Warring Group Loses Backing in Fight That Paralyzed One-Fourth of Country - The Shifta guerrillas of Kenya, agreeing to wait and see what diplomacy can do, have halted the rebellion that has paralyzed a quarter of the country for almost five years. In a remarkable triumph of diplomacy over passion, the troubled northeastern and eastern provinces of Kenya have become quiescent just three months after President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya and Prime Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic signed an agreement to try to end the fighting. The speed at which the document was translated into action shows just how dependent the Shifta have been on the neighboring Somali Republic for arms, training, advice and even policy. Once the Somali Republic made a decision to stop this support, the rebellion suddenly stopped. But, though the shooting has stilled, the great problem of these provinces remains. The Shifta are Kenyans of Somali descent who believe their part of Kenya really belongs to a Greater Somalia...

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