In Malaya, Britain’s rubber-rich colony, last week the phrase seemed for once appropriate. Four years ago the British promised Malaya self-determination “in due course,” but did not fix a date.

Abdul Rahman’s campaigning was aided by Malaya’s flourishing economy. The federation produces almost a third of the world’s natural rubber and tin; its per capita income ($350) is the ...

ON October 8 the University of Malaya was officially founded, and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Governor-General of Malaya, installed as the first chancellor. The colourful ceremonies at Singapore and ...