The Washington times., 1911-07-23
AMERICAN SOCIETY
WOMAN V|CTIhIzED
IN JAPAN, SHE SAYS
Mrs. Carl Drury Asserts Am
bassador O'Brien Ignor-
ed Her Troubles.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 23.-Threaten-
ing to demand the dismissal of Thomas
J. O'Brien, American ambassador to ia
pan, and telling of having been dragged
around her room in the Grand Hotel, at
Yokohama, by a japanese bailiff and
several importunate dressmakers. Mrs.
Carl Drury, widow of a millionaire Gin
cinnad stove manufacturer and promi-
nent figure in New York and Washing
ton society, returned from the Orient on
the liner Manchuria last evening. She
says she was compelled TO rise from a
sick bed in a nightgown and tussle with
a bailiff to prevent him walking away
with her handbag.
After a few days here, she says, she
will go East to start a campaign to oust
O'Brfen, whom she charges with failure
to properly protect her while IN his
jurisdiction.
When 1 went to the Orient in March,"
Mrs. Drury said Il stopped at Yoko-
hama and gave a large order to a Chi
nese dressmaker there. He supplied
me with some clothes, and 1 was fitted
for more. told him would return for
them.
But when / returned, the clothes he
made did not fit. He altered them, but
then / found that they were not the
proper color. They were dyed, but still
were not acceptable, and then the dress
maker said my eyesight was TO blame.
Subjected to Annoyance.
Il refused to pay for the clothes until
they were made to suit me, and there
upon was subjected to every annoyance.
! became i'll, and finally had to take to
my bed in the Grand Hotel with high
fever. While l was in bed suit was
started to obtain money for the clothes
from me. But the price contracted for
was 463 yen, and the action was brought
for 9011z yen.
Chinese dressmakers. with a bailiff.
called at my room, and the bailiff seized
my handbag, in which l had $1,000 in
gold. jumped out of bed in my might
gown and took the satchel from him,
and he grasped my hand and tried to
pull off my diamond rings. An inter-
prefer, who had come along, restrained
him. Finally, l was forced TO sign over
9021b yen"
Mrs. Drury says she went to Tokyo
and presented her case to O'Brien and
he recommended an attorney to her.
But, getting deep into trouble and see
ing no way out, Mrs. Drury declares she
applied again to O'Brien. She received
no answer.
He was in with the Others" Mrs.
lJIuly Sdlu dlIl BOlilS W sec SIdlOl
Smith of Michigan, who got O'Brien the
appointment, and see about having him
recalled.
Warns Other American Women.
II was treated in a shameful manner,
and / want to have other American
women travelling alone warned of what
they may expect in Japan. The authori-
ties take every opportunity to eXtort
money from American women, who they
think know no better than to pay it."
The affair in the Grand Hotel took
place July ), Mrs. Drury says
Il appealed to the manager of the
hotel" Mrs. Drury added but he made
no effort to help me. l understand that
the hotel gets a commission on the work
the dressmaker gets there.
The papers l signed were in Japanese |
and ] did not know until twenty minutes |
before the Manchuria left whether 1
could leave Japan. Then l had to rush !
off in a fast launch. At that time l was
sill suffering from a high fever and l
have been i'll most of the way over |
here"