New Britain herald., 1927-01-15
CHAPLIN DOES NOT
 LOVE HIS WIFE NOW
Says Her Vigorous Allegations
 Have Stled All Affection
DENIES HER ACCUSATIONS


 Greatest Regret is Stigma This
 Action Brings Upon His Two Small
 Children.
 New York, Jan. 15.-lPl-Charlie Chaplin says he is ready to fight for his children and will answer his wife's charges in counter suit for divorce, to be filed in California as soon as possible.
 The motion picture comedian blamed his wifes family for what he termed vigorous, terrible accusa- tions" made against him in the di- vorce charges filed by his wife, Lita Grey Chaplin.
 Its cruel and unjustified-this onslaught on me-" he said at the home of his attorney, Nathan Bur kan, last night, T cant understand all this bitterness. except that l know it has been instigated by my wifes family. She must be devoid of feeling, I guess"
 "The unfair, malicious and wholly untrue statements of Mrs. Chaplin" said Mir. Burkan. furnish sufficient grounds for suit for divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment"
 In New York Two Weeks
 Chaplin intimated he would be here for perhaps two weeks, in which time he would plan his di- vorce action. He admitted he was worried. but said he was confident of the outcome. T have faith in the patience and sense of fair play Of the people until I have chance in court to tell my side of the story, he said.
 Asked if he was still in love with his wife, whom he married four years ago when she was l6, Chaplin replied:
 How can one be, after such hor- rblie accusations. I hardly think l can have any sane views on love at this time, when Tn so close to this awful experience.
 T see all around me happiness tenderness, home life. sanity-all the things I love, and I am very much attached to children and home life. I like both my children they are both very wonderful, l wouldn't say that I love one more than the other; one may be moro interesting than the other, but I love them both"
 Stigma in Children
 That's the tragedy of this whole thing-the stigma it has cast on their poor little lives. What I worry about most is my children, and ny own self respect
 He said he believed his wife had been hoodwinked and fooled' into suing for divorce and that she hoped to get money out CT the action. He met her allegation that he had boasted of love affairs with five motion picture actresses by stating:
 Likes Many Women
 Do l like five women, you bet do. I like 50 women. If you ap- preciate beauty you like women, but you don't have to be morally wrong.'
 He said he had loved his wife before their separation, and added, "unfortunately." He had expected q home. companionsnip, comrade- ship" he asserted, and interest in one another and interest in the world outside themselves. But he intimated he had no, found it.
 Cruelty kills love-" he said, but I would rather not go into details now. shall reserve that for the court. and l am reserving my cross complaint against my wife for the proper time and place. l don't un- derstand the legalities of the thing at all. The whole case is labyrinth of confusion"
 Appears Very Nervous
 Mir. Chaplin appeared nervous as he talked to reporters. both upon his arrival at the Grand Central sta ton, where more than 70 of them were on hand to meet him. and at the home of his attorney last night. He answered questions frankly, how ever, and appeared deeply worried over his troubles.
 He denied he would retire from the screen. although he said work on his picture, The Circus" in process of making, was temporarily suspended.
 Mention of the S16,000,000 esti- mate placed on his fortune in his wife's complaint brought the only smile to the comedians face Asked the amount of his fortune. he re- piled that if he were to call it s3,- 100000 the figure probably would be too high.
 Defends Edna PurvianCc.
 The comedian also came to the defense of Edna Purviance. men, tioned in his wife's action as still being on his payroll. Miss Purviance, he explained. is under a long term contract with him. She is on the payroll of his company. he said, at s250 week, but is temporarily 'loaned" to a French company.
 He also cmphatically denied state ment in his wife's complaint that while on q railroad train on their honeymoon he said to friends that it was better to marry than go to the penitcntiary. The story, he said, was "a deliberate fabrication, false in every detail"
 Parental Feeling.
 Explaining why he had married two such young girls as Lita Grey Chaplin and his former wife, Mill dred Harris, MT, Chaplin explained he was inspired largely through parental feeling" and added you can have the same companionship and love for them as for your chil- dren. His only comment on possible other loves was: But I love many people and there are some friends whom l love deeply. I love some men friends, for example, as deeply