v e r c o l o u r o r c r e e d . I n d e e d , t h e e c o n o r n i c a n d

s o c i a . l - p r o g r e s s o f t h e i n d i g e n o u s p o p u l a t i o n h a sp r o b a b l y b e e n g r e a t e r t h a n a n y w h e r e e f s e i n A f r i c a .I n s p i t e o f t h e c o n t i n u o u s a n d c o n s i d e r a b l e s t r a i no f t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s a n d a f l o o d o f h o s t i l ep r o p a g a n d a w i n g e d o n t h e a i r ' f r o m n e i g h b o u r i n gc o u n t r i e s , r a c e r e f a t i o n s r e m a i n e x c e l l e n t , a s i s

a t t e s t e d b y a l m o s t e v e r y f o r e i g n v i s i t o r t o R h o d e s i a .I n p a r t i c u l a r t h e l o 5 l a l t y o f t h e C h i e f s t o t h eG o v e r n m e n t h a s b e e n a n d r e m a i n s u n s h a k e n " C o n t r a r yt o a l - l - t h e e x p e c t a t i o n s o f t h e v u l - t u r e s g a t h e r e d f o r

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t o g i v e a m o r a f l e a d t o i t s l a r g e r a n d m o r ep o w e r f u l n e i g h b o u r s . I n e a c h c a s e t h e w a r w a s n o te n d e d b y t h e s m a l - l c o u n t r y r s s t a n d ; i n e a c h c a s et h e v a f u e o f i t . s s a c r i f i c e h , a s m e a s u r e d b ys u b s e q u e n t e v e n t s l i n e a c h c a s e v a l u a b l e b r e a t h i n g

s p a c e w a s g a i n e d f o r o t h e r p a r t i e s t o r a l l y t ot h e c a u s e a n d t o c o m p l e t e t h e t a s k s o b o l d l yi n i t i a t e d b y f a i t h .

V r / e i n R h o d e s i a h a v e a v e r y s t r o n g s e n s e o fn a t i o n a l p u r p o s e . l r l e f e e f w e h a v e b e e n s i n g l e do u t b y P r o v i d e n c e t o b e t h e s t u m b l i n g - b l - c c k i nt h e p a t h o f c o m m u n i s t a g g r e s s i o n . T h e r e i s y e tt i m e f o r t h e V i l e s - t e r n p o w e r s t o p u t . R h o d e s i a r ss t a n d i n i t s h i s t o r i c a l p e r s p e c t i v e ; b u t t h e y a r el e a v i n g i t d a n g e r o u s l y l - a t e . S o l o n g a s t h eI d e s t e r n p o w e r s c o n c e r n t h e m s e l v e s s o l e I y w i t ht r a d i n g i n t e r e s t s a n d t h e i r o w n m a t e r i a l b e n e f i t s os o l o n g w i l - l t h e y f a i l t o a p p r e c i a t e t h e s p i - r i t u a lc o n n o t a t i o n s o f R h o d e s i a t s o b d u r a c y . T o t h e

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Western world, Rhodesians are an obsolete and

reactionar,i remnant, obstinatel' clinging to

values which are regarded as outmoded in Europe

and America.

We are conscious that the eyes of the world are

upon us, readj to sieze upon, enlarge and distort

an,' weakening of our resolve to continue the fight

to the end - whatever that end ma,' be.

As 5t. Paul wrote: "Wherefore seeing we also

are compassed about with so great a cloud of

witnesses, let us la,i aside every weight and

the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let

us run with patience the race that is set before us,

looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our

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