The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-25
NAVAL DOlNGS AT KEEL TOO
THE KAISER GUEST OF AD-
MIRAL BADGER AT LUNCHEON.

Shows special Friendliness 10 Ambassa.
dor nm. who Isn't Recalled Yet-Wii.
helm Tells stories. lnspects the
Louisiana and Has Fine Time.
Special Cable Dispatches TO THE SrN.
KEEL June N-Rear Admiral Badger
entertained the Kaiser to-day on board
the flagship Louisiana. The Kaiser came
on board at O'Clock. There we're thirty
other guests, Of whom fifteen were Ameri-
cans. Ambassador Hill and Rear Admiral
Badger Sat at the right and left of the
Kaiser. The sole decorations of the table
were MArguerites. 1t being Daisy Day for
the aid Of Kiel's poor children.
Among the guests were Admiral Won
Ttrpitz. the German Secretary of Navy;
Admiral Muller. chief of the Naval Cabi-
net; Chief Adjutant Won Kessel and the
American Captains
There were no speeches and no toasts
at the request of the Kaiser. Likewise.
the guests appeared in undress uniform
The Kaiser was in high spirits and en-
joyed good stories told 10y Ambassador
Hill and Rear Admiral Badger. He also
told some Of his own. After luncheon the
Kaiser spent an hour and half making a
thorough inspection of the ship. He
was mot inquisitive but Interested" and
examined everything. discussing tech
meal questions with the Admirals.
As the Kaiser quilted the ship the big
yellow standard which had been borrowed
for the occasion and hoisted upon his ar
rival was hauled down. The band played
and there was a salute Of thirty three
guns. The Kaiser has always been
friendly with Ambassador Hill but at
lunch to-day he manifested special anity.
The guests at the luncheon all received
a cravat ornament as q souvenir Of the
victory Of the Meteor on Thursday. At
the luncheon the Kaiser looked fine. He
ate sparingly and drank only orangeade
He smoked many cigarettes.
DR.. Hill is lodged in a roomy suite Of
cabins on board the Kansas. The ex-
perience is novel and interesting for
him. but not tranquil. He is awakened
early In the morning every day as the
marines mount guard just above his head
The name of Or. Hills successor has
not yet been submitted to the Kaiser
DR.. Hill has not received his letters
OF recall and the fact is exciting a good
deal Of surprise and unfavorable comment
In diplomatic quarters. Consequently il
appears that if DR.. Hill will not be able
to take formal leave Of the Emperor on
the present occasion he may have to
return to kiel for the purpose. The Am
bassador Is going to Berlin on Tuesday
10 attend dinner AT the American Cham
ber Of Commerce. He says he has an
absolutely planless future. He has much
at heart. however the completion OF a
work on the history Of diplomacy.
To-day the crews of the American ships
we're entertained az vaudeville theatres
in kiel. There will he a dance on the
Louisiana on Tuesday night. Admiral
Won Tirpitz will give a dinner on Monday
in honor Of Rear Admiral Badger and the
senior officers Of the division.
The boat race to-day between crews Of
the four American battleships now here
and crews from four German ships for the
Kaiser prize was won by the Americans.
the men of the Kansas finishing first
The German crews attribute the victory
OF the Americans to the lighter craft in
which they rowed
BERLIN, June 24-The visit OF the sec
ond division OF the American Atlantic
squadron to Kiel is receiving little atten-
ton from the German press. which is
still laboring under the fancied slight
because the American vessels did not
call here during their cruise In European
waters last year. Count Revent low. the
greatest naval expert in Germa ny. re-
wives the story to-day in the D6utsche
Td9es Z'itunp. He reminds the German
American League. which is appealing 10
Germans AZ home TO work for an arbi-
tration treaty between the United States
and the fatherland of the Kaiser IS dictum
that he knows what Germans are and
what Americans are. but he knows moth
ing about German Americans.
Arbitration treaties. says Count
Revent low. do no harm. but il there should
be trouble between Germany and America
President Taft's peace preserver would
slip quietly into where il belongs.
The farewell banquet 10 DR.. David
Jayne Hill. the American Ambassador.
which is being organized by the American
Association of Commerce. promises to
excel all German American festivities
which Berlin has ever experienced, Ac.
ceptances of invitations to be- present
have been received from imperial secre-
tares of the Treasury and Foreign Affairs
and from four Prussian Ministers
those of Commerce. Justice. Agriculture
and Public Works There have also
been acceptances from long list of men
distinguished for scholarship. science.
art and the famous theologian Harnack.
Ted Marks Has an Adventure.
Speci1l Cahit DrspGirh u THE SIN.