The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
HANG THOSE ON OTHER SIDE
Fonstons Remedy for the Spread Of ARspansioa Sentiment
10 Treat Them With More gnOminy Than the Deserters
kansan Charges Treason and Murder

NEW YORK, March S.-Brigadier
/ N General Frederick Funston was
the guest of honor at a dinner
given tonight at the Lotus club. More
than 300 members of the club were
/ present. Among the other guests were:
I Charles s. Gleed, a prominent lawyer
/ Of Topeka, kan; Frank R. MeLennan.
editor of the Topeka Journal; z. T.
jeffrey, president of the Denver & Rio
I Grande railroad; Captain Charles d.
! CoghIan, L. S. N; Rev. DR.. Minor Saw
/ age. Job E. Hedges, Paul Dana and J.
] II. Garfield o. Columbia university.
I who at one time taught a school in
i Kansas which General Funston at
tended when a boy.
General Funston being introduced.
said To talk about war in the Phil
ippines is not an agreeable subject. but
what / might say may aid some of you
in forming opinions as to the cOndi-
tons of affairs in the islands. The
army has been doing as much good as
IL could under the circumstances.
When Manila was surrendered to
Dewey and Merritt some thousands Of
Spaniards were in the city. In the eyes
of the world these people looked to Us
for protection, and shave turned them
over to the uncomfortable mob known
as AgUinaldOs army would have been
the blacklist page Of American history,
one that a thousand years of repent
ance and restitution would not have
satisfied"
How the War Started.
General Funston then told in minute
detail of the instances which led to the
warfare between the American army
and the insurgents. and during the mar
rative told of the shooting Of several
sentries by Filipino scouts who had
passed the lines. He said that in the
opening of the battle between the army
and the insurgents Major Metcalfe of
the First Kansas regiment had come
to his quarters and said.
n he dance has begun.
What dance I asked. and Major
Metcalf replied Go out and hear it,
and I went out and heard the patter- .
ins of rifle balls. and that was the be i
ginning of the war over there
General Funston then said All
sorts of men get into the army. There /
are good. bad and Indifferent. but 7 be-
lieve that % per cent of the American T.
soldiers are n brave and humane lot F.
Of men. The other . per cent who have +
been writing letters 10 newspapers (
have Ornamented the inside Of Erog
house. longer than they have distin- /
guished themselves in the field
General Funston then mentioned sew f
eraI instances Of personal bravery Of .
men in the army which resulted in /
their death. including Captain Godfrey {
and Sergeant O'Brieu. He was present /
and Sergeant O'Bricn was shot and
said. 1T was one Of those wild mo- E.
ments that are worth ten years of /
existence.
Wants Anti-ezpansionists Hanged.
His listeners cheered the remark.
Then General Funston said "AU OF
those men who have fallen since De-
cember, 1850. have been victims Of
lot Of misinfOrmed and misguided peO-
pie here in the United States. Ii Is
perfectly proper for us to have all sorts
Of opinions as TO what we should do
with the Philippine islands, but for
heavens sake let US keep them TO our
selves until every square inch Of that
territory recognizes the sovereignty Of +
the United States"
General Funston then gave many ex-
amples Ia show that the Filipino Lead
CTS were not true patriots. He men-