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Of Representation for British
Manufacturers. Ltd"
Further. l strongly urged rhe
American Government to station
an American attache in China. I
was grstified by the appointment
during the year OF a commercial
attache in the person OF Consul
General Julean Arnold. an official
of great intelligence. wide knowl.
edge. and untirine energy.
When Mr.. Lang Tun.yen A.
sumed office il was announced that
he would subject the ministry of'
communications to a thorough
cleansing. This implied that the
ministry had been corrupt. and
systematically so. under the con-
troll OF Mr.. Lang Shih.Y. Outsid.
ers watched for Indications OF Row
that astute manager could handle
the new opposition.
A friend OF Mr.. LANG Tun.yen's,
highly respected engineer Of
American education. was appointed
as the other vice.minister. With
no formal or open breach between
the different factions. maneuver-
ing. and counter maneuvering
there undoubtedly was. The influ-
ence OF Mr.. Liang Shih.yi. how.
ever, seemed not seriously shaken.
He had organized the Chinese rail.
way experts and engineers In q
railway association. keeping In
touch with them through Mr.. Yeh
Kung-cho.
Thus he held in his hands the
main lines Of influence. Also, he
continued to head the Bank of
Communications, which 10 the fis-
cal agency for the Railwa-
Board. So again II seemed that
the opposition could not ret at
the source Of this unusual mans
power.
CHINESE IMPATIENT.
Tho option which had been
given to Mr.. Gest had not vet
resulted In any completed trans.
action In the United States. SO
accustomed were the Chinese to
the readiness of any nationality
which held important concess.
ions. In turn to support the
Chinese Government financially.
that they could not understand
how America, with professions Of
great friendship and Just now
substantially favored by the
Chinese should not be ready to
reciprocate.
The war. OF course. brought
many changes In China. Much
Of the good work which had
been started was either DESTROYED
or long delayed " marked the
end Of one phase of China's de-
velopment.
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He began to stay away from
me and tell me that he was
short of funds and that / should
stop charging things at tho de.
partment stores. In the past year
and a quarter he has only given
me about $3.50 for myself to
maintain our home.
lone night I found in his
pockets check book showing
that he had bought piece of
property for his nephew, Leslie
Hellerman, at the Austin avenue
address. There was also a check
showing payment of s4es to ono
department store and sSl.40 to an
other and checks for water bills.
! did not understand. even then.
FOUND CHECKS N POCKETS.
But got duplicate bill4
showing that while my husband
gave his address at his office, the
goods were charged 10 the Austin
avenue house. Then I found that
DR.. Fowler was living there. and
that everything in the house
was new and that it was not at
all the kind of a place he would
furnish for his nephew.
II employed detectives who re-
ported that Mr.. Kuttner used to
call in his car for DR.. Fowler at
the hospital and drive her to the
Austin avenue house and that
many times in the morning he
would drive her from the bunga.
low to the hospital and then 60
TO his own office. So filed q
suit.
Now, I suppose I will go on
tending the goats, the ducks and
the chickens here and ride in my
second hand 1916 delivery truck.
which is my only automobile. un.
til the courts decide what Is
best" Z
Mr.. Kuttner, who has constant
ly declined to discuss the case.
has been reported out of town
since the two women began their
charges and counter charges.
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Moreover. everything has TO be
referred from Peklng TO London,
thence to New York. Paris, Berlin
and back and forth among them
all, until 1t Is necessary TO look UP
reams OF files to know what II is
all about. And II may all have
been about the purchase OF flat
car"
I know well enough that Amerl.
cans, too, were much discouraged
at the cumbersome progress OF the
Hukuang railway enterprise. The
engineering rights on the section
west from Ichang up into Szechuan
province had been assigned to
America. and w. Randolph was
at this time making a survey.
He had great energy and unlim.
tied belief in the future importance
and profitableness of this line. But
beyond the initial survey the avail.
able funds would not go. and no
new financing could be Obtained
this for a railway to gain access
to an inland empire OF 10000, 900
people!
In the American enterprises
which had been launched recently,
however. there was no little ac-
tivity. The Standard OIL Company,
with commendable expedition, II
perhaps with undue lavishness Of
men and supplies. sent to China
geological experts OF the first Gr.
der. together with large staffs OF
engineers, drilling experts. and all
needed machinery.
The geologists were soon off to-
ward the prospective oil regions
in Chihli and Shensi provinces.
