A NEW DOMINION ?
SIR,—Referring to the article on the Dominion of "Zambezia " (which I am glad to see graced with a question-mark), may one hope that in discussions of this project, which is perhaps soon destined to enter on the stage of practical politics, we shall avoid fanciful names for the new dominion, such as Zambezia, Capricornia, or even Central Africa, and keep to the rightful and appropriate name of by far the greater part of this vast territory, which also perpetuates the vision and memory of its founder, namely, Rhodesia ? In the new federal Rhodesian Dominion, the awkward Northern and Southern distinctions will disappear save for internal purposes, the Nyasaland strip will be absorbed, and eventu- ally (what every writer on this subject has overlooked) it is quite possible that the northern half of the Bechuanaland Protectorate may also be incorporated, should the rest of that territory become part of the Union of South Africa.
Mr. Creech-Jones's impending visit to Central Africa will probably bring the proposal a stage nearer realisation, and then doubtless we shall hear more of an East African Dominion, where a federal framework already exists, and even perhaps of a West African Dominion, though there the territories are physically separated.—Yours faithfully,
9 Kew Gardens Road, Kew, Surrey. W. E. SIMNETT.
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