In the race for freedom in Africa, whites' concessions have seldom kept up with blacks' demands. The gap is perilously apparent in vast (150,000 sq. mi.) Southern Rhodesia, the only self-governing member of the troubled Central African Federation. The government has softened harsh apartheid rules and promised Africans a few seats in the legislature next year. But the blacks are not satisfied. They outnumber the whites 3,000,000 to 220,000, insist on "one man, one vote"−now. Since mid-July, they have pushed their cause by attacking police patrols, stoning motorists, cutting telephone lines and burning down schools.
Widely blamed for the violence...
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