Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
SPECULATE AS TO CAUSE
Newspapers Print Many Rumors Con-
cerning the Resignation.
Won BERNsTORFF TO STAY
American Report That Ambassador
Is to Quit Washington Denied
at Foreign Office.

BERLIN. April 15.-The retirement
from the German capital Of DR.. David
Jayne Hill, whose resignation as am
bassador of the United States to
Germany, it was announced yester
day. will become effective July 1.
is regretted at the foreign Office, where
the relations between the government
officials and DR.. Hill have been of the
very best. 1t is felt here that DR.. Hills
tenure of the embassy has done much
to further German-American friend
ship.
The ambassadors resignation appar-
entity did not come wholly as a sur
prise, though no official expression of
his intention to abandon the diplomatic
service had been received at the for
eign office before DR.. Hill left Berlin on
March 10 for America Particular at
tention is called in official circles to
the fact that the relations between
Emperor William and the American
ambassador are most cordial.
American Rumors Denied.
American rumors to the effect that
Count Heinrich Won Bernstorn, the Ger
man ambassador at Washington, was
simultaneously resigning, which reports.
it was thought. might give political sig
nificance to DR.. Hills retirement, were
promptly and emphatically denied at the
foreign Office.
The German newspapers are mystifed
by the sudden resignation Of the Ameri-
can ambassador and print an assortment
of rumOrs as to what caused his retire
ment, including one to the effect that
DR.. Hill had clashed with Secretary Of
State Knox over the potash question.
Tho Mittag Zeitung pays a high tribute
to DR.. Hill as writer, scholar and dip
lomat. and says it is an open secret that
the American ambassador never felt at
ease in his Berlin post because Of the in
cidents which occurred at the time of
his appointment.
The ambassador the paper continues,
regarded his stay at the German capital
under these circumstances only as an
egress from disagreeable situation be-
tween Germany and America.
To Attend Kiel Reception.
The date upon which Ambassador Hills
resignation becomes effective will enable
him to participate in the reception which
is being planned for the visiting Ameri-
can warships during Kiel week, and which
promises to be one Of the most important
demonstrations of the German-American
good relations in recent years. Accord
ing to the itinerary of the proposed
cruise Of the second division OF the Amer
lean Atlantic fleet to the Baltic, the
American ships will be at Kiel from June
30 until June ~. The Wilhelmshaven
squadron of the German fleet, comprising
the most modern battleships Of the Ger
man navy, will be at kiel from June Is
until June %, but 1t is possible that the
Wilhelmshaven squadron will be retained
at Kiel until June 30 i'll order fittingly to
welcome the visiting Americans.
The working out of definite program
of the reception OF the American naval
officers and sailors has been delayed by
the emperors absence at Corfu. The EN-
bassy here has not yet received a reply
to a communication sent to his majesty
with regard to the proposed visit of the
American naval division to German wa
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