 Why is Umluana speaking Dutch to Read and Rashid in the beginning?
It's not so much the decisions a man does make that mark him as a Man—but the ones he refrains from making. Illustrated by Schoenherr Read locked the door and drew his pistol. Sergeant Rashid handed Premier Umluana the warrant. If Umluana noticed Read's gun, he didn't show it. Umluana was a small man with wrinkled brow, glasses and a mustache. Umluana turned back to Rashid a second too soon. Rashid judo chopped him and swung the inert body over his shoulders. Two men with rifles plunged into the gas; sighing, they fell to the floor in a catatonic trance. Bearing the Scourge of Africa, Rashid struggled toward it. A grenade arced from the bushes and the pursuers recoiled from the cloud that rose before them. In a few minutes Miaka Station will know we're coming. Two types of recruits are accepted by the UN Inspector Corps: those with a fanatic loyalty to the ideals of peace and world order, and those who are loyal to nothing but themselves. It was the home of factory workers, clerks, semiskilled technicians, all who do the drudge work of civilization and know they will never do more. Trained to use small arms and gas weapons, they guarded certain borders, bodyguarded diplomats and UN officials, even put down riots that threatened international peace. As the UN evolved into a strong world government, the UN Inspector Corps steadily acquired new powers. Read went through six months training on Madagascar. Rather than resign, he accepted punishment which assigned him to weeks of dull, filthy extra labor.
 It is the colonizer language of his own country.
 It is the colonizer language of his own country.  It's the language that the warrant is written in.  It is the language being used by everyone at the World Court event.  He wants to show off his ability to speak other languages.