The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-14
KAISER AND
The DOCTOR
Inside Story of the Hill Epi-
sOde at the Court OF
Berlin.
tMaf Special to the Advertiser.)

(Mail Special TO the AdyertIser.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 30-A
half dozen big nations of the world
have been looking on euriously now
for almost a week since there was an
cutlery that a good man had been
stabbed in the back over at Berlin.
1t was intended to undo a prospective
United States Ambassador to Ger
many, DR.. David Jayne Hill, who had
been slated for that $17,5o0 job. which,
next to the ambassadorship at the
court of st. James and the ambassa-
dorship at Paris, is regarded as the
most desirable blue ribbon the Pres
fdent of the United States has to be-
stow for service abroad.
All washington has been titillating
with the gossip, for Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
resided here a number of years and
are looked upon by half of all the
100000 people in the District of Co.
Iumbia as neighbors and friends.
There have been all sorts of explana-
tions and statements. Assertions from
Berlin have been positive that Kaiser
William never said that DR.. Hill would
not be acceptable as Ambassador from
the United States and that DR.. Hill
would be very welcome at that post,
and yet until day or two ago no one
hal tI0
ever go to him. The matter of the
acceptability of an ambassador who
the person of the highest
official of the government to. which he
is accredited. is exceedingly delicate,
and when the thrust was made it made
q wound which could hardly be heal
ed. unless Emperor William person
ally asked for DR.. Hill, which he is
now said to have done.
Perhaps President Roosevelt would
have struck back in some way, and
yet he can not force upon the Kaiser
any person as ambassador who is not
wanted. To send such an ambassador
would be worse than sending no am
bassador at all, which leads up to the |
Idea, often expressed, that there is no
actual need these days for permanent
anyway, as practically |
Ill of the business between nations |
could be transacted direct between |
heir fogeign offices by letter or ca
olegram. OF course, the residence of |
IN ambassador in a foreign country |
contributes something to the mainte-1
nance Of amicable relations, and that
S of some account in the long run. 1t
'emains, however. that most of an
ambassadors duties are social duties
and that he does not have to work
Tery hard.
Because the work is so light and the
luties SO largely social, the ambassa-
lorships in recent years have been 60
ng to people of large wealth and great
ocial ambitions-a practise that Pres
dent Roosevelt, to a degree, would
ike to break UP. In former times big
contributions helped to those
and the people Sc
ected had money. so that they could
pare 100000 year, or more, to keep
lp a magnificent establishment. This
vas the case with Ambassador Charlie
nagne Tower, now at Berlin, but for
nerly of Vienna. He was not very
veil known when he was first sent
broad, except as a very rich man,
With influential backing in his home
state of Pennsylvania. However,
While an austere man, not very genial
With those who have business with
i'm, Mr.. Tower has made good am
assador, has shown business ability in
andling affairs entrusted to him. and
got on swimmingly." as the saying
oes, at Berlin. !