Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
berlin ACCLA|MS
BRITISH OFFICIALS
stimson Flies to Amsterdam.
Declares Courage Will
Revive Germany.
BY the Associated Press.

reached Berlin this evening several
hours behind Arthur Henderson his
| foreign minister, and was accorded one
| of the most enthusiastic receptions a
visiting foreigner has received in re-
cent years.
Cheering Germans packed the big
FriedrichStrasse railway station, JAM
med the surrounding streets and kept
| the whole district in an uproar of ac-
claim.
| Mounted police were called out, but
| the good-humored crowd resisted their
efforts to keep the railway platform
clear
When the train pulled in Chancellor
Bruening, Foreign Minister Curtius,
Foreign Secretary Henderson and other
officials who had come to welcome the
visiting prime minister we're cut off
| from Mr.. MacDonald's car by crowd
OF several hundred.
Crowd of Several Hundred.
DR.. Curtius. forsaking diplomatic dig
nifty and his own safety. shouldered his
way into the narrow space between the
crowd and the still moving train.
Top hat, frock coat and all, he. edged
quickly past the line of cars and
| reached Mr.. MacDonald's coach just as
the train stopped, and the prime min
| lister, wearing a brown business suit
and soft-collared white shirt. stepped
into roar of welcome which all but
| cracked the glass roof of the station
The words with which they greeted
each other were lost in the surrounding
uproar.
Meanwhile, police had cleared a path
across the platform and the rest of the
oflcial welcomers came up to shake
hands Chancellor Bruening was there,
Foreign Secretary Henderson, Sir Hor-
ace Humboldt, the British Ambassador
snd-hiS high hat looming we'll above
the rest of the crowd-Henrich Sahm
the tall lord mayor of Berlin.
When the greetings were over Mr.
Macdonald and the welcoming delega-
ton walked through the crowded wait
ing room to the street and there pam
cemonium broke loose as the crowd
recognized the prime minister.
Entire Party Cheered.
"Frei He'll they shouted, Hail to
Freedom They cheered Mr. Mac
Donald, Chancellor Bruening. Mr. Hen
derson, DR.. Curtius and all the rest Of
the party. Long live the friend of
freedom!" they shouted. pressing as
close to the official party as the police
| would permit.
against the excited throng. trying to
keep a lane open for the string of dip
! lomatic cars
Mr. Macdonald. bareheaded and sn1il-
ing his appreciation. looked so matter
of-fact and neighborly in his plain
brown suit among all the high hats that
a new burst of enthusiastic cheering
rose as he walked to the car.
! Arthur Henderson received a stormy
| demonstration on his arrival.
Curtius was at the station to greet
| him and as the two walked to their au-
! tomobile there were cries Of long live
| Hencerson-hoch the friend Of peace
three cheers for the friend CT Germany"
| Ore National Socialist ventured to
yell the "Nazi' slogac, Wake up, Ger
many" but some one hustled him out
of the way.
| Confers With DIR. Curtius.
The British secretary went into con-
| ference Immediately with DR.. Curtlus.
| The two had luncheon together and
resumed their conversations this after
! noon.
Prime Minister Macdonald and Mr..
Henderson will confer with Chancellor
| Bruening this evening. Tomorrow
morning they will be received by Presi-
| dent Won Hindenburg and tomorrow
| night they will return to London.
The visitors are staying at hotel only
a few steps from the chancellors ONCE
Secretary of State Henry l.. Slim
son left for Amsterdam by airplane on
the way to London shortly after an
audience with President Won Hlnoen'
burg.
He maintained to the last his policy
of extreme discretion, and when an
American correspondent asked him 70
give his impressions of the audience
with the President he replied:
las an American citizen you know
that one never quotes the President.
| That's my answer here too. In my
position one must be especially care
full" Then after a pause, needless
to saw. the visit was most pleasant"
Ambassador Won PrittwitZ Und Graf
from, who was at Tempelhof Airdrome
tot see Mr. StimSon off in the regular
Dutch Always passenger plane, dis
closed that he had acted as interpre-
ter for the Secretary and the Presi-
dent, but when he was asked what
they talked about he smiled and said,
that I cannot say"
All that either the Secretary or the
Ambassador would say was that the
President had not given Mr.. Stimson an
autographed photograph.
Embassy Staff at Airdrome.
Ambassador Frederic M. Sackett and
the whole embassy staff were at the
German government, but there was no
crowd because the morning papers had
announced that Mr.. Stimson would
leave on the Paris express.
From Amsterdam the Secretary plans
to motor to Hook of Holland and con-
tinue by ship to London.
Although he maintained his reti-
cence he concluded his last interview
with correspondents with a sentence re-
garded here as of the utmost signii-
canoe.
THE present financial trouble in Ger
many." he said, "is due largely to
temporary lack of confidence. and am
certain that with courage and a re-
turn of confidence Germany will re-
cover her prosperity"
It is taken for granted he had some
thing more definite to say to the Ger
; man statesmen, bankers and industrial.
lists with whom he spent the crowded
hours of his visit.
on Saturday night he talked for
long time with Gen. Wilhelm Groener,
! minister of defense, about disarmament.
Sunday morning and afternoon he spent
in intimate conversation with Cham
cellor Bruening. Foreign Minister Cur
thus and Ambassador Sackett. Last
night at dinner he met score OF out
, standing German bankers and indus
trialists, including Hjalmar Schacht,
former president of the Reichbank; Dr.
Hans Luther. present head of the bank,
and Herman Schmitz. managing direc-
! tor of the German dye trust
Presented to Hindenburg.
Stimson was presented to President
yon Hindenburg by Sackett.
i Mr.. Stirson and the Ambassador ar
rived, unattended by secretaries, in Mr..
, Sackett's famous limousine-No. 14-lo
minutes before their appointment.
The military guard paid customary
honors, and inside the presidential pal