St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-12-29
THE FEDERATION OF RHoDESIAS
AND NYASALAND >. HEAVEN FOR THE
WHITE MAN, HE'LL FOR THE BLACK


who constitutes the majority, but
rather to perpetuate the DONNA
ton Of the immigrant whites over
the indigenous blacks.
The federation as 1t now
stands" he added, has no legal
authorization from London. On
paper, it is a loose federation
created to facilitate economic de-
velopment. In actual practice" he
declared with elaboration, ut is a
device employed by Welensky to
maintain political domination over
the African.
This" he pointed out, Con-
travenes the intent of the policy of
paramountcy first enunicated In
1928 by the Duke of Devonshire,
which has guided England's ad-
ministration Of affairs here.
"As a protectorate, Nyasaland
is a ward of England. The British
government in London" he said,
recognizes that this country be-
longs to the Africans and that it.,
as trustee, is administering affairs
until, with Britain's help, the Az
rican is able to handle his own
affairs.
THE policy Of paramountcy,
therefore, declares that whenever
the interests Of the white man and
the African conflict, the interests
of the African should always be
paramount. The British" he said,
ARE not our masters, but our
trustees"
The whites here-most Of whom
are South Africans and not British
refuse to recognize this and
somewhere between London and
here, the line Of authority breaks
down, or Is in some way twisted
with the result that Welensky has
successfully made the white man
the master over the African.
1t is for this reason that he,
Banda, not only opposes the union
but stubbornly ignores its exist
ence. His party, which received SO
percent of the vote on the lower
roll last August, does not even
send delegates to the Federal Parl-
lament. To do so would be to rec
ognize its existence as an instru-
ment legally authorized to exercise
political control over Nyasaland.
Banda's views carry terrific
authority. He has the solid back
ing Of the Africans, most Of the
Asians - who are not a great
factor - and even some Of the
whites.
His Malawi Congress Party OF
more than one and a half million
dues-paying members is opposed
by a branch Of Welensky's United
Federal Party (UFP), headed by
Michael Blaclwood.
The MOP is only Is months old,
and is a successor to the Nyasa-
land African Congress which was
banned when Banada and 1000 of
his followers were sent to prison
in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
He was released in April, 1860
after 13 months confinement and
Immediately set about building a
new organization which now has
established headquarters in what
was formerly a bank building in
Limbo, a few miles from the CEN
ter Of Blantyre.
Here, a newspaper - the NAL
avail News - is edited and pub
lished, and the party headquarters
operated by scores Of young, we'll
dressed, intelligent young men and
women, under the direction Of Vat
uta K. Chisiza, the bearded admin
istrative secretary, and youthful
Aleke Banda (no relation), editor
Of the paper and personal secre-
tary to DIR. Banda.
A tribute to DR.. Banda's or
ganizational genius and an ex-
preston of the Africans conf
dence In him was the outcome Of
the recent election.
In many instances, MOP candid
ates received between 1000 to
5000 votes each against 20 and
80 for BlaclSwood's UP candid
ates. And in reply to the charge
that only degree Of political dis
elimination exercised by an Afri-
can voter is between a white and
black skin, an African UFP can
didate received only 20 votes in a
solid African district where he was
born and has lived all his life.
With this mighty demonstration
Of endorsement from the Africans,
is Banda anti-white?
II am only anti-federation and
anti-white domination" he said.
II did not come here to drive
them away. I have gone out Of my
way to get them to join me, to
show that we, too, are human be-
ings. I don't hate them. hate only
domination"
But he added as a warning,
Those Europeans who think they
are ordained by God to lord it over
us had better pack up and go home