Show y r vA Captain Alfred V Millionaire ManOf Man lian Of Keeps Guessing Captain Loewenstein Belgian Power Ki King Offers France Loan of By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Correspondent LO LONDON DON Oct 2 2 Sir Sir Basil Za- Za haroff has been toppled from his throne as Europe's millionaire manof man manof manof of mystery by Alfred Loewenstein about whom al all all Europe at tho the present present time is talking talking talk talk- ing lag and guessing the Greek born in Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- avoids publicity Mole Mole- like he works yorks underground trying II to pull the hole holo in after him Loewenstein Loewenstein Loew Loew- enstein the Belgian worked equally equal equal- ly as quietly until the other day when it b became came known that he lie had had hired a whole fleet neet of airplanes anes to carry him and his business guests around Europe To this was added the report that next month he might hire a whole steamship to transport him his retinue his autos and his airplanes to the United States But all that was as nothing compared compared com corn pared to the sensation he created In European money markets when he calmly announced that very shortly he hoped to offer Belgium a loan of for two years years- without interest ANOTHER MONTE CRISTO While bankers were pressing their feverish brows he nonchalantly de declared declared de- de dared that he also was going to offer Fiance a loan of for two years at only 2 per cent Interest I His Is object was to help his native land stabilize its currency and to todo todo todo do this by assisting France with whose currency Belgian money seems inextricably mixed up Not since Dumas created his character of or the Count of MonteCristo Monte MonteCristo MonteCristo Cristo has anybody in the world made such prodigal offers of money His family has been settled in Belgium for three generations His father W was lS a prominent banker in Belgium and when he died Alfred took over the business But h he soon branched out more as a speculator than a banker He electrified the financiers and he financed clans Toda Today he controls the great electric tramway lines of Barcelona Spain the tho Brazilian Traction company com corn pany and nd the International HydroElectric HydroElectric Hydro Hydro- Electric company HP Hp- has holdings in electric plants all over South America and anel l is deeply interested In Inmany inmany inmany many Canadian concerns concern RENTED EIGHT VILLAS A number of years ago he practically practically practically a resident of Great Britain settling setting down in the hunting huntIng hunting hunt- hunt Ing colony of Le Leicestershire where he bought tie the m munificent 1000 acro acre estate of 1 Satchville near Melton Mowbray Recently he decided to make the French seashore resort of Biarritz his business headquarters for the summer season He not only hired a magnificent villa for himself but seven other villas for his staff of clerks and s secretaries In addition to a fleet of high powered motor motorcars motorcars motorcars cars he lie ren rented led an air all fleet consistIng consistIng consisting consist- consist Ing of a seater IC-seater Handley Page airplane an 8 seater Napier Vulcan a seater 4 de Haviland and a special special ape ape- cial Amphibian Napier Viking Viking- flyIng flying flying fly fly- Ing boat All day long at Biarritz he alternated alternated alternated alter alter- york work at high speed with physical exertion Even while shaving he had several steno stenographers raphers ra- ra ahers at his elbows to whom he dictated dictated dic die business letters His staff In Included included in- in eluded professionals in boxing billiards bil bil- bil tennis golf and dancing and und each of them had a dally daily go with him In Tn addition he spent some sometime sometime time flying motoring or gambling In the casino |