Milford chronicle., 1910-05-13

ed Company to Meet the Americans
Berlin May ll-Some 1900 Ameri-
cans went to meet Roosevelt but they
were not allowed near enough to the
station to witness his arrival Roose
yelt and his family. with Ambassador
and Mrs Hill. members OF the EN-.
bassy. General Won Loewenfeld the
foreign secretary; the imperial chan
cellor and other guests took a specia
train tor the Wild Park station where
royal carriages met them and drove
them to the palace al Potsdam.
On the steps of the palace the long
lookedf for meeting between the kaiser
and Roosevelt at last took place The
kaiser was resplendent in the white
uniform Of a general of the body
guard. with a glittering brass helmet
surmounted by a silver eagle ROose
welt was attired in civilian dress wear
ing a silk hat and frock coat. The
kaiser welcomed him heartily and
preceded by the court chamberlain
with a wand led Roosevelt and his
family through what is known as the
shell room to the salon beyond, where
the empress awaited them with the
crown princess and other members Of
the royal family. court ladies and gen
tlemen.
After the presentations the empress.
the kaiser and the Roosevelt families
withdrew to another room. the rest n
the guests waiting In the shell room
After a little while the empress and
the others returned to the shell room
and the court chamberlain then ma
shaled the company in due order and
conducted them to the Jasper gallery
for luncheon. Roosevelt taking in the
empress and the kaiser Mrs. Roose
welt.
In the long chamber. hung With old
masters. with beautiful view through
the French windows Of the park. siV |
tables we're laid for the company. |
which numbered about fifty. The two |
chief tables we're in the middle. At
one sat the kaiser. with the crown |
princess on his right and Mrs ROose |
welt on his left On Mrs Roosevelt's
left was Baron Bethmann-Hollweg. the |
imperial chancellor The others at tt
table were General Won Plessen. Count
Zu Gutenberg. the American naval at |
tache: Ambassador Hill Kermit |
Roocevelt and General Won Loewen
field At the second chief table sal
the empress. with the crown prince on
her right. and Roosevelt on her lef'.
On Roosevelt's left was the kaisers
young daughter Princess Victoria
Louise The others at this table we're !
the American military attache Ethel
Roosevelt. Herr Won Scoen secretary
of foreign affairs: Countess Keller
Prince Solms Baruth and Mrs Hill
After luncheon. which was Informal.
no speeches being made the company
went back to the shell room and stood
in groups. Now it was that the real
meeting OF the kaiser and Roosevelt
came of. The kaiser drew Roosevelt
aside from the others and for thirty
or forty minutes they stood cOnvers
ing. on what none may know. but
Roosevelt was much handicapped by
extreme hOarseness and a hard cough
Before the conversation ended all the
guests. with the exception OF the
left The kaiser then. with
an equerry. took the Roosevelts in an
romobles IN see San Souci palace. a
mile away The empress remained At
Potsdam.
A special train was ready at the
station. but the RoOsevelts came d
rect to the embassy from Potsdam II
Here Roosevelt found
Robert f. Peary. with
whom he had a short talk. He ther
vent TO his room. where a couple Of
hroat specialists visited him They
'eport that Roosevelt is suffering from
aryngitis. induced by bronchitis. a
common experience Of people coming
,orth after being in a tropical climate
They say there is no danger. RoOse
,elt has only to be careful to get well