Aux Armes. Camarades!

Paris

A short while ago the house of André Malraux was bombed by someone. M. Malraux was not at home, but a young neighbor, a four-year-old girl, was severely injured, mostly by shattered glass. It is an unpleasant affair when young children (or Culture Ministers, for that matter) are bombed. It seems unpleasant, also that political parties and labor syndicates should capitalize on unhappy events to make political demonstrations that end in new injuries. Perhaps the most unpleasant thing of all is this: there are those who are apathetic to both the bombings and the demonstrations, people who neither approve nor disapprove—they seem not to care; and there are many who forget anyone can set a bomb and scribble the initials of a given organization on the nearest wall. Anyone can do that, including groups which want an excuse for making political demonstrations.

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A short while ago the house of André Malraux was bombed by someone. M. Malraux was not at home, but a young neighbor, a four-year-old girl, was severely injured, mostly by shattered glass. It is an unpleasant affair when young children (or Culture Ministers, for that matter) are bombed. It seems unpleasant, also that political parties and labor syndicates should capitalize on unhappy events to make political demonstrations that end in new injuries. Perhaps the most unpleasant thing of all is this: there are those who are apathetic to both the bombings and the demonstrations, people who neither approve nor disapprove—they seem not to care; and there are many who forget anyone can set a bomb and scribble the initials of a given organization on the nearest wall. Anyone can do that, including groups which want an excuse for making political demonstrations.