In Hsiuns Hsi-ling's bureau
and in tho Standard OIL cftices tho
outfitting OF expeditions, the pur-
chase of supplies, and the selection
OF a largo Chinese personnel pro.
ceded apaco. Everyone was hore-
full.
with the Hwai river conserv-
ancy matter. also negotiations had
gone rapidly in the United States.
The American National Red Cross
and the engineering firm OF j. @.
White q Co., had agreed to finance
the preliminary survey, The
American Congress in May pessed
IN act lending the services Of an
army engineer for the prsliainA.
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survey. Colonel Sibert, OF the Pana-
ma Canal Commission, was des!gna-
ted as chairman OF the engineering
board. The outlook was favorable.
action had been taken promptly.
FALSE PROPAGANDA.
The excitement stirred up among
the Japanese by the sojourn in
China of the bethlehem Steel Com.
pany's vice-president, ArcS!bJld
Johnston. now had n further Sc
quel The text of an alleged con.
tract between the Chinese govern.
ment and the Bethlehem Steel
Company was circulated early in
May-by interested persons-which
included among other prcvi7ions
arrangements for construction Of
a naval base IN FukIen province.
The bogus quality Of the report
was at once n. .if-st Through
some influence. however. IL was
sssiduously pushed forward In the
press; IL became the Ia sic Of a leg
end. which even got into the books
OF otherwise wellinformed writers
as authentic. IL was on tie sub
ject OF this spurious paper tha.
the Japanese ambassador az Wash.
ington called on Secretary Bryan
for Information. Thus the matter
OF the possible building OF a naval
base in the Fukien for the Chinese
government by American contrac.
tors became a matter OF State De-
partment note.
I was informed that the Jap.
snese ambassador Mt Washing.
ton had left a summary OF tho
conversation OF March l2 be.
tween the Japanese minister at
Peking and myself. Apparently
tho Japanese were attempting to
get around my refusal to acknowi-
edgo that American enterprise in
China could in any way be lin
tied by the declarations or agree
ments of other powers than the
United States.
The State Department inquired
whether the newly reported con-
tract for loan of sac, zoo was
identical with the older contract
Of the Bethlehem Steel Company.
] vas informed that the japanese
government did not object to the
loan. but to the construction ot
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y DR. PAUL RESC How Japan Blocked United States Aid

figure, he thoroughly stimulated
a romantic interest among others,
who attributed to him almost
superhuman cunning and ability.
When tho noted Sheng Hsuan-
huai became Minister Of Com
municattons in 1911. he used his
influence and cunning to thwart
Liang and throw him out Of the
mastery Of the Board Of Com
munications. known as tho fattest
organ Of the Government.
Mr.. Liang stood his ground, ana
his influence greatly increased be-
cause Of his ability to withstand so
strong an attack. During tho rev.
olution Liang Shiny was also very
influential in tho grand council,
attaching himself moro and mora
strongly to Yuan Shih-kai. Always
satisfied with tho substance OF
power without its outward show,
he steadfastly declined to become
NO OUTWARD SHOW.
responsible minister and
worked from the vantage point OF
the Secretariat OF the President.
His life has frequently been en-
dangered He gained the hatred
OF the Democratic party. with
which he was once associated, be-
cause he aided Yuan In playing
his complicated game OF first con.
fusing, then destroying. Parlia-
ment. Nor were the Progressives
(Chin Pu Tang) enamored OF him.
OF great personal courage, he was
Indifferent to the blame and ridi-
cule which for a while almost all
newspapers heaped upon him.
As he was still in a compare
lively inferior position when these
attacks began, they rather helped
him by calling attention to his
abilities and his personal impor.
tance. Thus his opponents adver-
tised him. In possession OF all the
intricacies OF the situation, when
the parliamentarian first came to
Peking. he sat back inconspicu-
ously, and, supplied with influ-
ence and money, nodded the po-
litical situation as IL It had been
wax.
OF all the cabinet. Mr.. Chow
Tsu-chi, minister of communica-
tions. was personally most familiar
with American affairs, having
lived for several years IN Wash.
ington and New York in an off.
cial capacity. He speaks English
fluenuy and prefers American
methods. He hates unnecessary
ceremony. Whenever no called
upon ma had almost to engage
In personal combat with him to bs
permitted 10 accompany him -
tho cu,er door. ss is duo to . high
dignitary In China.
