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...condemn it. Amid cries from African nations for military intervention, the Security Council called for a diplomatic boycott against "this illegal racist minority regime." In London, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson went before a tense House of Commons to brand the declaration as "unwarranted and unnecessary rebellion" and lay down sanctions against the Smith regime. "Heaven knows what crimes will be committed against the concept of the rule of law and of human freedom," said Wilson gravely...
Usual TV. For a country that had just performed an act of rebellion, Rhodesia was remarkably calm. One big Salisbury liquor store sold out of champagne two hours after the proclamation, but the customary nighttime silence of Salisbury's downtown streets was broken only by occasional drunken cries ("Rhodesia, Rhodesia") and a few blasts of car horns. Most white Rhodesians performed their usual tasks, went home to their usual dinners and sat down to watch their usual TV programs. In the teeming African townships of Highfield and Harare, police doubled their nightly patrols, but all was quiet. The African...
...Perce, Author Josephy never leaves any doubt about where his sympathies lie. By his colorfully documented account, the Nez Perce (Pierced Nose-a name given them by early French-speaking trappers because some braves wore bits of shell in their noses) were a notably peaceful tribe until provoked into rebellion by avaricious and cruel whites. He also paints the romanticized Indian-fighting army of the Old West as a shiftless and uninspired collection of sad sacks. In any pitched battle, Josephy maintains, Indians proved to be better fighters and better marksmen than U.S. troops or volunteers...
...stable African majority government which could forestall the mass flight of whites with their skills and capital. But such a desirable outcome is far easier to prescribe than to achieve. The prejudices and fear of both whites and blacks, already great, will undoubtedly be fanned by Smith's rebellion. Southern Africa, so long forgotten in happy (for its whites) tranquility, has begun a time of upheaval...
...present government in Rhodesia was legally elected under an undemocratic constitution. There is no legally constituted African government to be upheld in its place at this time. It is not the government that is illegal but its rebellion. The defiance of the British prohibition of a unilateral declaration of independence must not be met with indifference or resignation. Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the Rhodesian leaders that their challenge would not go unanswered. A war in which British soldiers would be called up to kill their Rhodesian "cousins" would not be universally applauded in England. Nevertheless, Wilson has not ruled...