The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-10
By EDNA LEE BOOKER, International News Service Staff
 COrreSpOndent

Correspondent.
 1 Copyright, 1922, by International News Service
 | Mukden, Manchuria China June 9 - Wearing his famous pearI-trirn- med hat and a richly brocaded black satin robe, Chang Tso-Lin, one of the most powerful figures in China today, received me in the spacious salon of his palace, where, in different sec tions, live his five wives and their large families I am the first wo- man reporter ever to be admitted be- hind the high walls surrounding his domain.
 When the man who is the center of all eyes in China today entered the sitting room. with it's carved lacquer furniture, satin hangings, great bowls of fragrant peach blos- soms) he resem bled the polished scholar rather than the bur1y bandit. Chang Tso-Lin, the Governor-Gen- era1 of Manchuria, is slim little man, with keen brown eyes, a kindly smile, long, slender hands and a gen. tie voice. AS we sat around the richly-carved mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer table (Mr. B. Carlton Baker, former American Consul General in Mukden and for the past three years adviser to Chang Tso-Lin; MT. H. V. Kao. president of the Bureau of For Chang Tso-Lin does not speak Eng lish-also present) the Govern eral spoke in the quietest manner of the present critical conditions in Chi na. He put his cards on the table. He stated that he was working with Sun Yat Sen and the Southern Gov ernment to bring about peace in Chi na- He outlined his war policy, his ! programme of unificatiOn and his plans for the future development of China.
 Has Great Army. | Get on the band wagon of unif1ca- iOT1 nv- fCr14 <Izn o1a I1n,1 T,4 | powerful war lord is sending through out the Republic. Incidentally, he l has an army reputed to mum Der 300,- 900, equipped with the latest word in l machine guns, Vickers Vinny, Rolls Royce and Handley Page aeroplanes. and some $2O,O0O,OO0 to back him up. China is sick" said Chang
 Tso-Lin. as he slipped tea from
 sick man, may need an operation. | The operation is painful, but it is | justified by results.
 'fThe Washington Conference has shown China that she must unite, establish "a strong central Government and meet her foreign obligations. I appeal to Amer ica to stand my China during the coming critical months, for China
 needs Americas sympathy and
 support. America, of all nations,
 is the only one who seeks China's
 friendship and trade and not her
 territory.
 'I have no Presidential ambitions; am working for the good of China. and, whatever my enemies may say, I am sincere"
 This quiet little man-who by the way, is a great admirer of Napoleon and assumes many of Napoleon's fla vorite poses-seemed to stiffen, and his piercing eyes ashed fire.
 Chang Tso-Lin may be a Manchu- rian militant, a war-1ord, the most au- tocratic of "tuch1ins," but his orders are obeyed, and, although said to be ruthless, ruling with an iron-hard, he gets results.
 While Chang Tso-Lin lives in se- clusion Che is said to be the hardest man in China to meet) in his heav- fly guarded palace and has the streets cleared Is minutes before he whizes through them at 60 miles an hour in his bullet-proof motor car, costing quarter of a million dollars-near- 1y every foreigner in Mukden is for him.
 Lord Northclfffe felt it. and, after visit in Mukden, declared Chang Tso-Lin to be ''China's most power full man. Every American, English and European business man in Muk- den, men in diplomatic service, mis- sionaries to a man back Chang Tso- Lin.
 Foreigners Back Him.
 No matter what you have heard against Chang Tso-Lin do not mention 1t in Mukden. The foreigners there resent naVlng IneH nero calIed a war lord; they stoutly deny that he is pro-Japanese. As for bringing up his bandit days. they will ask you what | the doings of 25 years ago have to do with today; denounce him as a self-seeking politician if you will, an 1 insincere schooner. but make sure first | that your audience contains no sons 1 of old Manchuria, for Chang is "the | goods here.
 According to a leading American business man: Chang Tso-Lin rules | with an iron hand. but he gets re- suits, and when you are living in a | country and doing business there that's what you want In Mukden we | have peace and calm. We have an 1 and progressive admins | tration that satisfies everyone When | we sell our goods we know absolute l ly that the banknotes we receive in | will be negotiable at par | when we take them to our bank to | purchase gold
 Tn Mukden we have a modern
 city. Law and order are on all
 sides There is no graft If any
 official under Chang does wrong
 off comes his headi No delays
 No appeals. But anyone will F