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...Basil Zaharoff, G. C. B., recipient of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, born in poverty in Egypt, was recently described by the Paris press as the " First Croupier of Monte Carlo." He is generally alluded to as " Europe's Mystery Man " or as the " Croesus of Europe...
...reason for this outburst of adulation from Paris is that it was discovered that Zaharoff saved the Casino during the war by a princely " donation" of one million pounds ($4,650,000), and so obtained an interest in La Societe de Bains de Her de Monaco-the official title of the world's greatest gambling house...
...Blanc who, after a series of misfortunes in Germany, settled at Monte Carlo some 40 years ago and amassed a huge fortune. His son took over the management of the Casino at his death but it is stated that outside influences in the shape of Mme. Chinon, Sir Basil Zaharoff and Gregory Vigliano gradually divested him of his interest and his wealth. It is stated that Camille is today little better than a bankrupt...
...they can paint, write, compose, the artists have been able to project themselves before posterity as the supermen of the race; because they can only build, invent, organize, the business man, the war lord and the scientist must pass into early obscurity. A hundred years from now Stinnes, Basil Zaharoff, James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and Judge Gary will be familiar to antiquarians only, while the fame of Keats and Shelley, Dostoevsky and Goethe will persist to annoy and fascinate hundreds of generations of school children. Even such a recent cataclysm as the World War did not seriously disturb...
...Basil Zaharoff-again the shadow of his name crosses the news. (See Page 12.) Coal Profiteers (even though William Randolph Hearst is their most active...