The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
|L.[AR'F|GHT CAUSES
PASTOR TO RESIGN.
Sequel Ms a Quarrel, iii Which
Ambassador Tower Was
a Figure.
TRUTH RI! / ABOUT THE INCIDENT
Kaiser Was NLisinformed About
Voting American, and Rutnor
Did the Rest.

BERLIN, January 2G.--The Rev. DR..
Dickie. pastor Of the American Church
here, has resigned. In certain quarters
Ely is declared that he did 70 by res
guest. II others the inner Circles OF
/ the American colony. II ts asserted that
h tho rasigua ton Is a result OF the year,
old quarrel between the pastor and the
F4AfnArtcan Ambassador, Mr.. Tower,
brought about by Mr.. Tower intro.
/ ducing Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s. Lehr to
The Gfrmsn Kaiser as representatives
sof American elite society.
Many American residents IN Berlin,
who still kept UP their connections
With American social circles, took en-
fception to the Characterization. In this.
but for another reason, they were
SyociferouBly seconded by the sersa-
5ttonalS press OF the German capital.
The Rev. pr. Dtckic openly criticized
MI. Towers good taste and deplored
his lack OF tact. Others took sides
with thefamba ssador. and soon n merry
but more or less secretive war was on.
was. q war which was strictly
confined to social circles. The State
Department at Washington ignored ~.
and suddenly the Berlin press ceased
to annoy either Mr.. Tower or AR. Lehr.
The journals had been quietly Inform
ed that their attitude was d!splensing
to the Emperor.
Lehr,s Bow to Berlin Society.
Mr.. Lehr. with his wife formerly
Mrs. John vlnton Dahlgren tnee
Drexelo wore presented to the Kaiser
Just q yenr ago. Then followed an
Invitation to a court ball and the ems
tree Of the visitors to exclusive court
circles.
One distinguished American Inform
al q ndtfnrf ~ n N ha I
AR. ,Lehr was The man who. associated
with George llessler. had succeeded
in having French champagne substi-
tuted for German brand ut the time
the Kalser's yacht Meteor was launcil-
ed at Staten Island. That fortunate
French wine was adopted all over the
.country..3in consequence. 1t annoyed,
sven angered. the Kaiser, particularly
when he read about the substitution
in the Paris journals. The German
Ambassador in Washington. Won Hol-
lebcn was soon afterward recalled.
In associating the name OF Mr.. Lellr
with the affair the German press add.
ed something on it's own account. II
was that alr. Lehr had behaved In =.
peculiar manner at the court ball. while
at the preceding audience he had come
into the presence OF the Kaiser array
ed in striped waistcoAt, checkered
trousers and spats, the weird tout chs
senble being crowned with flaming
red tie. This. OF course. was nonsense,
for any one thus clothed would have
been stopped at the palace door.
Mr.. Tower at least felt disposed TO
issue semi official statement In re-
gard to his guest, Who he said. had
behaved admirably and In the most
approved manner OF an American gem
tleman. Mr.. I.ehr's friends in Berlin
added that he had never been nsso-.
.c,ated with George Ksssler in promot-
Ing the popularity Of the brand Of
French champagne In question.
Pastor Takes Up Cudgels.
at this point the Rev. DR.. 3Dlckle en-
tered thu contest. He Ignored Mr.. Lellr
and concentrated his fire upon the ans
bassador. whose manners he described
as queer" and whose diplomacy he
declared to be nil, And ever since he
has kept up more or less acrimonious
TRADE, which was considered bound to
lead sooner or later to his withdrawal
or the retirement OF Mr.. Tower.
The cause OF the rupture-the pre-
sentation OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lehr to the
Kaiser--is very simply explained. In
the summer OF 1906 Mrs. Tower was at
,, Newport. There she met Mrs. Drexel,
who said to her:
Harry and his wife are going to be
lin Berlin next winter. You and AR.
Tower will be nice to. them. won't
your
And the wife Of the American am-
bassador said that they would.
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