The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-04-17
RETIREMENT Of
HILL A REGRET
RESIGNATION, WHILE NOT SUR
PRISE, IS DEPLoREp IN
GERMANY,
PAPERS ARE hiST|FKD
hili viii Be in Germany When the
Hill Will Be in Germany When the
msrican Fleet Arrives There
and VIII Participate
in Ceremonies.

Berlin, April l6 The retirement
ffom the German capital of DR.. Davi J
Jayne Hill, whose resignation as am
tassador of the nited tSates to Ger
many, il was announced yesterday
will become July |, is regretted al
the foreign Office, where the relations
between the government officials and
DR.. Hill have been of the very best
Ii is felt here that DR.. Hill's tenure
CT the embassy has done much to fur
Their German-American friendship
The ambassadors resignation ap
arently did no come wholly as Il
surprise. although no official expires
sion of his intention to abandon the
diplomatic service had been received
at the foreign office before Mr.. Hill
left Berlin on March 10 for America
Particular attention is called in Off
cial circles to the fact that the reia
lions between Emperor William ana
the American ambassador are most
cordial
! American rumors to the effect chat
Count Heinrich con Bernstorff, the
German ambassador at Washington
was stimuli aneously resigning which
reports, it was thought, might give
political significance to DR.. Hill's re
tirement, we're promptly and EN-,
practically denied at the foreign office
The date upon which Ambassador
Hills resignation becomes effective
will enable him to participate in The
reception which is being planned fer
the visiting American warships du.
ing Kisl week, and which promises 10
be one of the most important demon.
/ STATIONS of the German-American
sood relations in recent years
i Fleet Arrives June %
According to the Itinerary of the
proposed cruise Of the. second division
of the American Atlantic fleet TO tn
Baltic, the American ships win be al
Kiel from June 22 to June 80 The
Wilhelm Haven squadron OF the Ger
man fleet. comprising the most mod
ern battleships of he German navy
will be at Kiel from June Is to June
%, but it is possible that the Wit
helms Haven squadron will be retain
ed at kiel until June 80 in order t
fttingly welcome tie visiting Ame, Vi
cans.
The working out of a definite pro
gram for he reception of the Amer.
can naval officers and sailors BID
| been delayed by the emperors alb
sence at Corfu The embassy heg;
has not yet received reply to com
municaton sent to his majesty Will
regard to the proposed visit OF Ia
American naval division to German
waters.
The German newspapers are myd
tilted by the sudden resignation o
he American ambassador, and pr,n
IN assortment OF rumors as to wha
caused his retirement, including ont
to the effect that DR.. Hill had clashet
with Secretary Knox over the potas!
question
7 The Mittag Zeitung pays higj
ribute to Dr. Hill as a writer
scholar and diplomat, and says 1t il
an open secret that the American am
: bassador never felt at ease in hi
Berlin post, because Of the incident
which occurred at the time OF his az
pointment. The ambassador, the pape
continues, regarded his stay a. tn
German capital as temporary and &C
ccptcd the post under these circun
stances only as an egress from Tn
disagreeable situation between &c
many and America