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malice toward the woman who II
tho principal in my domestic trou-
BILE. She IL q poor misguided wo-
man. who has been misled. can
harbor no illwill against her. But
she has refused to listen when l
sought to explain. and SO / have
taken the only recourse open to
protect myself against her"
MET HUSBAND ABROAD.
Mrs. Kuttner said she met her
present husband abroad in 1906,
after her first husband. John Clark,
had been dead a year. She was
twenty-four then, she said. She
was married 10 kuttner ir the IIo-
tel Nord in Breslau. but she added:
He always kept our marriage
cert cate. and when we came
home 10 live in Lombard he per.
suaded me to live under NY earlier
name. Helen Barker Clark. be-
cause he said we were OF different
faith. and his people would object.
l agreed TO do this If he would pro-
tect my name. and he promised
TO do so.
But in 1917. became worried
and said that would go abroad on
Red Cross work and verify the
marriage records for myself. Even
then he would not show me the
certificate, but said that the best
way he could think OF TO convince
me that all was well was to deed
TO me a 1.200-scre farm. Liberty
Hill. near Port Royal. Va The
deed was made and l was satisfied.
Then about three years ago
he began TO bring DR.. Fowler
here. and then I found that each
OF them had an automobile exact
ly the same. and when his car
was in the shop he would borrow
hers. Then he tried 10 make me
think my marriage really was
fake, and told me could sell
the place here and go to Nir-
ginia-but he insisted that our
Florida home should remain
his.
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that Mrs. Kuttner Is irrational at
times and believes herself to be the
Queen OF Sheba and Cleopatra re-
incarnated Mr.. Kuttner declines
to discuss the case In any form.
Intrenched In her bungalow In
Lombard. Mrs. Kuttner said:
when he began to bring Flor
ence Fowler here. became sus-
picious. Then about a year ago he
tried 10 make me believe that our
marriage. contracted and perform.
ed in Breslau. while we were trav.
cling. was fraudulent.
FINALLY l told him that I knew
he vas anxious TO separate from
me. and that II there was not on
other woman in the case there
would be soon. asked him for
his own sake and for rlv sake and
for the sake OF the other woman
to play fair and let me know the
facts. so that we could como 10
some kind OF a settlement.
They got to going TO my bun
galow 30 much that I obtained an
injunction restraining him. have
had TO employ armed guards TO
carry out that injunction and to
protect me. for he had planned to
have me declared insane. and tina.
was one OF tho reasons he kept
bringing DR.. Fowler here. They
used TO make love on the goat
farm adjoining my bungalow. and
they tried to make my gardener
submit to mental tests"
BOASTED SHE WAS SPIRIT.
DR.. Fowler smilingly sccffed at
these accusations. saying:
Mrs. Kuttner is somewhat
irresponsible person who persists
in the study OF psychic fais. She
once boasted to me that sic was
tho re-incarnated spirit Of the
Queen OF Sheba and OF Cleopatra.
sorceress OF the Nile. She Is a
close student OF spiritism. Noham-
mechanism. occult science and new
These theories appeared
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<E" HE Americans arc alto
gether too slowf"
Tbts >x,,o r,o tton <rox,,


q Chinese seemed amusing. 1t
came on tho evening of the red
dust storm that enveloped Peking,
during ono Of tho long after-din-
ner conversation, with Liang
Shih-yi and Chow Tsu-Chi; and
II was tho latter who thus gave
vent to his impatience.
LANG Shih-yi tho "Pierpont
Morgan OF China" chief secretary
20 the president, was credited as
being, next to Yuan Shih-kai, the
ablest and most influential man
in Peking. Mr.. LANG Is highly
educated according to Chinese 1T
erary standards, and while he has
not studied Western science. he
has n keen. incisive mind which
enables him readily to under
stand Western conditions and
methods.
His outstanding quality Is a
faculty for organization. He built
up the Chinese Communication
Service on the administrative and
financial side. He declined taking
office as n minister. but usually
controlled the action of the cabi-
net through his influence over
important subordinates. and man
aged ALL financial affairs for Yuan
Shih.kal.
Cantonese, short of stature and
thick sct, with n massive Napo-
leonic head, he speaks little, but
his side remarks indicate that he
Is always ahead of the discus
sion, which is also shown by his
searching questions. When d.
rectly questioned himself. he will
always give lucid and consecu-
tive account of any matter. lie
did not rise above the level of
Chinese official practice IN tho
matter OF using money TO obtain
political ends To some he was
the father OF deceit and corrup.
tion. to others the rod OF wealth.
while still others revered In him
his great genius for organization.
