 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pfungwa yokumanikidzwa kupinda muchiuto yaipesana netsika dzezvematongerwe enyika dzeBritain, asi kukura kwechiuto cheWestern Front kwakatungamirira kugadziriro yacho muBritain muna January 1916. Rhodesia Herald neBulawayo Chronicle mapepanhau akaparadzira mashoko acho mumagazini chaiwo. Nepo vamwe vagari vakatsigira kuwedzerwa kwegadziriro imwe cheteyo kuvachena veSouthern Rhodesia, kwakapikiswawo mumativi mazhinji. British South Africa Company yakatya kuti kurasikirwa nevashandi vachena vane unyanzvi kungaisa pangozi mabasa ayo emigodhi, anokosha kuhupfumi hwekoloni, nepo Rhodesian Agricultural Union yakataura kuti varimi vachena vaifanira kuramba vari panyika nokuda kwezvikonzero zvakafanana. Vamwe, vachiyeuka kumukira kwaJohn Chilembwe kunorwisana nekolonimuNyasaland mukutanga kwa1915, vakafunga kuti zvaive zvakakosha kuchengetedza musimboti wevarume vanogara mumakoroni kudzivirira kudzokororwa kwekumukira kweMashona neMatabele kwema1890. 