6 JANUARY 1923, page 12

A Reuter Message From Washington Informs Us That Sir Keith

Smith, the Australian airman, who with his brother the late Sir Ross Smith was the first to fly from England to Australia, has completed his plans for crossing the Western......

The Commission Brushes Aside Most Of The Schemes For Dealing

with the problem as being impracticable. Under this heading are :— " (i) The deportation of 12,000,000 negroes to Africa, (2) the establishment of a separate negro State in the......

Mr. Rodolphe Lemieux, Speaker Of The Canadian House Of...

contributes an interesting letter to the Times, in which he lays stress on the facilities afforded by the port of Gaspe in Quebec Province, which he con- siders " the finest......

The Report Of The Chicago Commission On Race Rela- Tions,

appointed by Governor Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, shortly after the horrible race riots in July, 1919, has been published, and contains much matter of interest to citizens of......

One Of The Most Picturesque Personalities In The American...

will be Mr. James Couzens, the multi- millionaire, a former partner of Henry Ford, who leaves the mayoralty of Detroit to suceed Senator Newberry. In 1903 Mr. Couzens, so the......

The Very Gratifying Announcement Was Made Last Week That The

Speaker has allocated a seat in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons for the use of the London repre- sentatives of the Dominion Press. As a result of the establishment of......

The English-speaking World.

By EVELYN WRENCH. D EATH has removed during the past ten days two men who in their different spheres played im- portant parts in the development of the Antipodes : Mr. David......