Sir 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."
The 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...
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