Show WHY THE EMPEROR OPPOSED DR HILL washington april 18 tho the objection to dr 1 hill 1111 as ambassador to gormany was simply and solely that his private fortune would not enable him to represent properly the dignity of the american nation this statement was made today in tho the house by mr air longworth ohio son bon in ln law of president roosevelt dur 1 ing the consideration erf d the diplomatic R appropriation bill mr air longworth was making a plea for the maintenance by the government of suitable legation buildings at the various foreign capitals ho he referred to the press dispatches stating that the german emperor had refused to accept dr hill and to the official denial given to the published stories nevertheless said mr air longworth there Is no doubt diat there was a foundation for these stories beyond mere rumor and it is undoubtedly true that persons high in aut authority bority in germany for some time have haie been saying 9 that dr hill was not persona grata to the emperor these objections bo however wever lie he declared c could not be be because cause dr lit hill 11 was not experienced in ili diplomacy nor sufficiently learned in international law nor that lie he was not sufficiently able and representative they wore were ho he assorted duo due entirely to the fact that because lie he was not sufficiently well oft off to pay the difference between the ibo amount paid him as aa salary and the amount necess necessary arv to maintain ha his position as ambas ambassador gabr lie ho would not only be abit to keep up such an establishment as that of the present ambassador bas but would not be able to keep up lip any establishment at al all mr longworth said without going into the quntion as to whether mr IN I 1 r tower rower had bad maintained too luxurious an establishment that everybody would concede that the american ambassador baso bas ador to germany should at least have a house to live in and not noc bo be compelled to live in a hotel ora or a flat it Is no excuse he said that tha t we do not act bec because aluse financial conditions dont warrant the expense an office holding aristocracy is bad enough 1 in any country when based on birth and bloody blood but hen based on wealth it is worse and than thanell tha nall all in a republic I 1 would say that an any amount of money was well spoilt spent for uprooting such a system from this couett count country rj y |