Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 3 | O'neill Arrives at Manila Onway to Europe

vi u r I V ONeill O'Neill Arrives At Manila Manil on onWay onWay Way to Europe By RANDALL GOULD United Pros Pres Staff Correspondent MANILA P. P 1 I. I Dec 18 United Press Traveling Press Traveling incognito to avoid ove Overenthusiastic hospitality of the Orient Eugene ONeil ONell American dramatist dramatistS arrived today aboard the German liner Coblenz ONeill O'Neill is suffering from a a. physical cal and nervous breakdown which started with a sunstroke at Colom Coloni- bo boo Ho no was compelled to go to a hosl hospital In Shanghai Ho lIe is noWen now nowen en route to N New w York via Europe ONeill O'Neill ha hal l planned to study the tho Chinese theatre In its native land but was unable to obtain the tho rest and quiet to enable him to pursue his hIs' work Shanghai Insisted on entertaining him ho he said and his proposed trip to Peking and other dramatic abandoned My Iy plays are aro public but my life Ufe should bo be private said ONeill O'Neill in expressing his disappointment I 1 had expected to produce much new v work and am greatly disappointed I r shall shaH stop in Europe some time and hope to regain my health there Then I shall return to the Orient crossing the Pacific and complete my program S Passengers s on the Coblenz were unaware of O'Neill's Identity He appeared nervous and somewhat thin but was bronzed by the tropIcal tropIcal trop trop- ical sun and was somewhat better bet bet- ter than when he left Shanghai