THE GAZETTE

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

17 April 1929

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EXPELLED FROM FRANCE.

Alastair Crowley Well Known

In New York During War.

Paris, April 16—An expulsion order from France, effective tomorrow has been issued by the French police against the Englishman Alastair [sic] Crowley, who was well known in New York during the early part of the war. Crowley, who has recently used on his visiting cards the title of Sir, claims to be the foremost authority in the world on black magic which he studied in Mexico, China and Africa.

While in America he wrote articles for the German paper Fatherland, but declared he was a member of the British counter-espionage service. Various charges have been made against his, this time for leading a corrupt life. He has already been expelled from Italy. For the past six years he has been living in Paris presiding at times over demonstrations of magic of an exotic character. In his youth he was a great mountain climber, climbing some of the highest peaks in America and Asia, and made some reputation as a poet.