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 nothing about the poem, except that he had heard it in the East, where it had been very popular among the men of his ship. He was kept busy for a while explaining other things to the Navy Department, and the Navy Department was also busy explaining, and the country at large (with the Germanophile exceptions aforesaid) was very happy over the affair.

The day after the banquet, the German Ambassador, Dr. von Holleben, called on Secretary Hay at the State Department. What transpired was never disclosed, but the avowed attitude of the German Government was that it could not overlook so gross and public an affront to the Emperor. Two days later, a cablegram from Berlin stated that Secretary Hay had expressed to Dr. von Holleben his strong disapproval of Captain Coghlan's conduct. On April 27, Dr. von Holleben was received by President McKinley, who informed him that the Navy Department had administered a reprimand to Captain Coghlan, and Vonvon [sic] Holleben expressed himself as satisfied. The German press was also satisfied, but ventured the hope that there would never be another such incident to jeopardize the kindly feelings of Germany toward the United States. The last reference to Captain Coghlan is in the papers of October 1, which tell of a second reception given in his honor at the Union League Club, at which he was warmly received.