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Show KAISER Al A HETMAN MEET I They Dine Together and Exchange Ex-change Compliments on Courageous Qualities of Each in War. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 8. Tho German Ger-man emperor recently entertained at luncheon General Skoropadski, het-man het-man of Ukraine, and both generous-1 ly expressed their admiration for each other. The emperor, according to a Berlin Ber-lin dispatch, snid he had offered the helping hand to afflicted Ukraine, which had suffered by tho war ; "brought upon the world by the. machi- j nations of the entente and continued j by them with criminal madness in , spite of the recognized unattainable i nature of their aims of domination." Germany had furnished Ukraine with a basis for existence as a state and, he declared: "Henceforth, a citizen citi-zen can follow his vocation undisturbed undisturb-ed and a peasant can cultivate the soil i in safety and enjoy the fruits of his 1 labor. There still remains much to do, i but under the direction of your high ' ness, Ukraine already has made considerable con-siderable progress In internal consoli-; dation and has thereby assured to it- self a basis for future development." He proposed tho toast: "His highness, high-ness, tho hetman of Ukraine! Hurrah, Hur-rah, hurrah, hurrah!" ' General Skoropadski said: "The very gracious reception which your Imperial majesty has granted me will be regarded by the entire Ukran-lan Ukran-lan people as a sign of your majesty's good will toward young Ukraine and it will lend strength to carry through the heavy tasks which aro still awaiting-" He offered the toast: "His majesty, the German kaiser! Hoch, hocii, hoch!"f (Illc, hie, hie.) |