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The article focuses on the temporary independence granted by Great Britain to Antigua and other British West Indies like Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica. The temporary independence is preferred to full independence due to the high cost associated to full independence. These British West Indies have been anticipated to conduct their affairs through the popularly elected legislatures with mutual agreement.

The article reports on the return of Queen Elizabeth to England from nearly six months of visiting with her subjects in Australia, Tonga, Ceylon and the British West Indies. Crowds trooped to the south coast of England to see the queen's yacht Britannia and her escorts of warships and private yachts. The queen was honored with a 41-gun salute and a procession past crowds of cheering subjects.

The article reports that the H.M.S. Devonshire light cruiser landed Royal Marines in the British West Indies in order to control rioting plantation workers in Grenada in February 1951. It says that an all-island strike was called by Grenada's powerful Mental and Manual Workers' Union to protest against anti-strike measures before the island legislature. According to the author, the angry plantation workers burned several buildings.

The article reports on the appointment of the first governor general of the newly formed British West Indies Federation in May 1957 and the selection of its capital site. Lord Hailes Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn has been chosen as the governor general, who is not familiar with emergent countries according to the periodical "Time." It says that the U.S. Naval Base on Chaguaramas Bay in the island of Trinidad had been selected as the new capital site.

The article reports on the continuing racial struggle between the East Indians and Negroes that divided the British Iguana. It mentions that the East Indian dentist-turned politician Cheddi Jagan won as prime minister, but his aggressive Marxism and anti-imperialism had outraged the British Queen and threw him out of office. It reveals that Jagan became prime minsiter once again but he had to seek help from the British Tommies to save him from mobs who were moving to oust him again.