europeans in northern rhodesia had been calling for elected representation since the early 1910s. when governor-general of south africa herbert gladstone visited the territory in 1911 he met with farmers from kafue who demanded that an administrative council be created. moore agreed with the farmers, and pressed for its creation; however, the british south africa company (bsac) insisted that there were too few europeans in the territory (1,184) to allow powers to be transferred.