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Excerpt from Throttled: The Detection of the German and Anarchist Bomb Plotters
Inspector Tunney has written a most interesting book. Much of what he tells I knew about at the time, from conference with him, or with Major Scull, Colonel Biddle, or Major Potter, and some of the events described I had intimate knowledge of because of personal attention to the cases. Some, however, I personally know nothing about, as they have taken place since I left the Depart ment on January 1, 1918. And a vast amount of good work, of real public service, was done by In spector Tunney and his men that is not touched upon in this book, thatlprobably will never be writ ten, since, though of great value to the public peace, it lacks some of the dramatic features which characterize the tales that are told.
N 0 one can read the book without seeing how brutally active our enemies were here in this coun try, even while we were at peace with them, how they flouted our neutrality brazenly and con temptuously, how they busied themselves through their accredited officials and their many secret agents in trying to paralyze our industrial life. Their deliberate effort was to prevent the ship ment of all Vital supplies to the Allies, and they sought this end by fomenting labor troubles, by burning factories, by blowing up ships. It mat tered not the slightest to them that in this kind of activity they destroyed the property of a people at peace with them, nor did they give a deterring thought to the fact that they were mainiing and killing human beings with their burnings and blast ings. It did concern them, however, to keep things dark, to work under cover, so that they might continue this underhanded war against us without being found out. It was the warfare of the savage, who knows not fair play, who is guided by no rules or customs, who strikes down his enemy in the dark, from behind.
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Inspector Tunney has written a most interesting book. Much of what he tells I knew about at the time, from conference with him, or with Major Scull, Colonel Biddle, or Major Potter, and some of the events described I had intimate knowledge of because of personal attention to the cases. Some, however, I personally know nothing about, as they have taken place since I left the Depart ment on January 1, 1918. And a vast amount of good work, of real public service, was done by In spector Tunney and his men that is not touched upon in this book, thatlprobably will never be writ ten, since, though of great value to the public peace, it lacks some of the dramatic features which characterize the tales that are told.
N 0 one can read the book without seeing how brutally active our enemies were here in this coun try, even while we were at peace with them, how they flouted our neutrality brazenly and con temptuously, how they busied themselves through their accredited officials and their many secret agents in trying to paralyze our industrial life. Their deliberate effort was to prevent the ship ment of all Vital supplies to the Allies, and they sought this end by fomenting labor troubles, by burning factories, by blowing up ships. It mat tered not the slightest to them that in this kind of activity they destroyed the property of a people at peace with them, nor did they give a deterring thought to the fact that they were mainiing and killing human beings with their burnings and blast ings. It did concern them, however, to keep things dark, to work under cover, so that they might continue this underhanded war against us without being found out. It was the warfare of the savage, who knows not fair play, who is guided by no rules or customs, who strikes down his enemy in the dark, from behind.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Thomas J. Tunney
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265510117
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 365
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Thomas J. Tunney
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331737629
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 367
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