MYSTERIOUS MONEY
GERMAN EX-BANKER Makes Bequest to Chinese (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn). LONDON, Alarch 16. The “Morning Post’’ correspondent at Rome says: A mysterious old German, Heinrich Basse, died at Bressanons. He seemingly was in wretched poverty. The authorities, however, found a steel box containing bank books showing he had accounts in German and English banks and also keys of various safe deposits, and he left a will bequeathing his total estate to the Chinese people, through the Chinese Government, so long as the money is used for a struggle against EuroThe clue to this strange bequest is believed to lie in other queer discoveries. For instance there is a letter received from the ex-Kaiser on the occasion of Basse’s eightieth birthday, last year. There is a document showing that Basse served in the Prussian] Guard, also a badge of the French es-' pionage service, and papers of the Soviet Government. The fortune, it. is believed, amounts to half a million sterling.
It is suggested that the fortune represents special secret funds of the late German Imperial Authorities v.hich were accumulated when Basse was a banker. The bequest to the Chinese people is regarded as a cynical gesture to dispose of inculpating moneys.
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Grey River Argus, 17 March 1932, Page 5
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