Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03
RICH IN LAND
POOR IN MONEY
B%RlTISHERS OFTEN 90 NOT KNOW
WHERE THEIR NEXT DAYS MEAL
Is TO COME FROM.

LONDON. Oct. 3.-To he possessed If
property worth thousands Of dollars, if
only one had II handy. and ~ beat the
same time doubtful whether there will be
sufficient money IN hand for the next
days lodging and food. i q painful pre-
dicament.
There are hundreds Of persons - placrl
IN London and Paris today. They are
refugees-persons who. before the first
overwhelming rush of the Germans. sweep
ing all before it, hastily buried their
treasures in hiding places and fled 10
safety.
During the past three year the profr~-
sIonal money lenders Of London aud Paris
have been well night distracted ~ the new
species Of business proposed 10 them
the making Of advances on or the huyine
outright Of hidden gold and silver or
Jewels. the most treasured possessions of
their owners. now living concealed IN
places where the owners have no chance
Of getting ~ them.
~ o. an immensely speculative business,
one ~ the risks of which might well deter
any but the most vcntnre~ome souls tax
ING any part in II. But the profits. If
the story Of the reasure owner turns out
correct and If the Germans have not d.
covered the rcaSurc beforehand. viii IT,
enormous.
One Of the first results Of peace will ~
the setting out % Belgium and To the now
occupied parts Of Rance of hundred. III
little mysterious parties to search for
buried treasure. Syndicates III adycn-
turous men and women have been formed
here 10 deal in these hidden fortunes. The
question j.. will THEY be found IN the
places indicated on maps and described ~
concealers! II they are. many dealers IN
gold and silver and many ~nappers-up If
rare gems will reap a wonderful harvest.
'Iany Of the buried treasures undoubt-
edly have long since been found and con
tiScated by the invaders. With his mar
vellously perfected system of spies N
every town and village the German had.
before war was declared. made himself
well acquainted with the contents If the
various chateaux and houses Of the
wealthy folk along the path he had mark
wv ~ - Hihh~ti. inc po>~lDlllIN mat
the most costly of the possessions they
contained would BE- hidden when the own
cr~ found themselves obliged to flv en-
tered hi cunning brain. They could not
be carried away. Where were they,
! The German invader. keen On the scent
Of spoil. set himself to work IL solve the
mystery. In the wake Of hi- army there
Travelled another little army 81 detectives
men from the central bureau IN Berlin
and Others from the bic police cenirr~
scattered throughout the empire.
The duty Of these -lenthhuuni~ bos
been-with the aid Of the spies who fur-
ni~hcd them with information-to scent
out the folk most likely Ia have been n
the confidence Of the owner. Of trrnsur.
that had disappeared. 10 intcrro.atc them
10 threaten, and. III needs be-. to torrprc
them by placing them in foul cells and
keeping them short of food till they have
been willing 10 reveal such knowledge -
they POSSESS. TIL servant whom the sny
has pointed out a. one most likely To know
the whereabouts of hiS or her masters
hidden HOARD has been threatened with
death unless he or she BETRAYED.
Some Of these unfortunate ones-tba
servants Of once wealthy persons ia Bel