MYSTERIOUS GERMAN
———— MONEY LEFT TO CHINESE QUEER DISCOVERIES AMONG EFFECTS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, karch 10. The ‘ Morning Post’s ’ correspondent at Rome says: “ A mysterious old German, Heinrich Basse, died at Bressanone, seemingly in wretched poverty, but the authorities found a steel box containing bank books showing accounts in German and English hanks, keys of various safe deposits, and a will bequeathing the total estate to the Chinese people through the Chinese Government so long as the money is used for a struggle against Europeans. The clue to this strange bequest is believed to lie in other queer discoveries; for instance, a letter from tho exKaiser on tho occasion of Basse’s eightieth birthday last year, a document showing that Basso served in the Prussian Guard, a badge of the French Espionage Service, and papers of the Soviet Government. The fortune, it is believed, amounts to £500,000. It is suggested that it represents special secret funds of the late German Imperial authorities, accumulated when Basse was a’ 1 banker. The bequest to the Chinese people is regarded as a cynical gesture.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 21054, 17 March 1932, Page 11
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180MYSTERIOUS GERMAN Evening Star, Issue 21054, 17 March 1932, Page 11
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