Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-26
QU|BBLE OVER WORDS
Germany Has Not Officially
Rejected Hill.
MATTER STILL A MYSTERY
Statement Issued by the Foreign
Office.
SOME HINTS COME FROM BERLIN
Alleged Dissatisfaction With the
Course of Dr. Hill While Prince
Henry Was Here.
MATTER STILL A MYSTERY
;0ME HINTS COME FROM BERLIN
Spe~ial Cshlnsram to The Star.

Special CshleSram to The Star.
BERLIN. March o6.-The foreign Office
has now issued the following:
THE assertion that the German gov
eminent has refused to accept DR.. Hill is
not true. The fact is that, several
months ago. the government was ap-
preached privately on the matter, and an
opinion expressed in confidence by
the government to DIR. Hills suitable
ity that was entirely favorable. The
statement that DR.. Hill is persona non
grata is absolutely false. The govern
ment has made no official statement to
America on the subject
There is good reason for believing that
the Hill incident has arisen from the fact,
not that the kaiser has refused to accept
him as ambassador, for he has already
accepted him unoff1cially but that the
kaiser and Ambassador Tower. who are
close friends, desire that there shall be no
change in the -ambassadOrship. Mr..
Tower declines to discuss the situation
but 1t is learned from trustworthy
source that Tower has never received an
on1cial acceptance of his resignation and
tnat. until ne does he will remain am
bassador at Berlin. No doubt he wrote
TO President Roosevelt. expressing a de-
sire to- resign. but to that letter he has
never yet received an official reply,
unofhcially intimated his willingness to
accede to Towers wishes.
Inc conclusion is pretty obvious that
the kaiser and Mr.. Tower are endeavorng
70 make use OF the fact that DR.. Hill was
never ofncially proposed and that Towers
resignation was never officially accepted
In order to get around the fact that Hill
practically was appointed
By Associated Press
The Kaiser's Suggestion.
BERLIN. March 26-The intimatjon
from the German government that Dr.
David Jayne Hill was not regarded as
adapted to the post of American am
oassador to Germany appears to have
been made at the suggestion of Emneror
William. His majesty. during tho p,o,th.
that nave elapsed since il was announced
"a "a november that DR.. Hill would succeed
snar.emasne sadnr Tower: the present ambas-
edoVr' received various Impressions ad-
verse to DR.. Hill. 1t is difficuIt to traca
tne origin of these opinions some of
tnem came from members of the suite of
sn ,nce Henry. who saw much of DR.. Hill
aoThs mis- visit to the United States six
years ago: some from the German leeo
t1on at The Hague. where DR. Hill is at
present minister. while others doubtIe &c
parent. ~ '0' ap
1t Is clear. however. from inouiries mad.
tooay' that the personal conviction grew
up IN the emperor's mind that DR.. Hill
,e.an, moa,u no. adequately and agreeably rep
sesent the United States at this court
something In the nature of a private and
personal message was then conyeyed To
President Roosevelt ~
Dur1ng Prince Henry's Trip.
NO particular incident seems tn bava
TAKEN pace between DR.. Hill and PRINCE
nehry- There were. however. several han
Pehines. each unfmportant in itself b,t
~hcn' taken together. led to the FORMING
% an unravorable estimate of DIR. Hin bv
fHnce Henry and his encourage. That
soch an estimate was formed has been
Aho"n AT Washington for long time. but
II presumably was not known at the state
department. or at least. not considered
important.
emperor William. if he was aware how
the members OF Prince Henry's party
looked on DR.. Hill. apparently did not con-
nsct tnese Impressions with the American
minister at The Hague when this diplo-
mat was selected by President Roosevelt
10 succeed Mr. Tower here; otherwise
earlier. '""o
IT seems to have been overlooked that
Dr Hill was not announced as the pros
spective ambassador to Germany until
after PRESIDENT Roosevelt made private in
curry through Baron Won Sternburg the
German amba ssador at Washington as TO
whether or not DIR. Hill would please the
German government.
Baron Won Sternburg's Assurance.
Baron Won Sternburg's dispatch on this
subject would be classified in diplomatic
parlance as private and not as an
oinciai dispatch. After passing through
the usual hands it appears that a reply
was sent 10 this dispatch saying that Dr.
Hill would be persona grata This Baron
Won Sternburg doubtless transmitted TO
President Roosevelt
The government view is that this pri-
Hate message cannot be regarded as Off
cial. and that the usual diplomatic pro-
cedure would require additional in
qu!ry in formal way. with it's conse-
Quent reply. as essential 10 "A correct con-
clusion of the affair
The sudden publicity given to the Ger
man intimation that DIR. Hill would not
be received in Berlin has created "A SEN
sation in the diplomatic corps. where the
disposition is to consider that some one
has committed an indiscretion. There is
difficulty in believing that the matter
could not have been arranged in a less
direct way.
Dr. Hills Berlin Visit
DR.. Hill visited Berlin privately early in
March on his way to Dresden to see his
daughter. who is in school there. While
in Berlin he looked over one or two dwell
iHBS oHtleu iiliH ioI rent eHSdSSO
apartments at the Hotel Adlon for q
couple of months. beginning in September
He also made arrangements for servants
He dned with Ambassador and Mrs
Tower lunched with Consul General and
Mrs Thackera and saw a number of ac-
quaintances. whose congratulations his
transfer TO Berlin he accepted.
It Is stated at the foreign office that Dr.
David Jayne Hill never was officially pro-
posed by the United States as ambassa-
dor to Germany. Consequently no official
communication on the subject has been
sent to Ambassador Speck Won Sternburg
any one else by the German govern
ment.
Explanation on the Way.
II is known that letter is en- route from
the German capital which contains an
axIla alton Of the rsa sons for the chan n 90