Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-30
KAISER SAYS
HILL WILL BE
ACCEPTABLE
TEMPEST AT BERLIN LIKELY
TO BE SETTLED
EMPEROR YIELDS TO WISHES OF
ROOSEVELT
President Notified That His Choice as
Succe .sor to Ambassador Tower
viii Be Received by
William
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 29.--Acting on IN
structions from Emperor William, the
German foreign office has announced
that David Jayne Hill will be ac-
ceptable as ambassador to succeed
Ch2rlemagne Tower. This statement
has ! zen forwarded to President
Roosevelt.
The German foreign office has made
the following official declaration oil
the subject:
"The notices which have appeared
hitherto in the foreign press In regard
to the Hill affair have originated In
the erroneous impression that 1t was
intended in Berlin to recall the ap-
proval given here last autumn to Mr..
Hills appointment This has never
been thought of. 1t is true that doubts
subsequently arose as to whether Mr..
Hill would see himself comfortable
in the post of ambassador to Berlin.
but these doubts have been removed
SO that nothing stands in the way of
Mr. Hills nomination to the Berlin en-
bassy and he will be welcome in. Ber-
lin, now as he would have been be-
fore, or as any other unobjectionable
representative who would have been
named by President Roosevelt. 1t Is
to be stated emphatically that through
out the whole incident the ambassador,
Mr. Tower, has not swerved for one
instant from the straight line of abb
solutely loyal and honorable conduct.
both toward his own government and
the imperial government"
Baron Won Sternberg. the German
ambassador at Washington, has dur
ing the last forty-eight hours been
in the closest touch with the foreign
office, and has cabled fully concerning
that matter. He described the need of
a speedy arrangement of the affair and
President Roosevelt's difficulties In
meeting the emperor's inclination anu
Furthermore the unpleasant effect the
whole controversy was having upon
American public opinion.
The German foreign office since
yesterday morning has sent number
of lengthy dispatches to the emperor
at Venice, through Baron Jenisch, the
representative of the foreign office,
who is with the emperor.
As soon as definite statement OF
the emperors wishes was received by
the secretary for foreign affairs, Herr
Won Schoen. the secretary and Amas-
sador Tower had long conference
at the foreign office, at which the en-
tire subject was gone over At the
conclusion of the conference Secretary
Won Schoen cabled the foregoing state
ment to the German ambassador at
Washington, and other additional ex-
plantations. Ambassador Tower also
cabled to tho state department the full
est details of all that had been done
The aim of the German office is to
close the incident in manner satis-
factory to the president and to the
people of the United States. At first
the foreign office, which is sensitive
on questionos relating to the emperor.
was inclined to believe that a general
denial of the statement that the em-
peror had declined to receive DR.. Hill
as ambassador. might quiet the situa-
tin pending a leisurely settlement.
If Is certain Mat IL DR.. Hill comes
to Berlin as the American ambassador
he will be mo,t cordially welcomed
and given every attention by the en-
peror and the German government.