OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5

OBITUARY

Al Hl'sT TUVSSEN (Hv Rloct.rh: Tnleo-raph.—Copyritcht.i (Renter's Telegrams) RERUN. April 5. Obituai v : The indsrniial magnate. Augii.-t Thysscii. aged 85. AMAZING HERMAN Si HEME RECALLED LuNDO.N. April 5. The death of Angus! Thyssen recalls an amazing Herman plan for conquering! Europe nm ' Enalnnil and exploiting all "wasted assets" of the Hrilish Empire. This project of universal assimilation, devised ,ii a u ting of magnates in Herlin at the beginning of the ccnUiiv. was originally planned for 1912. sa.VS'the Daily Telegraph, and was to be basnl on almost incredible in demnitics. enabling Herman mannfaeliir ers to be exempt from taxation for years lo come. A syndicate with twenty millions capital was to handle Canada, while the inexhaustible wealth of India was to be poured into Hermans', and Thvssen's reward was lo be 30.000 of the' best acres of Australia. Unluckily for the pi,.tiers, as Ihe world knows instead of reaping profits the magnates of I lie Fatherland we're called on in 1915 lo pay up two hundred mil lions sterling towards the expenses o! Hie war against expectable profits from indemnities. Thvssen's share was In be £200.000 as a first instal nt. He alone refused an I denounced the levy as blackmail, and was warned that if lie broke from the compact there would be no more war contracts, or money or payments. The bill was already overdue, bill threats did not deter him. 'I lie majority might pay as they liked and the woild miglil scoff al the mortification of a greedy; millionaire who sold his self-respect for a bargain of a parcel of laud in the far Antipodes. In .1.911; lie went lo Switzerland and published a remarkable pamphlet, in which he told the whole story, accusing Ihe ex Kaiser of bamboozling his subjects and their employers into a war which ;il nothing but national bankruptcy.