The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-28
TOLD WILLIAM NO
WHEN HE WANTED TO GIVE
MEDALS TO MARINES.
TOWER SAID 1T WOULDN'T DO.
'HoW ABOUT WATCHES." 'sNO,"
AGAIN SAID TOWER.

Emperor Was Entertained by Adj
miraI Cotton Aboard the Flagship
kearSarge-The Three Marines Be-
He Wished to BcstOw Souvenirs
Upon Them-AsI1ed the Ambassa-
dur About 1t, Who Said 1t Could
Not BE Allowed.
peror William was congratulated to-
day at the launching of the German
armored cruiser Room on his yacht Me-
teor winning the American cup yes
terday, he replied:
THE American shippers brought me
luck. I would not have won if they
had not been with me-"
The Room is the eleventh of Ger
many's armored cruisers. She was
christened by Countess Won Valdez
see. Rear Admiral Cotton. the cap
tain of the American warship and the
members of the United States embassy
were in the Emperor's party. The
American squadron saluted the new
cruiser
Emperor William and Prince Henry
of Prussia took breakfast with Admiral
Cotton on board the Kearsarge to-day.
Admiral Cotton thanked the Emperor
for the cordial manner in which the
squadron had been received.
Admiral Cotton referred to the large
hearted hospitality that had made
every hour of the Americans presence
in German waters pleasant. Since he
had met the Emperor he understood
why his subjects were so devoted to
him. The feeling of the Admiral and
his men was that wherever his majesty
led the Germans would follow. The
Admiral then proposed the health of
the Emperor.
Emperor Called for Cheers.
Replying. Emperor William said he
hoped, whatever impression the adj
miral and his officers had received,
they had been no more than they eX-
pected. Eight years had elapsed since
the imperial ensign was first Town
from an American warship the New
York. He remembered wildly the
agreeable incidents of that visit and
now he was to add these TO the things
that were not to be forgotten. The
only thing was that the visits were
too far apart. He was convinced that
whenever the Stars and Stripes and
the royal standard met they would
together symbolic peace and civiliza-
ton.
The Emperor then called for three
cheers for the President and the peo-
pie of the United States.
AT the conclusion of the breakfast
the Emperor informed Ambassador
Tower that he wished to give medal
to each of three marines who had stood
behind his chair.
Tower wouldn't Allow 1t.
would there be any improperly,
your excellency in my doing so?" ask
ed the Emperor.
Il am sorry to say that our regula-
lions do not permit it, replied Mr..
Tower.
Then" said the Emperor II would
like to give them watches, just as SOU
venirs."
THAT" answered the ambassador,
lis also impossible. They, equally with
myself, are servants of the country
and could not accept"
and 1 cannot even give them a
pencil" continued the Emperor.
mo, your majesty" said Mr.. Tower.
Then" said Emperor William, tell
them that l have the disposition to do
So"
The names of the marines are Corpl.
I. S. Bancroft, of Leesburg, Fla;
Corpl E. Manti of Chicago. and Pri-
waite Glen Blessing of Harrisburg Pa.
Admiral Cotton, after the Emperor
left the ship, told the three marines, in
the presence of the officers of the ship,
what the Emperor had said.
Present From the Emperor.
The Emperor has presented the
KearSarge with a silver punch bowl
and cover, about sixteen inches high
and more than two feet wide.
The newspapers of Berlin print the
speeches of Emperor William and Am
bassador Tower at the Kiel banquet
last night, mostly without comment.
The National Zeitung regards them as
important demonstrations for the pro-
motion of German-AmericAn relations.
The Tageblatt thinks the speeches
breathe cordiality, sympathy and re-
stored confidence, but the paper re-
verts to the Coghlan-Dewey incidents
to show that the friendly spirit of the
American navy for Germany is new
thing, and is due to President Roose-
velt's energetic steps" The Tageblatt
also says it considers it singular that
Ambassador Tower mentioned the En-
peror's gift of plaster casts to Har-
ward without abiding to the statue OF