I await your communication.
SCHWARZ.
Mr. Henning has, from yesterday on, transferred to me by sale all
rights pertaining to him as owner of the newspaper _Union_.
OLDENDORF.
To you, Judge?
SCHWARZ.
I acknowledge that I have bought it merely as accredited agent of a
third person. Here is the deed; it contains no secrets. [_Hands him a
paper_.]
OLDENDORF (_looking through it, to_ BOLZ).
It is drawn up by a notary in due form--sold for thirty thousand
thalers. [_Agitation among the staff-members_.] Let me get to the
bottom of the matter. Is this change of owner also to be connected
with a change in the political attitude of the sheet?
SENDEN (_coming forward_).
Certainly, Professor, that was the intention in making the purchase.
OLDENDORF.
Do I possibly see in you the new owner?
SENDEN.
Not that, but I have the honor to be a friend of his. You yourself, as
well as these gentlemen, have a right to demand the fulfilment of your
contracts. Your contracts provide, I understand, for six months'
notice. It goes without saying that you continue to draw your salary
until the expiration of this term.
BOLZ (_rising_).
You are very kind, Mr. von Senden. Our contracts empower us to edit
the paper as we see fit, and to control its tone and its party
affiliations. For the next half-year, therefore, we shall not only
continue to draw our salaries but also to conduct the paper for the
benefit of the party to which you have not the honor to belong.
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