The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02
FUNSTON MAY SUE IRELAND.
SAID TO HAVE MADE CHARGES OF
CRIMINAL LIBEL.

Grew Out of the HumOr That He Had
Looted Churches in the Philip
pines-The General Is Indignant.
Ordered His Men 10 Let Houses of
Worship Alone--ArchbishOp Ire
land Says lie Made No Charge
Against the General.
Albuquerque. N. M, Nov. 1.-Gen. Fred
erick Funston, who is en- route home with
the mustered out Twentieth Kansas Regi-
ment, has wired his Topeka attorneys to
bring proceedings against Archbishop Ire
land of st. Paul for criminal libel because
of statements attributed to the archbishop
in a recent interview.
Gen. Funston also instructed his lawyers
to begin criminal and civil prosecutions
against the Monitor, a Catholic paper of
San Francisco, which first printed the
story.
In a recent interview in Chicago Arch
bishop Ireland was quoted as saying that
Gen. Funston had been charged with loot
ing Catholic Churches In the Philippines
The charges alleged to have been referred
to by the archbishop were made by the
editor of the Monitor soon after the land
ing of the Kansas troops in San Fran
cisco The Monitor stated il is said that
Gen. Funston had taken two magnificent
chalices from certain Catholic Church
IN the Philippines. and had sent them home
to his wife.
Archbishop Ireland. in hls Chicago In
tervieWs, was quoted as calling upon Cen
Funston to deny the truth of the article
and sue the editor of the Monitor for libel
or the public would be obliged, against its
viii, to believe him guilty of the criminal
acts of which he has been accused.
Funston Highly Indignant.
Kansas City, No, Nov. Gen. Funs-
ton is highly indignant at the accusation
and says he will prosecute the matter Wig
orously. He intends he says, to put q
stop forever to the malicious stories put
in circulation regarding him.
Gen. Funston says that he not only re-
Trained from desecrating houses of wor-
ship in Manila, but that while colonel or
the Kansas Regiment issued a positive
order prohibiting The looting or mutilation
of the church buildings. He supplemented
this with verbal instructions to his com
pany commanders to see that the order
was rigidly enforced.
Has Not Brought Suit.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 1-C. $. Gleed, senior
member of the law firm Of Gleed, Ware &
Gleed, stated tonight that his firm had
received absolutely no intimation from
Gen. Funston of any purpose to begin legal
proceedings against Archbishop Ireland
Mr. Gleed stated that he had simply re-
ceived a personal telegram from Gen. Fun
ston requesting him to ascertain If Arch
bishop ireland had been correctly quoted,
Gen. Funston az the same time expressing
the opinion that the statements attributed
to the Archbishop would be found to be
incorrect.
Ireland Surprised.
st, Paul, MINI { ov. Archbishop Ire
land appeared somewhat surprised this
evening when he heard that Gen. Funs-
ton of Kansas was reported as about to
sue him for libel on account of statements
attributed to him in a Chicago interview
He said he had made no charges gainst
Gen. Funston. but had in conversation ex-
pressed the opinion that statements of the
San Francisco paper. charging the gen
eral with having taken a priests robe
from a Philippine church, should be de-
MED by Gen. Funston at once lest fail
uTe to deny led to a wrong impression.
The archbishop admitted the substantial
accuracy of the Chicago interview, but
denied that he had made any libelous
statements.