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...fighting black nationalism in neighboring Mozambique. From Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Smith reportedly hopes to get a promise that if he breaks away from Britain, Portugal will immediately recognize Southern Rhodesian independence and stand by to give economic and military aid, if needed. Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda of Northern Rhodesia claims to have a copy of a secret agreement along these lines already drawn up between Portugal and Southern Rhodesia...
Through one of her senior deacons, the prophetess notified Charles Stacey, a white attorney practicing in Ndola, that she was ready to give herself up -if the government guaranteed her fair treatment. Delighted, Stacey immediately won Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda's consent. One afternoon last week, in a remote mud-hut hideout in the north, Alice Lenshina said farewell to 200 hymn-singing tribesmen, climbed into a Land Rover, and with Stacey at her side, was driven off to jail...
...relieved Kaunda broke into a parliamentary debate to announce the news, and promptly adjourned the session so that his ministers could depart for the stricken countryside to spread word of Lenshina's surrender. In addition, radio stations throughout the land began broadcasting a tape-recorded message from Alice. Composed with her lawyer's aid, it pleaded, "You sons of God, listen to what I have to say. The government and I want to settle our troubles peacefully. I order all our people to return to their villages and not attack anybody. When you have received this message...
Central Africa's weird little holy war went into its third terrifying week. On one side was the government of Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda; on the other the spear-bearing, fanatic followers of Prophetess Alice Lenshina, whose hybrid cult mixes white magic with the teachings of the Church of Scotland...
Late one night, 200 of Alice's followers sacked 19 towns in an orgy of looting and slaughter. When dawn came, 75 lay dead behind them, 1,200 were homeless. Stunned by the massacre, Prime Minister Kaunda ordered a full-scale offensive against the fanatics, who were now outlawed by official decree. "I want Alice Lenshina dead or alive!" he cried, waving a black kerchief to a mourning throng. Next day government troops attacked two Lenshina strongholds, killing 81 hostile warriors. But of Alice there was no trace...