Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-26
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government to arrest and hold
any person without charges in
the public interest, prohibit
gatherings Of more than three
people, control movement Of
people and weapons, impose
curfews and control publication
Of information about activities
Of security forces.
Sir Edgar said a grave situa-
ton similar TO that in Nyasa-
land might be created in South
ern Rho6esia unless immediate
steps were taken.
So far, the only threatening
unrest was reported at Kariba,
where 1000 striking Africans
have brought work to a halt on
the huge zambesi River hydro
electric project. The row appar-
emily started over wages, but
British officials say there is
something definitely political
about 1t now"
Secret Hideout Reported
There were reports that mem
bers Of Or. Banda's organiza-
ton had slipped into the area
to direct the strikers from a
secret hideout in the bush.
Or. Banda, who describes
himself as the extremist Of
the extremists" wants to take
Nyasaland out of the British
ruled federation.
With vivid memories Of Ken
vas bloody Mau Mau outbreak,
worried British administrators
and isolated settlers we're again
checking their defenses.
Sir Roy Welensky, white
Prime Minister of the Central
African Federation and a for
mer boxer, has called to arms I.
virtually all young white men I
In Southern Rhodesia to aug
ment British-led native troops.
More than 200 seasoned Afri-
can troops have been flown
from Salisbury, capital Of the
federation, to Blantyre. taking
with them submachine guns
and mortars.
Customs Post Taken
Other troops were rushed to
Kariba.
African nationalist are re-
ported to have captured a Gus
toms post on the Tanganyika
border, severing the only road
link between Nyasaland and
Oar es Salaanl, major seaport
on the Indian Ocean.
Britain's Minister of State
for Colonial Affairs, the Earl
Of Perth, was flying to Sails
bury today. His mission Off
cially was to discuss the politi-
cal future Of the federation, but
the rapid march Of events made
his recommendations to the
Colonial ONCE in London a
matter Of extreme urgency.
The situation in Rhodesia-
Nyasaland was part of a wave
Of nationalist challenges to
white authority in south-of-
the-Sahara territories. Dem
onstrations, some marked by
violence, spread over thousands
of miles-their only apparent
link a restless urge for imme-
diate independence. There was
trouble or unrest also in the
Belgian Congo, Italian-admin-
istered Somalia and the Union
Of South Africa.
Other Areas Seethe
In the Union of South Africa,
long a hothed of antiwhite ma
tionalism, club-swinging police
fought yesterday with striking
dock workers in Durham. Police
arrested 80 and were met with
q hail of stones.
The walkout of $500 lockers
demanding more money has
paralyzed the port of Durham,
stranding rs ships.
On the west of the African
continent, in the Belgian Con-
go, violence flared again after
several days of calm. European
police used tear gas at Inkisi, /
80 miles from Leopoldville, to
disperSe a crowd of unemployed
after they had stoned European
automobiles. There were re-
ports Of many injured.