This prediction appears to have been correct, for even after the rioters had been subdued, it was unsafe for Europeans to venture into some parts of Calcutta without protection. It is stated that the authorities did not really give up the land, but only allowed the rumor to be circulated for the sake of pacifying the mob. The police have possession of the disputed property, and will not allow any one to approach it. It has developed that notwithstanding the fact that the owner of the land was a Hindoo, there is no really bad feeling between the Hindoos and the Mohammedans, but that both have combined against the Europeans. It is distinctly an anti-European feeling. British authority is openly defied by the natives, and the situation is regarded as very grave. In Simla, which is the summer home of the Viceroy of India, there has been more rioting. A mob tried to seize upon a mosque, but the police and soldiers opened fire on them, and a serious fight ensued. The mob was finally repulsed, and the leader arrested. Simla, which is one of the most fashionable of the Indian summer resorts, is built high up among the Himalayan Mountains. The seat of the government of India is really in Calcutta, but the heat there is so intense during the summer months that the Europeans cannot endure it. For fully half the year the Viceroy, who is the representative of the Queen, moves up to Simla, with his council and household, and the government is carried on there. That riots should have occurred at the seat of government makes the Europeans still more uneasy. Nor are these the only disturbances we have to record. In a recent number we told you about the attack on one of the government officials in the Fochi Valley. There has been a fresh outbreak in the same place. A number of coolies or porters, who were carrying provisions, were attacked and robbed. This time the attacking party did not meet with such success. The military commanders have been on the alert since the last outrage, and no sooner was the news of the attack telegraphed, than a body of cavalry started in pursuit of the offenders. They were overtaken before they had time to reach their hill dwellings, and fifty of them were captured and brought back as prisoners. It is little to be wondered at that these various disturbances, coming so closely one upon the other, should be causing the Europeans in India a great deal of uneasiness. It may be that the memories of the mutiny make them a little over-anxious, but the situation is certainly very serious. * * * * * There is a report that the Siamese have invaded the French possessions in Indo-China. The French colonies in Asia consist of Cochin China, Tonquin, Anam, and Cambodia, and since the year 1896 a large portion of Siam has been added to them. All these provinces lie to the east of Burmah and Siam, at the extreme southeast of Asia.