Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-30

OF character and strong mental charac-
teristics- 1t Is considered a matter Of re-
gret should his stay here be cut short
MI. Keicheiro Mateui was before the min
lister sailed promoted first secretary and is
now in charge d'affaires. Count Anenokosi,
nrst secretary, is absent Mr.. Durham
White Stevens remains counselor of le-
cation Commander KatSuro Martha i'm
rerial Japanese navy and naval attache,
has most interesting history. This
slight. unassuming-loolsing soldier during
an attack on the Chinese stronghold of
Wei-hai-wei, landed at the head of Japan
csc marines and soldiers took possession
of the forts and himself fired the shot
which sunk the f1agshipoof the Chinese
squadron and ended the engagement. He
succeeded Commander Mfyaoka here dur
ing the year, other newcomers being Mr.
Stematsu Teshima and Mr. Jinjiro Sakata,
attaches. Mr.. Teshinla undertook soon at
ter the late war the iperilous task of trav-
cling through the principal parts of China
to familiarize himself with the language
and customs of the people. Mr.. Sakata,
who arrived in September has been pre-
viously stationed in Corea, China, van
couver and here MP Nakayama former
attache here, Is now at the foreign office,
Japan, and owing to- the death of his
father, Viscount Mutsu, cMr. Mutsu, at
taehe, returned home in august.
New Belgian Minister.
Belgium having appointed NJ. lie CHAT,
who was eight years. in washington. as
e. E. and NJ. P. minister to st. Peters
burg, replaced him by sending Count
Gontran de Lchtervelde. who presented
his credentials, February, 1897. Count
Lichtervelde. who is forty-seven years of
age, entered the service in 1872, and was
made attache at Washington. Vienna,
Stockholm, Rome, at which latter place
he was councillor of Belgium to the Holy
See, Vienna again, were his posts. For
three months Count Lichtervelde has been
In Belgium at Chateau Ecaussines, in the
province of Halnaut. He will return the
middle of November, accompanied by his
wife and one son. Count Lchtervelde
married the Countess de Spangen of Aus
tria. NJ. Maurice Joostens, charge daft
faires and first secretary, spent the sum-
mer In Newport but Is once more in Wash
will probably not return here, but resume
his post in Japan. Mr.. Raymon LIE CHAT
former secretary. and his wife. nee Payson,
of this city, are at Stockholm. where Mr.
LIE CHAT is now stationed.
China and Venezuela.
Mr.. WI Ting Fang, E. E. and NJ. P of
China, May, 1897, Is in the city, domiciled
at his new home on New Hampshire ave-
nue. Mr.. WI is an astute diplomat, of
whose career so much has been written
that the public Is well educated in his
history: His wife, who is of the Christian
faith, brings to the scenic effect of the
household less brilliancy than doll-Iike
Niaudme ang 1u,but bids fair to induce rs
sincere admiration. Mr.. Shen Tung, for
merly of the government department at
Pekin, is first secretary; Mr.. Wang Ia
Chun second secretary, is absent in Can
ton, on diplomatic business, will soon re-
turn. Mr.. Chow Tsz-Chi was recently ap-
pointed acting second secretary. as special
friend OF Mr.. WI. He is young man
deeply learned in the languages interna-
tional law and theories of government
Mr.: Chung Mun-Zew. secretary interpreter,
Is the only member Of the old legation re-
tanned. Six other attaches are on the
list, several Of whom are students being