R oiling Blood When one Government officially draws the attention of
another Government to a serious situation for which it holds the second Government responsible, "serious situation" is generally a euphemism for something which, in any language save that of international diplomacy, would be described in Much more horrific and emotional terms. So it makes a nice Change to read the note addressed by the Government of India .t][? the Government of France about affairs at Pondicherry. , Ypical of the excesses alleged to have been committed by the unPerialists in this Lilliputian colony is the following: ' On april 2, a French Indian lady called on the wife of the Consul- , eneral, and when they were both leaving in a car a French Police officer rushed in front of the car and asked for the name, address and purpose of visit of the French Indian lady. The Nice also demanded to know why she was visiting the Con- ilate if she did not need a visa or other consular services." 'this action on the part of the police officer—if he took it—was ? doubt improper and regrettable; and it is true that the Indian rte alleges that on the sante day a consular official was man- ,iandled by rowdies. But to maintain, in the Asia of today, 1°4 such incidents constitute a serious situation seems to argue bin uncertain sense of proportion in one of its leading Powers.
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