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Show GEN. FUNSTON'S STRAIGHT TALK. Oen. Kunston did not mince words In his denunciation of the attacks upon the American soldier and his acts during dur-ing the Philippine war He declared that "tbern had never been a war In the worlds history where the soldiers had shown such humanity as had the American Amer-ican trnnps fn the Plilllpplno Islands." And also, that "theie wns not one nf the sn-tnlled l'illplno imlrlnts who could not be convbted of murder If he were tried by n J,ur." Itetltlng punishments to dcsertc.o, he told nf tho capture and banging of tvventi-fnur American soldiers sol-diers who had Joined tho enemy, and udded slgnlllcantli nnd pithily: "There nie many men In the I'nlted Htntcs who did nioro with their mouths nnd minds to nld tho Insurgents than did these pnnr men with tho Krng-Jorgenien rifle. I wnuM rntber seo those men hanged for treason than to see ono of our soldiers sol-diers dead on the field of btttle." And a good many of us will agree with blm, regcltlng that the feeling can bo nothing noth-ing mni 0 than a sentiment, and that tho law cannot icuch their cases. Valuable corroborative testimony was given by Oen. l'unstnn tn the positive ilecl.iintlons nf other officers that no promises wero made by any Arnerlcin odlclil to Agulnaldo. This was admitted admit-ted personally by Agulnaldo to Oen. l'unston, m that this matter may now be regarded as beond dispute. If it shall piovo that tho story Is true of a determination of tho War Department Depart-ment In give (len. Punston command of this mllltniy department on tho retirement retire-ment of Oen. MacArthur, It will be most agreeable to the mass of the people, his only foes will be the Insurgent band led b Senator Itavvllns. |