Show TROUBLE IN THE VAR OFFICE MR harf MADE A gracar MISTAKE new york july 31 Discussing mhd controversy between sir broderick Broder lck and the london dally mall the london correspondent 0 the new york tribune says there Is no new phase in mr brod ericks singular nil tempt to discipline newspapers suspected of obtaining the secrets of the war office iby improper moans the law arms slim with full resource for punishing not only clerks betraying the confidence of the department tout also those who hire them to do it those conversant with the or procedure of the war office are amused by mr disingenuous effort to discredit his own staff by charging certain newspapers with corrupting clerks with moderate incomes the real source of 1 la well known whenever important dispatches are held over in the war office tor 24 or 48 hours there Is gossip among military men who receive their cues from high officials confidential matters which are whispered in the military clubs soon reach the oars of the journalists and find their way into print th s Is the natural explanation of many disclosures which mr broderick Broder lck attributes to on the part of the newspapers the best safeguard against leakage would be the immediate publication of the bul received from south africa before the higher officials themselves have a chance of talking about them it is on of the requirements of red that nothing shall ibe published from the war office without the direct sanction of the secretary of war this 13 a common cause of delay since he cannot be consulted readily at all times mr broderick Broder lck has abrought himself into ridicule by his credulous and irrational conduct in seeking to discredit the dally mall and the clerks in the war office the mall however disclaims any intention to imply that mr broderick had been guilty of falsehood and merely considers the secretary of war to shave been misinformed in supposing that iz had used any improper methods of obtaining official information |