While by no means Al romantic
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From . Special Correspondent.
CHICAGO, May a.

CHICAGO. May q.
A LII the elements of melodrama
~ are blended in the extraordi-
Il II nary action for divorce and
alienation pending in this city and
Involving a wealthy promoter. one
Of tho foremost women physicians
Of tho country and the promoters
wife. who brings tho charges. Dr..
Florence Fowler. head Of tho psy-
oopathio department of the Cook
County Hospital. Is tho central fig
ure. the traditional "other woman"
in tho case. Emmanuel II. Kutt-
ner, secretary of the Illinois I'm
provement and Ballast Company.
Is the man accused of intimacy
with her, and Mrs. Helen Clark
Kuttner is the wife who has forced
the case to an issue.
Here are the salient charges
brought by Mrs. Kuttner in her di.
vorce bill:
THAT Mr.. Kuttner and DR..
Fowler intended to railroad her
TO a Iunatic asylum, that they
might be free to continue their
love.
C-That Mr.. Kuttner declared
his marriage was fraudulent
and would not IT and in the courts.
C-That Kuttner established ~
port of love" for DIR. Fowler In
o bijou cottage at 1858 Austin
avenue.
1-That they used goat farm
adjoining the Kuttner subur-
oan home in Lombard as trystlng
place.
E-That the wife was compelled
to keep them out Of her homo
by Injunction proceedings and en,-
ploy armed guards to prevent her
self from being kidnapped.
GENERAL DENIAL ENTERED.
Against this DR.. Fowler. makes a
general denial. insisting that shs
il merely friend of tho family.
and the allenist asserts further
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rs tho European todr dp-
II preached the struggle in
tho cost for commercial control
Of China became more pro-
~ounced, ,clth Japan Increasingly
s,ispicious and increasingly grasp
ing. In this instdlment Of his
revelations on American diplo-
nsacy IN tho Far East, Dr..
Relnsoh shocs some Of The
typical Nipponess propugunda
directed against American con-
oerns during his ministry at
Psling.
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interested mo little, except -
they might be essential in my
study OF ontology.
But Mr.. Kuttner and DR.. Fow.
ler used TO try TO draw ms into
disucssion of such subjects. There
was never any doubt In my mind
that I was under observation by
them. and that their intent was to
eliminate me hy having me COM
mitted to an institution.
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US HUSBAND HAD PORT OF LOVE" FOR WOMAN AIIENIST;
HE ACCUSES. HER OF BEING THE "QUEEN OF SHEl
CHICAGO PROMOTER
USED GOAT FARM
AS TRUSTING PLACE

Thus Charges wife i'm Suit for Divorce, Naming
Noted Woman Doctor as Correspondent and
Also Suing Her for Alienation of Affections!
Complainant Also Says Plan Was Afoot to
Railroad Her TO a Madh0uSe.
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A love PORT" UNDER FIREt-Dr. Florence
FOwPr nationally noted denst is accused by Mrs. Helen
Clark kner of plotting to railroad her to madhouse
and steal her husbands love; the aenst replies
that the ,ce thinks herself Cleopatra and the Queen of
Sheba rencdraed The cedlthy husband quits ,Chat his
RACES.
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spheres OF influence in China had
been accentuated. Railway con.
cessions had been allocated to diff
ferent nations according TO terri.
torial areas where the respective
countries claimeo certain priori.
ties: II concessions were mad
otherwise, the combined influence
of the powers seeking special
spheres was used 10 defeat them.
To meet this danger a plan was
developed for granting a large con-
struction contract to an interra-
tional syndicate made up of Brit.
ish, American, French, and Ger.
man companies, who would divide
the construction on some pasis
other than localized national
spheres Of influence. Doctor Cnen,
with an American assistant, was
charged TO take up the proposal
with various companies. on the
part OF France and Germany. con.
tractors and governments seemed
favorable to the idea.
In Great Britain the firm ap-
preached was Paulding & Company,
who had already in the preceding
year received a railway concession
in China extending through the
province Of Huma and to the South
thereof. This firm would readily
cooperate. but the British govern.
ment objected. II would accept
the principle OF the international
company only on condition that ell
the lines traversing the Yangtse
Valley should be constructed by ths
British participant of the syndi.
cate.
