(EDITORIAL) We are not at all sure of the beneficial effects of the Notification imposing disabilities on South Africans under Section 2 of the Reciprocity Act passed last year. The measure looks heroic, but it is calculated to produce more irritation than injury among South Africans. The principle of it is that the disabilities under which Indians in the Union suffer, are likewise applicable to the white South African nationals in India, but let us see how unreal is the extent of corrective retaliation. Take the question of franchise.

Unless the Government of India Act is altered by Parliament, franchise rights for South Africans will remain. .

. Next comes the bar against the purchase of property as a counterblast against the disability borne by Indians. How many South Africans pine for landed estate in India? South Africa is the land of opportunities that continuously cries out for immigrants from Europe. ... Hurt on trade is another illusion. If India refuses to ship jute to South Africa, the latter could put a ban on wattlebark.... We recognize the emotional satisfaction produced by the gesture, but of its practical value for the relief of Indians in South Africa, we entertain grave doubts. (Dawn, Delhi)