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this English and Scotch journey; life at Skibo. America revisited; Bicen 

 tenary at Yale. Am chosen to honorary membership in the, Royal Academy 

 of Sciences at Berlin. Interview with the Emperor on my return from 

 America ; characteristics of his conversation ; his request to President Roose 

 velt on New Year s day, 1902. Emperor s dinner to the American Embassy ; 

 departure of Prince Henry for the United States; the Emperor s remarks 

 upon the purpose of it. The American &quot; open door &quot; policy ; my duties regard 

 ing it. Duties regarding St. Louis Exposition ; difficulties. Short vacation in 

 Italy ; my sixth visit to Venice and new researches regarding Father Paul ; 

 Dr. Alexander Robertson. Return to Berlin ; visit of the Shah of Persia and 

 the Crown Prince of Siam. Am presented by the Emperor to the Crown Prin 

 cess of Saxony ; her charming manner and later escapade. Work with President 

 Oilman in behalf of the Carnegie Institution for Research, at Washington. 

 Death of King Albert of Saxony ; attendance, under instructions, at his fu 

 neral ; impressive ceremonial, and l?ng sermon. The new King ; impres 

 sion made by his conversation. The Dlisseldorf Exposition. Attendance as 

 representative of Yale at the Bodleian Tercentenary at Oxford ; reception of 

 D.C.L. degree; peculiar feature of it; banquet in Christ Church Hall; 

 failure of my speech. Visit to the University of St. Andrews ; Mr. Carnegie s 

 Rectoral address ; curious but vain attempts by audience to throw him off his 

 guard ; his skill in dealing with them ; reception of LL.D. degree. My seven 

 tieth birthday ; kindness of friends at Berlin and elsewhere ; letters from 

 President Roosevelt, Mr. Hay, Secretary of State, and Chancellor von Bulow. 

 My resignation at this time in accordance with resolution made years before. 

 Final reception by the Emperor. Farewell celebration with the American 

 Colony and departure. Stay at Alassio ; visits to Elba and Corsica ; relics of 

 Napoleon : curious monument of the vendetta between the Pozzo di Borgo 

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CHAPTER XLIV. MY KECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM II 

 1879-1903 



My first knowledge of him ; his speech as a student at Diisseldorf ; talk with 

 his father and mother regarding it. His appearance at court ; characteristics. 

 His wedding and my first conversation with him. Opinion regarding him in 

 Berlin. Growth of opinions, favorable and unfavorable, in America. His 

 dismissal of Bismarck ; effect on public opinion and on my own view. Effect 

 of some of his speeches. The &quot; Caligula&quot; pamphlet. Sundry epigrams. Con 

 versation at my first interview with him as Ambassador. His qualities as a 

 conversationist. His artistic gifts ; his love of music ; his dealings with dra 

 matic art. Position of the theater in Germany. His interest in archaeologi 

 cal investigation ; in education ; in city improvements ; in improvements 

 throughout the Empire ; sundry talks with him on these subjects. His feel 

 ing for literature ; extent of his reading ; testimony of those nearest him. 

 His freedom from fads. His gifts as a statesman ; his public and private dis 

 cussions of state and international questions ; his thoroughness in dealing 

 with army and navy questions ; his interest in various navies. His broader 

 work ; his ability in selecting men and his strength in standing by them ; 

 his relation to the legislative bodies ; his acquaintance with men and things 

 in all parts of the Empire and outside the Empire. His devotion to work. 

 His clearness of vision in international questions as shown in sundry con 

 versations ; union of breadth and minuteness in his views ; his large ac 

 quaintance with men. His independence of thought ; his view of the Maine 

 catastrophe. His impulsiveness ; good sense beneath it ; results of some sup- 



