The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-27
KAISER IS FIRM
 AGAINST HILL AmbassadOfiaI MuddIe Grows
 More Intricate MANY CHANGES INVOLVED Mir. Hills Appointment to the Post at Berlin Would Have Been Followed By Changes In Many Diplo-
 matic Posts.
MANY CHANGES INVOLVED

Washington, March 26.-I.ast fall came the first intimation from Berlin that A. change in the American embassy was in prospect, this being a short news dispatch stating that Mir. Tower had decided that ms family had requested him to return to America. Soon after this it developed that President Roosevelt had received q. letter from the ambassador confirmatory of this news and explaining that his children had reached an age when they should matrieulate at some of the Amer ican universities and. he wished to be near them. There was nothing in the nature of a formal resignation. and it was stated at the time that the President had endeavored to induce MT. Tower to reconsider his decision. The German Elm peror also having conceived a feeling of strong friendship for both MT. and Mrs. Tower, is understood to have used his influence with them to bring about a change of mind, but in vain So the President accepted the situation and an- nounced the name of the successor chosen for the Berlin embassy and the other diplomatic changes that depended thereupon, such, for instance, as the se- lection of MT. Beaupre to succeed Dr. Hill when the latter should leave The Hague for Berlin This was a rather exceptional procedure In advance of the receipt of a formal resignation from MT. Tower, but in the estimation of Secre- tary Root it was justihable in order to forestall rush of applicants for the tempting diplomatic posts. He was de- termined to do everything he could to keep these places for the men lower down in the diplomatic service, who had shown themselves worthy of promotion, so the slate of promotions was announced be- knowledge of the fact that there was to be vacancy at Eerln-
 Programme Failed
 Had this programme been carried through Dr. Hill would have been at this moment outside the government service and without prospects in view of what has happened in other diplomatic events of this character, such as the unfortu- nate plight of Senator Blair of New Hampshire, who found himself without public office when the Chinese govern ment refused to accept him as mnis- ter after his resignation as a United States senator. But in the case of Dr. Hill and MT. Beaupre and Spencer Eddy (who was to have succeeded Beaupre as minister at Buenos Ayres) not only are they unconfirmed in the office for which they were slated but inquiry dScloses the fact that notwithstanding the an nouncement from the White House, these men were not even nominated.
 So there will be no immediate changes in these diplomatic posts as result of what has been done in the case of Dr. Hill Mr Tower will for the time being remain at Berlin. Early in January he gave notice that he would like to re- turn to America some time in August of this year. and while it Is usually re- garded by the state department as de- sirable to make changes in diplomatic posts within a short period or time a1ter they have been decided upon. it was en- tirely willing to regard Mr Tower's con venience in this matter.
 "The Hill question was not discussed. These were the words used by Baron Sternberg. the German ambassador, after a call at the state department on Secre- tary Root today. It was made Tn antlcl- patton of inquiries as to the latest de- velopments in the situation regardlng the German opposition to receiving Dr. Hill as ambassador from this government at Berlin.
 It was diplomatic day at the state denartment and the ambassador was one of Secretary Roots numerous callers.
 Not A word has come to the German embassy from Berlin regarding the mat