Show THE GERMAN MISSION Reports from W Washington seem to Indicate that the Hon Andrew D. D White now American Ambassador to to Germany will retire f om hat position during the summer summer or autumn and be succeeded by Dr David Jayne Hill now First Assistant Secretary of State Owing to to th act fn that t Doctor Hill naturally has ha b been by his hs chief Secretary rY Hay during the McKinley and thus far the Roose- Roose jelt elt administrations the country perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps Is not aware that since before the opening of the Spanish war he has been the diplomatic brains of the Department and of the country Whatever Whatever Whatever What What- ever of success American diplomacy has achieved during the past five years has been largely due to his genius and training Years ago Doctor Doctor Doc Doe tor Hill HUl was President of the n sity of Rochester resigning from that place to study international law and history in Europe Toda t-he t ho he is re regarded regarded regarded re- re as the ablest diplomat in our service In addition to his departmental departmental departmental depart depart- mental duties he holds the chair of diplomatic history in the famous Washington College of Jurisprudence Jurisprudence- and Diplomacy his colleagues In the faculty being such men as Justices Harlan and Brewer of the United States Supreme Court and the Hon John W. W Foster formerly Secretary of ot State Doctor Hill is a man of the highest culture and refinement and moreover is wealthy He speaks and writes all the modern languages fluently fluent fluent- ly He is on terms of intimate personal acquaintance with the foremost statesmen statesmen statesmen states states- men of the old world and is' is well known and liked by the imperial and royal princes and families of the German German German Ger Ger- man Empire He would make an ideal Ambassador at Berlin |