New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
In General 1t Signifies Subtr.c
ton of Intelligence from
Obedience to Orders
by Employees.

stuffs. Some five hundred men and vor..
from a small town near the Belgian FRA,
tier decided TO cross the border and w..
chase on Belgian territory some stapl,,
which cost less there than on the Fr.,,.
eide. Ana 30 they did. A few customs ~.
hcers parieyed rather weakly with tn. "a.
boteurs" when they returned loaded W.,
provisions. II was all in vain. The o5s,
were overwhelming
And now the question rises, sinister q,
10 whether II was not an act Of sabot,r,
that dispatched into the great beyond SOM.
three hundred officers and men, the ersv
OF the man-of-war Liberte The Medt.,.
rsnean ports, Marseilles and Toulon. A.,
hotbeds Of radicalsm. Not so long ago N.
Mediterranean sea trade was disturbed ~
the strike OF the Msrseiles lockers sr.
eral times I'm the course OF the las, Or,
years the shipyards OF the two cities raw.
been set on IRE.
More than once the military authorits
have had to take disciplinary measures
against soldiers and sailors Who ATTENDED
in uniform anti-military meetings. VIII,
the negotiations between representative q
William II and Marianne III we're threat.
ening to take an ugly turn, posters vtr.
placed on the wallis OF barracks at night
They read NO war, or else there VIII 10
dynamite. too" The barracks vsr. .oo.
ed with anti-militarlst literature smugga
I'm by soldiers.
The number Of punishments inflicted 10
sabotage Of arms and uniforms in the reg.
ments garrisored in southern ports and In
manufacturing districts has increased 10
alarming proportions. The number % "sc-
cldents' reported during the last army ard
navy mannuvres would, II they we're ms.
accidents, disqualify French soldiers ara
sailors for any active service In tim. 0.
war
| Spontaneous combustion IS a good or.
nibus explanation for much mischief dors
| on board vessels. II may be that the tsl.
rible tragedy which destroyed cae q
/ Frances units was more than some sa'
boteur had planned for A small IRE "
/ tended to scare the officers fas perhaps
! all the damage Which some rapital @isaa
! TO inGict 10 the Loette
! This time again the military cuthonu-s
loath 10 confess thpir inability 10 checf
such attempts have already attributed n
/ disaster 10 spontaneous combustion ~ son.
! inferior kind Of powder.
( French workingmen have MP monoper
! OF sabotage. Sabotage has bfen tried q
German railroads, but the gfilty parta
we're soon discovered with the help =
! bloodhounds and dealt With Father sun.
, msrily.
/ Sabotage lacks the romantic halo Which
surrounds. for instance. Russian terror.
/ ism The terrorist who puts 10 deatn
Grand duke or crown minister seldom in.
, ficts any injury upon inhoe1 n!'fah''
' ers. aud then he gfncraly p1Ns the pen
atty Of his deed; whatever W may MEX
of him privately. We must coz ceue tim
be a good sport The snesky saoo'ei'
ON tho other hand. who wreck Passsn.
ger train By blocking SWITCH or tahEHs
signal wires. generally succetds II eio4'
ing the police, although NJ lreqien'E
causes frightful slaughter Of harmless
passengers. Such disrcputablf methods %
warfare would compromise the best cause
in the world.