The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-03-17
GENERAL
FUNSTON
Matches Wits With the
Bandit Butcher"
General Villa
THE ODDS ARE HEAVILY
IN FAVOR OF FUNSTON
But Villa is Far From a Hopeless
Short-end Propositiss in the
JussIes Of Mexico.

| III assigning Ia ten. Frr~ierlrk Funston
The task of writing 'finis Ia the car~,,r
"i 'en. Francisco Nilla. the President
and his new war lord" SECRETARY of
war Baker. doubtless had in mind the
brilliant AMI effective manner i'm which
''enerai Funston perfor,~i "A similar I'M
hertaking in tie Philippines an 1871.
when he captured the Filipino in.nrr~to
chief. Aguinaldo. Who had long deti,-i
the authority Of the United state. AMI
maintained - guerrilla warfare arnin.t
our military iorce~ with rare skill and
considerable rucce-..
II tile press reports oi that time are Ia
t~ Credited, Gen. Funston not o,,ly show
r'i hlni-sif ." le "A gallant AMI intr-p,d
soldier. but tactful and adroit d,plo,nst
A. we'll. ior 80 the story goes and lt Ma
never officially denie.iD Gen. Funston
hnding the strong arm style OF warfare
nnavailing against Aguinal,io, turned h,.
diplomatic artillery on the willy Filipino
'hieitain and shot one hun.lr,-i tho,,-.nd
American dollars Into the itching palm.
Z" Chief Aguinaldo. Who thereupon.
obligingly allowed himself TO be eaptur-
ed. Of courss this could not have bs.u
done without the knowledge and spprov-
al oil those holding Uncle sans" pur,e
serings st the time, and subsequsut event.
lent much color to the story, for AguinsI-
io was trested more like royal guest
tiiAn ~ prisoner; the Filipino in-urre..-
ton collapsed with mysterious sudden
hess. while the former insurr~cto leader
and h'- most powerful lirutenant- br-
came ardent and patriotic supporters Of
the government Of the t'nit@si StatS~-
snd Col- Funston ~z- msi- . brissii-r
general Tor his rigi ~ achievement.
Naturally. ma view of s,rn. Fun.ton'.
r'-"rd ih tile f,ipino ,nbroglio. ~rex-
'cct hun u give ssplendid Sccount Of
himself IN hi- estr.ition against the
mur'ierou-.Nills. Who has reverence ne;th-
er Tor Csrranxa's ~hi-ker- nor President
wilson's high resolve" but -omehox
We cannot bani-h tile oi,----lon. that Al
Funston brings Villa. he will bring him
IN alive and ia A. perfectly contentei .
state of mind A. w~s Aguinsldo when he
yielded u the alleged golden pressure"
oi the hitherto hated "A mericano~. In N
not likely that anyone on this side OF the
Ri" 'irznde will question zen. Fun.ton'.
mode Of procedure. provided he obtain.
the desired result-the tanning OF Villa
either deal or alive. Gen. Funston will
have 10 proceed with extreme care to
avoid scratching the sovereignty Of the
-uper--en-itiye Csrranzs government and
brng about q combination of all the war
nng Mexican clans against the a.. :.
The possibility must not he overlook
ell, however, that Villa may be a genu-
Inc lover of his native land. who pr;zs-
the freedom and happiness Of hi. people
above eserv personal consideration and
advantage; and II such a possibility
should prove reality, then, neither force
nor diplomacy will avail TO make the
excursion of the American forces into
Mexico a holiday affair, on the contrary.
temporary failure A. dismal and complete
a. came ~ the slliei fleet on IT, ioy r,ds
~ CAPTURE Con-tsntin ,ple. - en- -ven,u-
slity that is far from being improbable:
yet u use JOb can be done With - small
= force, den. Funston 10 the man bs-t
htted ~ temperament, training and ex-
perience - bring stOut ~ sccomplish-
ment.
While the hope - cherished by aIl.of
ne that the bloody methods AIopsef by
Niiis " force this governments 70 ens~r-
vene IN Mexico. will fail 10 achieve bi.
purpo-s, -. such a calamity, were 10 o.
come 10 ps-s, NIGH; not ~ without -
compensation for th,n Ne should NO
longer he tsoubled With the oo~,eo,.
What shall ne do with our di-scpo,os.
ei Office -eekers?'' ''ts-ner.r' Im.
would, no doubt, lead brigade Of r--s.
les spirits over the trail made snemov.hl.
by the grim old whis, Gen. zschsrv
Taylor In ~ and m&yh-p he would ooue
back n ne with . csmpsixn slorsn =.
convincing and g. unxn-wersble :. sh..
osed bv 6.n. Taylor in his rsce for IN.
presidency m ls4s: The Mexiesns ous-
numbered my men i've 10 one. but 30
EN- st Buena Vista p" Then noeh;c~
would he too good for ior General TiIlv
not even excepting the sovessor.hiS =
sfser Judee kobinson's term expir.1.
We would Risdiy forgive his truup~r.
against ne kepob zen psrsy sn1 kiII
NJ tesord calf o( hsehsr poaioieni -
- - Gnonuly In kounine n hu~