The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-30
Emperor Recalls An
Objection To Mr.. Hill
President Roosevelt and the American People Are Assured
That the New Ambassador to the Berlin Court Will Be
Given Cordial Welcome BY Kaizer William and
the German Foreign Office

Berlin. March 29.-Emperor William,
having been fully advised as to the
attitude of President Roosevelt and the
feeling of the American public in re-
gard to the alleged refusal of his
majesty to receive DIR. David Payne
Hill rs American amba ssador to Ger
many in succession to Charlemagne
Tower, has recalled all the expressions
of disapproval he recently sent to
President Roosevelt and would be
pleased to receive DR.. Hill as ambas-
sador.
The Emperor has caused this view to
he communicated to President Rooss-
velt
The German foreign office has sent
to the Associated Press the following
official declaration on the subject;
"The notices which have appeared
hitherto in the foreign press in re-
gard to the Hill affair have originated
IN the erroneous impression that ::
was intended in Berlin to recall the APP
proyal given here last autumn to MI.
Hills appointment This has never
been thought Of 1t is true that doubts
Hill would feel himself comfortable III
the post of American ambassador to
Berlin, but these doubts have been re-
moved SO that nothing stands in the
way of Mr.. Hills nomination to the
Berlin embassy and he will be we,-
coined in Berlin now, as he would
have been before or as any other un.
Objectionable representative would be
who should be named by President
Roosevelt.
1T is to be stated emphatically that
throughout the whole incident the am
bassador, Mr.. Tower, has not swerved
for one instant in t e straight line of
absolutely loyal and honorable COR
duct, both toward his own government
and the imperial German government
Baron Won Sternburg, the German
ambassador at Washington, has, during
the last 4S hours, been in the closest
touch with the foreign office and has
cabled fully concerning the matter. He
described the need of a speedy dc-
rangement of the affair and President
Roosevelt's difficulties in meeting the
Emperors inclination, and furth ermore
the unpleasant effect the whole con
troversy was having upon American
public opinion.
The German foreign office since yes
terday morning has sent a number of
lengthy dispatches to the Emperor at
Venice. through Baron Jerisch, the rep
resentative of the foreign office, who
is with the Emperor.
As soon as a definite statement of
the Emperor's wishes was received bl1
the secretary spr tseign affairs, He.c
Won sehoen. the sne Re-
sador Tower had J k,ng conference an
the foreign office at which the entirs
subject was gone over. At the concl,.-
sion of the conference Secretary Won
Schoen cabled the foregoing statement
to the German ambassador at Wash
ington and complete additional expla-
nations. Ambassador Tower also ca
bled to the department the fullest de-
tails of all that had been DONE
The aim of the German foreign Of
fee is to close the incident in mat
ter satisfactory to the President and
the people of the United States.
Washington, March 29.-The news from
Berlin that Emperor William had recalled
his objections to the appointment of David
Payne Hill as American ambassador at
Berlin has not been officially communi-
Gated either to President Roosevelt or the
department.
Secretary Loeb when informed by the
Associated Press that Emperor William
h5d relented. and, according 20 advlces