RHODESIA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 97, 28 August 1913, Page 4

RHODESIA.

It is (Stated by the. special correspondent of the “Guardian” that up to the present the demands for a reform oi the administration of the British South African Company have come from the residents in Southern Rhodesia, but now the settlers of Northern Rhodesia have formed themselves into a League for the purpose ol bringing about a radical change in the administration of that part, ol tno Company’s territories also; This writer goes on to say that the League is demanding the introduction oi

either a. representative form of government or the fullest measure of Crown Colony .administration. It points out that the ideals of Cecil llhodes have

been departed from, and that the political and economic conditions of the territory are not what they ought to

be. The League hopes that the Administration will recognise this and co-operate with it in establishing a form of government which will encourage the proper development of the country. The League is particularly

outspoken in regard to the land question' It points out that the Administration, in closing the country to settlers for purposes of survey, is adopting a wrong policy. An even more suicidal policy is shown in the exorbitant rent apd purchase • price levied on stands in embryo townships. Such a policy crushes out the, small man and 1 the skilled artisan, who is so essential to the community, .and makes it impossible for those so-called townships to he ever more than mere camps.