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New York Tribune, September 14, 1920.

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„When the picture arrives here it will be distributed“

Editorial content. „Chaplin Spurns Wife‘s Peace Parley Offer

      Threat to Tie Up Property and Charges of Radicalism

      So Anger Actor That He Declares for Battle

      No Red, Asserts Comedian

      He Must Come Across or Shoulder Arms, Says Attorney

      for His Wife

      Not to be outdone by Mrs. Mildred Harris Chaplin, his wife,

Charlie Chaplin yesterday also changed his mind.“ (...)

      „Mr. Burkan, in whose office, at 1451 Broadway, the contemplated peace parley was to take place, declared that Mr. Chaplin

was particularly anxious to deny his wife‘s charges that he was

a Bolshevik. While he regarded the entire matter as a joke,

he wanted the world to know that he was not a radical and was

certainly not in favor of the Bolshevik ideas of dividing

one‘s property.

      ,The Bolsheviki, you know,‘ remarked Charlie, ,believe

in dividing all their property. Well, I don‘t intend to

divide my property with anybody and I want the whole

world to know it. You can see from this that I am

a high-handed capitalist rather than a Bolshevik.‘“ (...)

      „Mr. Burkan added that Mr. Chaplin has decided

to make New York his permanent workshop and playground.

At the present time he is having a little vacation, going

the rounds of all the theaters and roofs and having a good

time generally.

      ,As to that 50 per cent claim which Mrs. Chaplin

makes on her husband‘s property, that‘s all bunk,‘

said Mr. Burkan.“ (...)

      ,The notice said to have been served by Mr. Goldsmith

on the First National Exhibitors in an effort to prevent

the distribution of Mr. Chaplin‘s forthcoming film means nothing.

When the picture arrives here it will be distributed, despite

Mrs. Chaplin‘s claims of a half interest in it.“ (...)

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