This suggests the extent to which
the sphere-of-influenc doctrins
dominated at this time the though.
and action OF the British Foreign
Office.
U. s. TRADE PROMOTED.
strongly favored creating
American banking institutions
which would broadly represent
American capital from various re-
gions Of our country, and would
respond to the urgent need Of
China for a modern organization
OF local credit.
There were but few American
commission houses. In most cases,
Amer c manufactured goods
were handled by houses Of other
nationality, who often gave scant
attention to promoting American
trade and used American products
only when those OF their own na.
ton could not be obtained. Ii
seemed WORT while to establish
additional trading companies, es-
pecially cooperative organizations
among exporters. after the fashion
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He believes in learning i'm
proved methods from reliable for
eigners, and will go as far as any
Chinese in giving foreigners whom
he trusts a free hand. though he
will not yield any one a power OF
supreme control. On this occasion
he talked about tho recognition OF
the Bank of China, and the possi-
bility Of floating domestic bonds
among Chinese capitalists. Mr..
Chow was chanting Jeremiad
about how the Chinese had been
led to give valuable concessions
to Americans, which had not been
developed. and how this had
brought only embarrassment and
trouble to China.
We spoke also of tho original
Hankow.Canton railway concession
which the Americans tried. to sell
to King Leopold; Of the Knox neu-
tralization plan, and of the Chin.
chow-Aigun railway concession. the
only effect OF which had been to
strengthen the grip of Russia and
Japan on Manchuria.
When the Americans, as a mark
of special confidence and trust.
had received the option on a cur
rency loan, with the chance to re-
organize Chinese currency. they
had straightway invited Great Brit
ain. Germany and France into he
game. Then they saddled China
with tho international consortium."
Chow Tsu-chi moaned. And so on
went the recital. through many
lesser and larger enterprises that
had proved abortive.
FOUR.POwER FAILURE.
One had 10 confess that in China
we certainly had not taken fortune
by the forelock. nor even had we
clung to her skirts. Mr.. Chow
Tsu-Chi was especially grisved at
the circuitous and dilatory meth.
DDS OF tho four.power group which
held tho contract to build the
Hukuang railways. The sac, ,o0o,.
900 originally provided has been
almost entirely spent" he com,
piained. without producing more
than 200 miles OF aetual construc.
ton. and there is constant wran.
gfinE among the partners conoers-
tag sagtaeering standards.
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NiPponese Propaganda Directed Against American
Concerns with Concessions for Construction Chinese
Discouraged by Sowness of Americans to Take ADJ
vantage of Opportunities Offered War Stopped First
of

any new naval base in Fukien.
and that the department had
been told that the Chinese gov
ernment itself did not wish to
construct there because of the
Japanese objection. II was init.
mated to me that l might en-
courage the Chinese in the idea
that such building, while legiti.
mate. would be unwise.
reported To the department
that the original Bethlehem con-
tract had no connection with the
spurious document recently circu-
lated: that only a very small sum
was to be devoted to harbor work
in China. the location OF which
had not been fixed, and that the
execution of the entire contract
had been postponed because Of
financial conditions.
while the Chinese government
was not contemplating any con-
struction at this time, I stated
that the attempt of any other
government to establish a claim
OF special rights of supervision
must be considered derogatory to
Chinese sovereignty and to
American rights of equal oppor-
tunity. urged. therefore, that
we avoid any action or statement
which would encourage the
making Of II.
NEW PLAN DEVELOPED.
The Chinese government has
never admitted that it's right to
plan the defense OF Its coastline
is subject TO veto by any other
government. Such admission on
our part that Japan has the
right to claim special interests
I'm Fukien would shake tho con-
fidence of the Chinese In our
seriousness and consistency, and
In our determination to protect
our legitimate interests in an
undivided China, freely open to
commerce of all nations, where
Americans can do business with
out asking permission of any
other outsiders.
DIR. Chen Chin.tao was then act.
ing a. financial commissioner Of
the Chinese government in Europe
and America The danger OF n
furthss grsvsh - shs hea OF
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WOMAN i'm THE CASE
SAYS WIFE THINKS
SHE is CLEOPATRA

Dr. Florence Fowler, Accused by Mrs. Helen
Clark Kuttner, Replies That Latter Ills a
Somewhat irresponsible Person who Persists
i'm the Study of Psychic FadS and Believes
Herself SorccreSs of the NiEe."