The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-31
MINISTER OF FINANCE IS
HAVING A WARM SESSION
The Truth Is Germany Needs
Money Lots of Money and
Seems 10 Have No Idea at
Present Time Where TO Get It
ASK THEATRE MANAGERS
BY HEINRICH T. RENERT.


Especial Cable to Herald RepublicanD
II ERLTN. July 30-Everything and
o. y everybody is OFF on vacation. en-
jOying the holiday OF summer
gathering new strength for the strenu-
loua fight surely TO come with the new
occasion The world seems at peace
fOnly one man as working hard one
man! re is not Caly working hard.
tbut % use an Americanism. is hus-
ltiinE 90 beat the bandH And his hus-
thing is moving millions. spreading
nervousness. excitement. anger
This one nan IS the new minister OF
Finances, Mr.. Lentze- This new
IIentze, which name. translated into
summer with the Intention OF resping
IN the fali. But n the Germans have
their way. he'll get The iciest winter
"frcezc out imaginable For what
Mr.. Lentze wants are new taxes And
the Germans. being AZ an average
good Latin scholars, remember the old
adaEe; Isl delirant reEcs, plectuntur Ac
hivt- when kings rage, the Greeks
must cry.) That Is 20 say. When IL
nancial ministers work overtime. the
citizens may make ready 20 weep.
The fact o.. Germany needs money,
needs lots OF 40. and has no idea where
20 get ~. The financial crazy-quilt
patched together by the blue-black
4Block"-as the political combination
IN this cOuntry-has shrunk until now
r. no longer covers the eXtremitics OF
tho Door herman Michel 30 another
patch o. needed 10000. 900 patch. a
fine job FOR tho new housekeeper OF
the financial department And the
secretary OF the Imperial treasury. Mr..
keeper.
1.entzc. they say. IS the emperor's
most personal choice Lentze bad sup
ported Bhcinbabcn against Gwirner.
With the reEult that Lentze was very
much cracked up" at "a conference the
kaiser had with the biggest financial
people or the country and with the
the choice Of the emperor
And now Lcntzc is AZ work: very
much So While everybody r. off on
vacation. be sits IN his Office. from
morning an night. perspirinE and try
Ing TO solve riddle. Most or the Ger
mans hope he'll never succeed None
81 then, Is keen on new taxes. not even
for the sake Of r. few new warships.
But should Lentzc solve the problem,
then the royal reward may bc-well.
Grade medal. or the title. the much
svefcd won" between personal and
ally name. or. greater still. he may
advanced IN rank in the army. as
4 rpencd TO the last minister OF IL
nance. Mr.. Scholz.
Germany smiles ,iIs, whene eve, It reme m.
Se5s sn2S sp'I ss osSG n da gy,.r tae
Journal. published the follo~ing no.
tice; The Vizfeidwebel Ca noncom-
riltEtAnueu OBJECT post OF lowest
Frade) Scholz has been advanced to
the rank Of second Lieutenant" This
'fNizofeldwchel~ was no other thru the
n lnistcr or finance. who. as a sol Tier.
had been unsuccessful I'm gaining a
higher rank than the one mentioned.
when this young lieutenant (but by
10 means young In years. showed his
LAc- N Nne lpNHe OF cohsttss TOT Ane
first time after his nomination. tho
congratulations he received were more
than hearty.
one question an especially witty con-
gresham put 20 him has never been
satisfactorily answered. This manu-
f1cturer Of laws wanted TO know
whether ~the minister Of finance. Mr.
Scholz. had been advanced to the rank
OF a second Lieutenant on account OF
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