Evening star., 1934-11-14

The chemical establishments, are
similarly engaged in manufacturing
large quantities of poison gas.
The gas factory at Portion, near
Salisbury, England, has been re-
Gently enlarged and number OF
skilled chemists hdre been drafted
by the British government into the
service to experiment and deUtSe
ne,o formulas for better and more
deadly gas.
From the magnificent eighteenth
century Castle of Balincourt in France
Sir Basil zaharoff, Companion of the
Order of the Bath, Grand Cross of
the Order of the British Empire,
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
and possessor of many other high
decorations, directs the movements Of
these factories.
Entrances Closely Watched.
The castle is surrounded by high
walls and six Hindus, who speak moth
ing but their native language, are
watching the entrances day and night
to prevent intruders from entering
the sanctuary of the greatest ammu-
milton magnate history has ever
known.
Nothing has changed in the old
chateau, except the monumental foun-
tain. AS tribute to the trade which
enabled Zaharoff to become one of
the richest men in the world, the
cupid ornaments have been replaced
by armors and guns.
The surrounding villages belong to
this modern Croesus. Even the roads
belong to him and not a single acre
of land within miles can be sold to a
stranger without zaharoff's permission.
In the village of Meru. close to the
castle, there is branch of an i'm
portant Partisan bank. 1t has been
opened there for Zaharoff's conven-
fence. He goes to that bank once
every day and it is from there that
all his financial transactions are
made. And how important they are
can be gathered from the fact that
until the world started really re-
arming, Zaharoff's income was esti-
mated at $66,0O0 a day. 1t is
larger now.
Norman H. Davis is not the only
Ambassador at Large in the world.
He has a colleague in the person Of
Col Franz Won Papen, the German
envoy extraordinary to Austria.
Won Papen spends little time in the
Austrian capital. His main job is to
try and line up other nations to the
German cause.
Frequent Budapest Visits.
He pays frequent visits to Budapest,
where he enjoys the favor of the gov
eminent and is able to pull wires with
more ability than in Washington,
where he was military attache during
the war. Then he rushes to Sweden
to convince the Stockholm govern
ment that it should let Germany have
the raw material it needs and calls,
on his way back to Vienna, at War
saw to further cement the new Ger
man-Polish understanding.
Won Papen has a less thankless job
than Norman Davis. Davis has to
talk disarmament; Won Papen talks
practical matters.
X X X
The League OF Nations begins to
find its actual calling. 1t has tailed
to keep peace In the 1oorld By the
ldmentable failure of settling the
Mdnchuridn dispute and the Chdco
tUnr. Nations are sneering at its
efforts. The League had to do
something to recoDer some OF its
prestige and show the ,0orld that
it can do things.
The French newspapers report that
1t has taken hand in the organiza-
ton of the exhibition of "Arts and
Technical Appliances" which will be
held in Paris in 1887, and is going
energetically at it.
The exhibition will show the lat
est technical appliances discovered
throughout the world. This Is an i'm
portant matter which requires organ
ization and international co-ordina-