Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-02-25 | Page 10 | Erzberger's Post Filled by Deputy

ERZBERGER'S POST FILLED BY DEPUTY Under r Secretary of f State NIo Will Replace epla c Him BERLIN BIRLIN Feb Feb 25 Under Under Secret Secretary ry of f State has be been ri iI se selected ted to to toI succeed d 1 E r who h re reigned resigned re- re I signed yesterday a as minister o of off finance e. e w was s appointed ed a a i r deputy to Erzberger on January 27 The The retirement of ot Erzberger from Ie cabinet is only temporary ry d de declares de- de Glares clares the the h f ne I I I Erzberger in tendering his resignation r resignation alion a- a tion lion tion based his action it is said upon I Ia a desire to to ha have ve the investigation of his allegedly falsified tax returns returns' I proceed without prejudice or or consid- consid e atlon for tor his official position The ministers minister's retirement and his alleged d' d motive vere Were completely eclipsed ed by bythe bythe bythe the character of evidence which Dr Karl Earl arl former vice Chancellor chan chancellor chancellor I succeeded ed d in piling up against Herr Heir Erzberger during the last two I days of the latter's tetter's libel suit against f I him Twenty Venty years ago a rural schoolmaster schoolmaster school schoolmaster c master and since 1905 the e stormy I petrel of German parliamentary life Herr Erzberger has for tor fifteen een months been the most conspicuous figure in Germanys Germany's era era