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to form the nucleus of Union of
West African States. But DR..
Nkrumah also says he is going to
stay in the British Commonwealth.
The novelty of this move is that
Guinea has recently quit the French
empire. 1t was the only French
territory to vote for independence
in the referendum last September.
1t is seen here as DR.. Nkrumah's
intention ultimately to combine
Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierre Lee
one, and Gambia into a federation
possibly charging it still further
with other French and Spanish
possessions.
Dismay at this prospect is
voiced by Lord Beaverbrook's Daily
Express newspaper. Lord Beaver
brook and his chain of newspapers
represent the foremost "voice of
the empire" within the Common
wealth.
Canadian-born Lord Beaverbrook
never ceases to campaign for the
closest political and economic ties
within the Commonwealth. His
lordship and his editors never al
low themselves to be discouraged
when a large chorus of other voices
in Britain and other parts Of the
Commonwealth charges that "the
beaver" pushes his enthusiasm for
the empire beyond what many
people consider reasonable.
However, on the whole the Bea-
verbrook press has rendered many
valuable services to the cause of
the Commonwealth. In empire
matters it's voice cannot be ignored.
BeaverbroOk Indignant
The Daily Express is most in
dignant that DIR. Nkrumah has act
ed on his confederation plan with
out proper consultation with other
members of the Commonwealth.
A spokesman for Lord Beaver
brook asks Indignantly if DR..
Nkrumah is planning to bring a
foreign territory into the British
family of nations-with all the
rights of full Commonwealth stat
us-is he entitled to take this step
before either the Queen or other
full members of the partnership
have been consulted and agreed? ?"
The Daily Express claims that
British and other Commonwealth
governments are staggered and
angered" by DR.. Nkrumah's action
in conjunction with Premier Sekou
Toure of Guinea.
Evidence in London so far sug-
gests that the Daily Express may
well be exaggerating when it says
that the British and Commonwealth
governments are staggered and
! angered.
The Ghana story is not so prom
inently featured in other news
papers as in the Daily Express.
Government departments here are
taking calm "wait and see". at
titude.
A Guinea envoy, Tells Daillo,
is due to arrive in London for
talks with British Foreign Secre-
tary Selwyn Lloyd. The visit was
arranged before the Ghana- Guinea
agreement was known about here.
The visit is part of Guinea good
will mission to the United King
dom and the United States.
There are one or two apprehen-
sions in London lest there should
be harmful jockeyings for West
African leadership by DR.. Nkrum-
ali and the leaders of Nigeria,
which is slated to become independ-
ent within the Commonwealth in
1860.
On the other hand there is a
far wider and more elastic vision
of the Commonwealth growing up
among the British people.
They like to remind Lord Beav-
erbrook and the empire tradition
alists that Sir Winston Churchill
"a real symbol of the British en-
pire ideal if ever there was one
offered the French people in 1910
joint citizenship with the British
people.