The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-03
KAISERACCEPTS HILL
has CHANGED HIS Mind ON
OUR DIPLOMAT.
German Emperor Recall His Express
sions of DisapproVal-Will Welcome
DR.. David J. Hill if He VIII Go to
BerIin-Explanations from Father
land Now Going on in Washington.

Berlin.-Emperor William, having
been fully advised as to the attitude
of President Roosevelt and the feeling
of the American public in regard to
the alleged refusal of his majesty to
receive DR.. David j. Hill as ambassa-
dor to Germany in succession to
Charlemagne Tower, has recalled all
the expressions of disapproval he re-
Gently sem to President Roosevelt and
would be pleased to receive DR.. Hill as
ambassador. The emperor has caused
this view to be communicated to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The German foreign Office has sent
to the following official declaration on
the subject:
THE notices which have appeared
hitherto in the foreign press in regard
to the Hill affair have originated in
the n impression that 1t was
intended in Berlin to recall the ap-
prevail given here last autumn to Mr..
Hills appointment. This has never
been thought of. 1t is true that doubts
O~uDbCQuCAlll dIObo dO W MuClLCI MI.
Hill 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 well
come in Berlin, now as he would have
been before, or as any other unob-
J~ec..onaOle representative would be
who should be named by President
Roosevelt. 1t is to be stated emphati-
cally that throughout the whole incl
dent, the ambassador, Mr.. Tower, has
net swerved for one instant from the
straight line of absolutely loyal and
honorable conduct, both toward his
own government and the imperial gov
eminent"
Baron Won Sternberg, the German
ambassador at Washington, has, dur
ing the last As hours, been in the
closest touch with the foreign office,
and has cahled 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, and,
furthermore, Lhe 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
representative of the foreign office,
who is with the emperor.
AS soon as a definite indication of
the emperor's wishes was received by
the secretary for foreign affairs, Herr
Won Schoen, the secretary and Am
bassador Tower had a long conference
at the foreign Office, at which the en-.
tire subject a gone over At the
conclusion of the conference Secretary
Won Schoen caDled the foregoing state
ment to the German ambassador at
Washington and additional explana.
tons. Ambassador Tower also cabled
to the state department the fullest de
tails of all that had been done.
The aim of the German office is to
close the incident in a manner salts.
factory to the president and to the
people of the United States. At first
the foreign Office, which is sensitive
on any question relating to the EN-
peror, was inclined to believe that a
general denial of the statement that
the emperor declined to receive DR..
Hill as ambassador might quiet the
situation pending a leisurely settle.
ment.
1t is certain that il DR.. Hill comes
to Berlin as the American ambassador
he will be most cordially welcomed
and given every attention by the EN-.