DIPLOMAT RESIGNS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 279, 18 April 1911, Page 5

DIPLOMAT RESIGNS

OLD STORY RECALLED. POSITION REQUIRES A WEALTHY APPOINTEE. By Cable —Press Association—O r "Tiglit 1 New York, Ap' ' 15. Dr. D. J. Hill, American Ami? *idor at Berlin, resigns in July. The reason is not given. Berlin, April 15. Dr. Hill's resignation of the American ( Ambassadorship recalls the coolness raised through the Kaiser's objections to his appointment in 1908. Dr. Hill, who is at present visiting the United States, recently, in the course of a lecture at Columbia University, declared that the divine right of kings is extinct. The belief in Berlin is that his resignation is due to the inability of a man of moderate means to meet the expenses of an important embassy. The following statement, which the London Times characterised as "one of the most extraordinary in point of tone and taste that has ever appeared in a responsible journal, was published on March 30, 1908, by the Vossische Zeitung, one of the principal Liberal organs:— "As we learn from well-informed quarters the announcement is in the main accurate according to which Mr. Tower the retiring American Ambassador) addressed, by desire of the Emperor, a communication to Washington bringing forward certain objections to the appointment of Dr. Hill to the post of Ambassador. These objections have nothing to do with Dr. Ilill personally; they merely arise from the purely external circumstance that Dr. Hill does not possess the financial means to make ail appearance here in a manner corresponding with the position of the United States as a world Power. The Kaiser is of the opinion . . . that the prestige of America in Germany would suffer if the representative of the United States in Berlin was not in a position to bring into view, outwardly as well as otherwise, the high rank which his country occupies among the nations. The Emperor, however and herein lies the kernel of the whole unfortunate affair —attaches very great importance to having the reputation of America promoted in Germany in every way and exposed to no handicap. , . . The objections which the Emperor William had to brins; forward against Dr. Hill were, therefore, solely promoted bv the desire to raise the reputation of America in Germany. They are thus in entire accordance with the policy which the Emperor has pursued for years of improving and strengthening the relations between Germany and the United States. Jt is true that President Roosevelt is no friend of a great display on the part of the representatives of America abroad. That sort of thing is, besides, inconsistent with American principles. which find expression in the fact that Uncle Sam gives his diplomatic envovs very, poor pay " The incident was closed by the German Ambassador to Washington conveying "flie assurance of the Emperor that there had never been anv change in his attitude towards Dr. Hill, and his cordial willingness to welcome Dr. Hill to Berlin. The Emperor's favorable opinion of Dr. Hill was communicated to the Washington Administration in November. and this attitude had never -hanged."