The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-02
FUNSTON SUES FOR LIBEL
TO PROCEED AGAINST ARCHBISHOP IRE
LAND AND THE MONITOR.
Funston Charged by the MOnitO', Catholic
Organ, With Tekiog Two Chalices From
aPhilppine Church.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. IA special
to the Star from Albuquerque, n. NJ,
says:
General Frederick Funston, who is
en- route home with the mustered out
TweRtieth Kansas regiment, has wired
his Topeka attorneys to bring suit
against Archbishop Ireland for criminal
libel because of statements attributed to
the Archbishop in recent interview.
General Funston also instructed his law
yers to begin criminal and civil prosecu-
tions against the Monitor, a Catholic pa
per Of San Francisco, which first printed
the story.
''In a recent interview in Chicago,
Archbishop Ireland was quoted as saying
that General Funston had been charged
with looting 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 landing of the Kansas troops
in San Francisco The Monitor stated,
it is said that General Funston had ta-
ken two magnificent chalices from GER
tain Catholic church in the Philippines,
and had sent them home to his wife.
"Archbishop Ireland, in his Chicago in
terviews. was quoted as calling upon
General 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 will, to believe him guilty Of
the criminal acts of which he has been
accused"
FUNSTON is INDIGNANT.
General Funston is highly indignant
at the accusation and says ne will prose
cute the matter vigorously. He intends,
he says, to put a stop forever to the
malicious stories put in circulation re-
garding him. General Funston says
that he not only refrained from desc
Grating houses of worship in Manila, but
that while Colonel of the Kansas regi-
ment, issued positive order prohibit
ing the looting or mutilation of the
church buildings. He supplemented this
with verbal instructions to his company
commanders to see that the order was
rigidly enforced"
NOT INSTRUCTED TO SUE.
Topeza. Kansas, November &c. S.
Cfleed senior member of the law firm
of Gleed Ware and Gleed. stated tonight
that his firm had received absolutely
no intimatiOn from General Funston of
any purpose to begin legal proceedings
against Archbishop Ireland Mr.. Gleed
stated that he had simply received
personal telegram from General Funston
requesting him to ascertain if Archbishop
Ireland had been correctly quoted,
General Funston at the same time ex-
pressing the opinion that the state
ments attributed to the Archbishop
would he found to be incorrect.
IRELAND DENIES THE CHARGES
St Paul. Mimi, November 1.-Arch-
bishop Irlenad appeared somewhat sur
pIdsed this evening when he heard that
General Funston, of Kansas, was re-
ported as about to sue him for libel
ON account of statements attributed to
him in Il Chicago interview He said
he had made no charges against Gem
eral Funston, but had in conversation
expressed the opinion that the state
nents of the San Francisco Monitor
charging the General with having taken
priests robe from a Philippine church,
should be denied by General Funston at
once. lest a failure to deny lead to
wrong impression. The Archbishop adj
mitted the substantial accuracy of the
Chicago interview but denied that he
had made any libelous statements.