Back in 1917, Colonel Jacob went ballistic on an officer who had the nerve to suggest giving away Dutch Sint Maarten to some other nation. He was shouting like crazy, "What on earth were you thinking, you fool? How could you even come up with such a harebrained idea of giving up our land? Don't you have any sense of pride or loyalty for our country? Have you completely lost your mind or what? This is our territory, and you want to just hand it over like it's nothing? You should be ashamed of yourself for even suggesting such a thing!"
The officer shouted crazily, "Could it be that human lives are worth less than nothing compared to the land?"
Colonel Jacob was absolutely furious and let loose a torrent of abuse at the officer. "You bloody idiot! How could you be so damn stupid and spineless to just give away our land like it's some worthless trash? Have you no guts, no sense of honor? You're a disgrace to this uniform and to all of us! What the hell were you thinking? This land is ours, it's been ours for ages, and you want to just hand it over to some strangers? You should be ashamed of yourself, you pathetic excuse for an officer!"