THE COMMONWEALTH: Restless Subjects

Britain's Mediterranean island colonies of Malta and Cyprus are both giving Mother Britain trouble, but in very different ways. Cypriots (or at least a highly vocal percentage of them) want out of the Commonwealth; the Maltese, on the other hand, want to cuddle even closer to the mother country. In some respects, the Maltese desire is more embarrassing.

A delegation of Maltese, headed by 38-year-old Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, was in London last week buttonholing top officials in both British parties. Their goal was to secure seats in the British House of Commons, just like Northern Ireland, which has a government...

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