The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-27
EMPEROR AND TOWER
MAKE POLITE SPEECHES.
A""er says Nice Things About Will
liam and the Latter Comes Back
With Roosevelt.

rover Snys Nice Things About Will
liam and the Latter Comes Back
With Roosevelt.
hlel' Prussia, June 26.-The dinner
given by United States Ambassador
Tower to the German Emperor tonight
was made the opportunity both by the
Emperor and the ambassador to utter
speeches of political significance. Am
bassador Tower said:
1t is with very great plasure that
L have been permitted to present to you
Rear Admiral Cotton and the officers
of the United States navy who accom-
pany him upon this visit to Kiel in re-
Spouse to your invitation. They come
here with their ships of war upon a
mission of peace, bringing with them
cordial sentiments of friendship from
America to Germany. 1 am convinced,
sir, that you and your people enter
tain the same sentiments in return to-
ward the President and people of the
United States. Your interest in us
has proven this on many memorable
occasions.
Mutual understanding between the
attained by personal intercourse, which
leads to better acquaintance.
THE closer our acquaintance becomes
the more we are sure to discover how
near our paths lie to each other, how
readily we may follow them together,
and how much we have each to gain
by the maintenance of harmony in the
future, as we'll as in the present and
the past. America wishes this, sir, with
all sincerity. There are hundreds of thou
sands of people of German birth or
German extraction living in the Unit
ed States, who look back from their
new home with feelings of tender af-
lection towards their fatherland.
Speaking for the nation, l have the
honor to convey to you the cordial
greetings and hearty good wishes of
the President and the people of the
United States"
Mr.. Tower then proposed the health
of the German Emperor, the Empress,
the Crown Prince and the members of
the imperial family.
Emperor William, speaking in Eng
lish made the following reply:
In responding to your eXcellency's
warm and sympathetic toast, 1 offer a
cordial welcome to the American
squadron, Admiral Cotton and his Of
ficers, in the name of the German peo-
pie. We look upon them as the bearers
of the friendly sentiments of the citi-
zens of the United States, to which
can assure your excellency the whole
of Germany heartily responds. l am
happy that my hopes for better mu-
tual understanding between our two
countries through the personal inter-
course which my brother, Prince Hen
ry, was able 10 hold with your excel
lency's countrymen, have been fully
realized and have strengthened the
bonds of friendship between Germany
and America.
my sincerest wish is that our two
peoples may become yet closer &C
ouainted No serious citizen in Amer
lea or Germany, l trust believes that
the harmony and continuance of our
mutual interests could be disturbed by
permanent factors in our relationship
we are knit too closely together to al
low of development of any antagonism.
at is now my duty to beg your ex-
cellency to thank his excellency, the
President of the United States, for this
iovous occasion for which we are in
debted to his kindness. We all over
here admire his firmness of character,
his iron will, his devotion to his coun-
try and his indomitable energy.
"Gentleman, 1 propose the toast of
his excellency, the President of the
United States. God bless him and the
United States"