New-York tribune., 1903-03-10
KAISER RECEIVES MR.. FRANCIS.
The Emperor Asks Many Questions About
the st. Louis Exposition.

Berlin, March e.-Emperor William received Pres
ident Francis of the st. Louis Exposition. In audi
ence al noon to-day.
His majesty treated Mr. Francig with great dis
tinction He received him privately. not even Am
basssdor Tower, who arranged for the interview,
nor any member Of the imperial household being
present The Emperor asked many questions about
the exposition and was specially interested in the
international Congress of Arts and Sciences, for
which paid for papers are being prepared by emil
nent persons all the world who will attend the
congress at the expense Of the exposition his
majesty remarked that exposttons did as much Tor
the interests Of a better understanding between
one country and another years Of diplomacy.
The conversation travelled to many subjects ana
had lasted fifty minutes when the Emperor rose TO
go. Some allusion having been made to his ma
3estvs letter to Admiral Holman, councillor
of the German Oriental Society, the Babylonian
origin of the Bible and to Houston Stewart Cha1n-
perlain's work '"The Foundations OF Nineteenth
Century Civilization" the Emperor sent for copy
Of Mr. Chanberlain's two volume work. wrote MS
name on a fly leaf and presented the books to Mr..
Francis.
Dr. Lewald the German commissioner to the ex-
position, gave Mr.. Francis a breakfast to-day. at
which Ambassador Tower Count de Taneyrand-
Perigord Consul General Mason. Herren Paasche
and Isador Loewe, members of the Reichstag, and
eighteen other representatives Of important ousi-
ness interests were present.
Replying to toast to the st. Louis Exposition
proposed by DR.. Lewald, Mr. Francis referred to
the sympathetic interest which the Emperor took
q the exposition, said he Ventured TO nope InaC
member Of the royal house would attend and men
toned the admirable manner in which Dr. LeWaIo
was worklng up the German exhibit. 49,
After the breakfast Mr.. Francis called with Mr
Tower upon the members of the Cabinet and others
entitled to Official calls. Chancellor Won BuloW
and Foreign Secretary Won Rtchthofen received
Mr. Francis by appointment
Baron Won Rchthofen, representing emperor
william, gave dinner in honor OF Mr.. Francis at
Ambassador Tower. DR.. Lewald, Joseph Brucker'
of the ST. Louis Exposition: nearly all the mem
bers Of the Cabinet, among them Count Won rosa,
dowsky- Wehner. Herr Kraetke, Herr Moeller and
Herr Budde Dr. Muhlberg, Under secretary OF
Foreign Affairs, and DR. Won hoerner, or the FOR
eien Once one OF whose specialtes Is the drawing
up of commercial treaties. -
yeIt's health in few pleasant words. ana Amoas-
sador Tower toasted Emperor William =,
Some Of the guests at to-nghts dinner marvelieo
at the length Of President Francss interview WIN
the Emperor, as such audiences rarely last more
than a few minutes. They attributed the long con-
yersstion to the continuance OF the Emperors spe.
ciai interest in United States affairs ana IN Wnat
of the ministers wondered at more than anytnlng
else was Mr.. Francis's request that he should De
received to-day 1t is not rememoered tnat any
other person ever asked for an audience ana
named the time for It, Mr.. Francis LETT the ain
ner in time to catch the train which eft Berlin AT
II t1 o. n for Brussels intending to emoa[K on
the e Kronprinz wilhelm for New-York at Cher;
bV his secretary J. E. Thompson. and Lieutenant
The eject of President Francis'e visit here has
teer m etfmulate German interest in the st. LOUIS
ETnosftion especially among those VINO always
look to the Emperor to take the initiative