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Show A Danger Slgnnl. Students of Trench politics will see a deep meaning In the nctlon of th couit mal till convened to trt Col Ho St Itcmy for a serious breach of discipline dis-cipline In icfuslng to obey orders The Colonel was among the olllcers chosen to entry out the provisions of the associations as-sociations law which tho Waldeck-Iintiasentt Waldeck-Iintiasentt mlnlftry formulated and which M Combe- tne present i inner inn-er has curried Into effect nt the lost of dangerous civil dlsturbinccs Thnt Htt Is aimed directly nt the religious Institutions of the Catho le cliurch which holds property In I rnnce on a commim.l biH. nnd lis onforcen ent necessitated the ejection fiom tin ir lontcnts of thou in Is of nuns who where greatly delotcd by the i;0!".1'1': Hon Biirrotinllng the ilncm of their retreat 'Ihe mcton" imtlculurly resented re-sented the action of the (loternmen so wmmlv that troops wcio rcqmrcd to close the colli enls and some blood tins shed Col Do St Hemy " reeled to shut tho doors of one est ab-llshment ab-llshment whose occupants deel ne.l to comply with the mmulntes of the associations as-sociations law He refused on the ground Hint while he wu, a soldier, he vtns nlso n l'renchm in nnd n Catholic Cath-olic nnd would war neither upon wo-men wo-men nor upon the church Hcnco the murt-mnrtlnl which of cour" found him guilty of nn oltense ngilnst disci-pne disci-pne which he did not deny nnd In.-Jiosed In.-Jiosed upon the dreidful penalty of ono dav s Imprisonment The nbsui.l Inadequacy of the punishment pun-ishment Is n warning the Ministry dire not disregard No moie algiilllcont ilinRcr signal has been liolHted by t he nrmy since the days of the rievfus scondil It menus thnt the rnlllt iry nuthorlty In not reidy to follow tho rlill In the letters crusade upon clcr-Icnllsm clcr-Icnllsm It nn ins that the ntrny a tnclt condonnllon of Indltldual dlso-dcdlence dlso-dcdlence In tills ense Implies a reidl-ness reidl-ness to tnnlte genernl disobedience a nutter nf opportunity rntlicr than of Inclination Ilrooklyn Kigle. |