The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-31
EMPEROR NEVER
CHANGED VIEWS
TOWARD HILL AND HIS WILLING
NESS TO WELCOME HIM AT
BERLIN
STATEMENT GIVEN OUT
From White House Last Night With
View to Ending Gossip-Stern-
berg, Root, Bacon and Roose-
velt Talk il over.

Washington, March 30.-NGth a
view to bringing to close the gossip
connected with the reported disap
proval in Berlin OF the appointment
cf DR.. David Jayne Iill as ambassa-
dor and terminating the incident Ger.
man Ambassador Sternbers, called at
the White House tonight by appoint.
ment to see President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root Assistant Secretary
Bacon was also present. At the con
clusion OF the conference, the follow
ing statement was given out:
In addition to the communication
already made public from the Ger
man foreign office, the German am
bassador has also conveyed to the
American government the assurance
of the emperor that there never had
been any change in his attitude to-
ward Hill and his cordial willingness
to welcome Hill to Berlin. The EN-
peror's favorable opinion Cf Hill was
communicated to the Washington ad-
ministration last November, and his
attitude has never changed since.
apparently some remarks in cas-
uel conversation have been distorted
by gossip and exaggerated by rumor
so as to give totally erroneous i'm
preston OF the whole matter,
The two governments have never.
shared this misunderstanding, The
design of the president and the sec
retary of state In choosing Hill was to
choose man who, of all men in the
diplomatic service was the best fitted
for this particular position; q position
OF the very first order in honor AMI
responsibility and one TO which, there
fore ii was deemed well to send al
skilled diplomat, student. speaker, au
thority on international law. a learned
German scholar who had served with
signal ability as assistant secretary of
state under John Hay, and as foreign
minister in two successive pets, in the
last of which he has rendered mark
ed service in connection with The
Hague peace conference This pur
pose is. and has always been, fully
appreciated by the emperor personal
ly and In Germany at large"
The nomination of Hill as ambassa
dor to Germany will be sent to the
senate tomorrow, according to plan
agreed upon tonight. No time has been
fixed for The retirement OF Ambassador
Tower, but it is expected Hill will
succeed him some time In May.
IL was stated tonight that the pur
pose of the administration has been to |
make it evident that great diplomatic |
positions are not to be treated as posi- |
tions to be held only by millionaires, |
but as far as possible as rewards for !
faithful service to the public in other
positions.
Thus the last four ambassadors ap- |
pointed, Riddle to Russia, Dudley to |
Brazil, O'Brien to Japan. Hill to Ger |
many, all have been men of moderate |
means, who in previous positions OF |
lesser rank had shown especial fitness |
fo rthe performance of duties of high |
er posts to which they were appoint
ed 1t was pointed out that every
ambassador now in the service has
had previous diplomatic experience, |
and most fthem long and varied
and most of them long and varied
cases the chief previous service of the
men has been rendered outside of di |
plomacy.
The administration is anxious to !
have II made evident that the posses.
sion of merely moderate means was |
no bar TO preferment to the highest |
position, and it is because of this feel |
in gthat 1t so deeply regrets the fail |
ure of congress to provide proper Off |
cial residences for ambassadors |
abroad. 1t was stated tonight that |
this failure initiated directly i'm favor
of the men of great wealth and against |
the man of smaller means, and both |
permits and causes such violent con |
trasts- in the scale of expenditure of |
successive incumbents of the same |
office and fosters just such gossip and
trouble as occurred in the present in
stance.