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...rioting was the black population's response to Britain's 20-man Pearce Commission, which had arrived in Rhodesia a few days earlier. The task of the commission, which was headed by Lord Pearce, a retired appellate judge, was to assess whether the Rhodesian people, both black and white, would accept or reject the settlement that had been proposed by Smith and British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home (TIME, Dec. 6). In theory at least, the settlement would lead to a very gradual increase in black political power...
...proposals are complicated. The creation, following parity, of the ten Common Roll seats through which majority rule will be achieved will be written into the constitution. Alternative arrangements can be substituted only by amending the constitution, which would require a two-thirds majority in each house of the Rhodesian Parliament. Such a majority would need at least 17 African votes in the House of Assembly. Thus it is the Africans who have the "effective veto" on any proposals that would frustrate majority rule...
...Long Bar of Meikle's Hotel in Salisbury, white Rhodesians were clinking bottles and roaring the merry refrain of Land of Hope and Glory. From the African bar at the other corner of the building came a throaty Nkosi Si-kelele Afrika (God Bless Africa). "There you have it," said a Rhodesian businessman as he listened to both. "Take a man from one of those bars, push him into the other, and it would be like throwing in a hand grenade. Britain and the rest of the world can do what they like, but this is what Rhodesia...
...time agreement was reached last week, Britain had diluted its demands. Sir Alec, for example, dropped his insistence on a privy council to guarantee against retrogressive changes in the constitution. He wanted the council despite the existing strong Declaration of Rights enforceable by the Rhodesian High Court...
Smith may back out of any agreement with Britain, as he did in 1966 and again in 1968. He is vulnerable to criticism from ultraconservatives in his Rhodesian Front party; a dozen of them have already threatened to resign if he compromises the power of Rhodesia's 250,000 whites over 5 million Africans. It also remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate vote last week to lift the embargo on Rhodesian chrome might strengthen the hand of Rhodesia's hardliners...