The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-26
EMPEROR SENDS THANKS
4 CABLEGRAM RECEIVED BY
 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Kaiser Declares It n Happy Inspire ten That Sent the American Squadron Go KeiI-A Pleasure to Inspect the Kear- sarge aud Compliments the Captains on ahe state of Efficiency.

on the state of Efficiency. Washington, June 25. - President
 Roosevelt to-day received the following cablegram from Emperor William: "Kiel, June 25, 1903.- President of the United States of America, Washington:,
 ''On my arrival at Kiel. was sa- luted by a fine American squadron and had the pleasure of receiving Admiral Cotton and his captains. It was very happy and kind inspiration on your part to send the squadron to Kiel for the week and thanks to this fact. was able to inspect the magnificent flagship Kearsarge to-day, when I was able to compliment the captains on the exceptionally good state of efficiency and neatness of the ships and the fine
 appearance of his gallant crew. With the, expression of my warmest thanks, I assure you that the squadron is warmly welcomed here and will,
 trust, make an agreeable stay. Every
 body will vie with each other to make them feel at home, in response to the kind and friendly reception of my brother by the citizens of the United States.
 William I. R. Kiel, June 25.-During his visit of the American squadron to-day Emperor William entered one of the double tur- rets of the Kearsarge and serutinized the mechanism.
 What is the real value of these tur- | rets?" asked the emperor of Captain Hemphill.
 That could only be known in war, sir,' replied the captain. In calling attention to one of the
 members of his suite to Captain Hemp hills service on the Monitor when she | first went into action, and to some other fierce naval combats of the civil war, the emperor added:
 Those men are Gods to us.'' While the emperor was inspecting the | mems quarters he conversed with sev- eral of the bluejackets and jokingly
 asked one old hand how long he had
 been in the service the sailor replied: ''Twenty-four years"
 That is long enough to be an ad- H1Tdl, Sdlu the emperor. When the inspection was finished the
 party went to the admiral's cabin and bottles of champagne were then opened. After talk the emperor left the bat
 tleship and Admiral Cotton assembled the entire ships company aft and ad-
 dressed them as follows: "We are here by order of the presi- dent. It is our duty to do all in our
 power to preserve the feeling of friend
 ship and cordiality between the United
 States and Germany.
 "Three cheers for his majesty, the emperor!"
 The seven hundred officers and men of the Kearsarge thereupon gave three
 hearty cheers for Emperor William. The emperor received Ambassador
 Tower on the imperial yacht Hohenzol- lern immediately after returning from his inspection of the American flagship. His majesty expressed to the ambassa- dor his qualification over his experi- ences on the Kearsarge. Captain Hemphill knows his busi-
 ness" said the emperor. "He is a cap- tain who understands his ship. He does
 not have to ask other people before an- swering questions"
 The emperor gave a dinner tonight on the Hohenzollern to Admiral Cotton, the American captains, Ambassador Tower United States Naval Attache Potts and all the other members of the
 United States embassy staff, Prince
 Henry of Prussia, the German adnirals
 and the other members of the imperial
 party and Chancellor von Buelow Ad- | miral Cotton will entertain the emperor at breakfast on the Kearsarge on Sat urday.