New-York tribune., 1908-03-30
WILL WELCOME DIR. HILL
OBJECTIONS RECALLED.
German Foreign Office Makes State
ment of En- perors Tiears.

-a-f;n March 29-En1peror William having
,.., fully advised 10 the attitude Of Presi-
..,- Roosevelt and the feeling Of the American
-r,h,,c in regard TO the alleged refusal of his
.,ss-v 10 receive DR.. David Jayne Hill as
AMERICAN Ambassador TO Germany In succession
~ Charlennagne Tower. has recalled all the
.rn-essions Of disapproval he recently sent to
president Roosevelt. and would be pleased to re-
oeive Dr. Hi ambassador
The Emperor has caused this view to be COM
--,ncsted TO President Roosevelt.
The German Foreign Otfice has sent to The
Associated Press the following official declara-
.ion on the subject:
The notices ahich have appeared hitherto in
.he foreign press in regard to the HiH affair
haze originated in the erroneous impression that
n was intended in Berlin TO recall the ap-
--o,-zl sive. here last autumn to Mr. Hills ap-
roi-;uent This has never been thought OF.
I, is true that doubts subsequently arose as to
-bether Nr. Hill would feel himself comfortable
i- the post Of American Ambassador at Berlin.
t,,. these doubts have been removed. SO that
Nothing stands in the way Of Mr.. Hills nomina-
.ion 10 the Berlin Embassy. and he will be wei
c,rne in Berlin now. he would have been
before any ether unohjectionable repre-
sentative would be. who should be named by
PRESIDENT Roosevelt
r is 10 be stated enlphatically that through
nrT the whole incident the ambassador. Mr-
-orer has not sweryed for one instant from
the straight line Of absolutely loyal and hon
n-ch
-nent and the imperial German government
Baron Won Sternhurg. the German Ambassador
~ Washington. has during the last forty-eisht
,ou-s heea in the closest touch with the Foreign
nHoe. and has cabled fully concerning the mat
.s- He described the need of 2 speedy ar
-argen9ent Of the affair and President Roose-
velts difficulties in meeting the Emperors in
c1ingtion. and Furthermore, the unpleasant ef-
feet the Rhole controversy was having upon
American public opinion
The German Foreign Office since yesterday
morning has sent = number Of dispatches TO the
Erperor a. Venice. through Baron Jenisch. the
-er-eseutstiz-e Of the Foreign Office who is with
the Emperor
As soon as q definite statement of the En-
-e-o-,+ wishes was received by the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. Herr Won Schoen. the Secre-
-a-y and Ambassador Tower had long con-
ference al the Foreign otnce. at which the en-
tire subject was gone over. At the conclusion
~ the conference Secretary Won Schoen cahled
the foregoing statement to the German An1has-
sador at Washington. with complete additional
ordinations Ambassador Tower also cabled
II cha State Department the fullest details OF
al that had been done
The aim OF the German Foreign Office is TO
close the incident in manner satisfactory 10
The President and the people Of the United
States At first the Foreign Office. which is
sensitive on any question relating to the En-
reror- was inclined 70 believe that general
denial Of the statement that the Emperor had
declined to receive DR.. Eili American Am
hassadnr might quiet the situation, pending Il
ieisurely settlement But il was evident from
Baron Won SternbUrg's dispatches on Friday
an5 Saturday that public opinion. as well as the
American government. required some adequate
and definite solution. no il was announced yes
ferdav that the Emperor would delay the depart
ure n the imperial yacht fIohenzollern from
Venice until Monday. presumably 10 afford time
for the disposition of this matter.
L is certain that if DR. Hin comes to Rerlin as
the American Amhassad dor he viii he most cor
d-aIl1 welcomed and given every attention by
TIE Emperor and the German government 1t Is
thought in Berlin that the Emperor's original
purpose was merely TO show friendly sollcltude
concerning American representation.