Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-03-30
EMPEROR CHANGES MIND
Notifies American Government He
Would Be Pleased to Receive Hill.
sTERNBERG HELPS MATTERS OUT
Formal statement Of the German
Foreign once sent to WASH
inEtoh and Given to Assoc
ciated Press.

BERLIN, March 2s.-Emperor William,
having been fully advised as to the atti-
tude OF President Roosevelt and the feeling
,ne American public in regard to the
alleged refusal of his majesty 20 receive
David Jayne Hin as ambassador to Ger
many in succession to Charlemagne Tower,
has withdrawn all the expressions of dis
approval he recently sent to President
Roosevelt and would be pleased TO receive
DR.. Hill as ambassador.
The emperor has caused this view to be
communicated to the president
The German Foreign office has sent to
the Associated Press the following Of
ficial declaration on the subject:
The notices which have appeared hitherto
in the foreign press in regard to the Hill
impression that it was intended in Berlin
TO recall the approval given here last
autumn to Mr.. Hills appointment. This
doubts subsequently arose as to whether
Mr.. Hin would feel himself comfortable
! in 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 welcome in Ber-
lin now, as he would have been before,
OF as any OF 1er unobjectionsble repre-
sentative would be who should be named
| by President Roosevelt.
| throughout the whole incident the anlbas-
sador. Mr.. Tower, has not swerved Tor
one instant from the straight line of alb
soluteiy loyal and honorable conduct, both
toward his own government and the i'm
perial German government.
steFnberE Helps Out.
! Baron Won Sternberg. the German am
basssdor at Washington, has, during the
last forty-eight hours. been in the closest
touch with the Foreign office, and has
cabled fully concerning the matter. He
described the need of a speedy arrangement
| of the affair and President Roosevelt S
difficulties in meeting the emperors in
clnation, and furthermore. the unpleasant
effect the whole controversy 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 Jenisch, the repre-
sentative of the Foreign office, who Is
with the emperor.
As soon as a different statement OF the
emperor's wishes was received by the Sec
retary for foreign affairs. Herr Won
Schoen, the secretary, and Ambassador
| Tower had long conference at the For
/ eign office at which the entire subject was
gone over. At the conclusion of the con-
ference Secretary Won schoen cabled the
foregoing statement 10 the German am
bassador at Washington. and complete ad-
ditional explanations. Ambassador Tower
4 also cabled to the State department the
fullest details OF all that had been done
Anxious for Early settlement.
The aim of the German Foreign office
| is to close the incident in a manner salts
factory to the president and the people OF
the United States. At first the Foreign
office, which is sensitive on any question
relating to the emperor. was inclined to be
lieve that a general denial OF the state
ment that the emperor had declined to re-
ceive DR.. Hill as American ambassador
might quiet the situation, pending a leis-
urely settlement, but It was evident from
Baron Won Sternbergs dispatches on Fri.
day and Saturday that public opinion. az
we'll as the American government required
some adequate and definite solution. anc
It was announced yesterday that the EN-.
peror would delay the departure of the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern from Venice
until Monday presumably TO afford time
for the disposition of this matter.
! Tt Is certain that II DR.. Hill comes e
Berlin as the American ambassador, ht
will be most cordially welcomed and giver
every attention by the emperor and the
German government. 1t is thought in Ber
lin that the emperor's original purpose wa,
merely TO show friendly solicitude con
cerning the American representative.