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Show FUNSTON SAYS CHINA LOOKS TROUBLESOME He Believes Gen. Wood Logical .Man for Any Chinese Emurolio. HAN FUANCISCO. Fob. S. "Thlnjt aro beginning be-ginning to look cerlous . In tho Host," paid Gen. Funaton In an Interview yesterday, 'and' thq action of tho AVar deairtmnt-ln'-rfinfOrC' j Int; tho troop already In tho Philippine will. In my opinion, be Justified beforo tho end of tho present uprlslncn Though the dlspatchos thus far received Fcem to Indicate that tho ouirnRc havo been conflntd to KnirllBh rctldonta in China, It is unreasonable to inipnoie that tho uncontrollable uncontrolla-ble mobs which havo hitherto wrouifht such havoc anionir foreigners will make any dls-.Inctlon dls-.Inctlon of nationality If they over Btart a :nosacro." Gen. "Wood in Command. Speaking of who would likely bo In command com-mand in cae It wna nccosmry to land troops In China, the General said that MaJ--Gun. I Leonard "Wo-kI wim the logical commander of an oxpodldon of the kind, but that ho had a number of Generals undor him In tho military department of Uie Philippines, any ono of whom was available for service In China, lie thought It unlikely troops would bo dispatched from hero under a Genernl. "It cecms probable," ho continued, "that most of tho forces for a Chinese expedition must como from the United Slotf-s for thero nro not many more men In the Philippines at present than aro necessary for tho preservation of law and order amonp the Islands." |