The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Are Guests of Honor at
Luncheon at the New
Willard.
NOTABLE MEN PRESENT
General and Mrs. Foster to
Give Dinner Tonight for
Oriental DignitarieS.

For the second time since their COM
ing to Washington the Chinese i'm
perial commissioners were entertained
today, the event being a large luncheon
party IN their honor at the New VIII
lard, with the Secretary Of State as
host.
Elaborate preparations were made for
these noted Orientals, the red banquet
room being profusely decorated with
sIailax, draped over the walls. while the
table. arranged for the seventy-eight
guests. was as gorgeous as summer
flower garden. a long narrow table
was so arranged that the guests were
seated around a veritable flower bed,
great in proportion and filled with
palms, ferns, foliage. and blooming
plants, white l.lacs frightened by plants
OF blooming aSalias. Scattered over
the cloth were sprays OF smilax and
vivid pink carnations, There were
bouttonnieres Of carnations at each
plate.
Members of the Commission.
The members OF the commission pres
ent We're as follows:
His Exceileney Tai Hung Chi. imper-
TAI high commissioner.
His EXcellency Tuan Fang, imperial
high commissioner.
Woo Kuang KEN, nrst secretary
SaO-ke Alfred SZe, English secretary.
Wan Bing Chung, English secretary.
1Iu HO Tseng. second secretary.
Wang Fung 10, second secretary.
KWan Ming Chun, second secretary,
Teng Pang Shu, second secretary.
Hsung Bsia Ling, second secretary.
Afuk Hung Chun, second secretary
LII Chung Ia. third secretars
Fung Cheong Kuang, third secretary,
YaO Kwang Shung, third secretary.
ShO Ching An. third secretary
ak Chun Chang attache.
Y. c. Tong, attache-
10 Chso Chu, attache.
Kin Ting. attache.
Chow Hung Heh, attache.
List of the Guests.
The Secretary Of the Treasury. the
Secretary Of War. the Attorney Gener-
a.. the Postmaster General. the Secre-
tary Of The Navy. the Secretary Of the
Interior. the Secretary OF Agriculture.
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Robert Bacon, Alvey a. Adee, Her
bert IA. D. Peirce, Charles Denny. Du-
lany Hunter
Lieut.. Gen. Adna r Chaffee. Brig
Gen. Theodore j. Hint. Brig Gen
Thomas II, Barry. Brig. Gen. William
Rear Admiral w. S. Cowles. L. 5. n:
Capt r. p Rodgers. L. 5. n, Surgeon
a. c. H. Russell, L, S. n; Lieut. Com
y. A. McCully, L. ) y
Shelby NJ Cullom, William p Frye,
Henry Cabot Lodge, Clarence ID: clark,
Joseph 3. Foraker, John {. Spoonef'
John Kean. Albert J. BeVeridge, John ]
Morgan, Augustus o, Bacon, fernando
D. Money. William A. Clark, James b
McCFearv. Robert r Hit. Robert
Adams. Robert c. Cousins. Charles b
lands. James Breck Perkins, David
]. Foster. TheObold Often, Adm 3. Ca
prom. Nicholas LOngworth.
J. Sloat Fassett. Edwin DENLY. VII
liam b Mckinley. William II. Howard,
Henry u. Flood. Charles A Towne,
William r. Lamar. William ) McNary
John n Gamer
The Chinese minister. Mr. Chow
Tszchi. Mr.. Yung Kwai. the high COM
missioners and eighteen of their suite
Gen. Jchn ". Foster. Prof. J. W
jerks, John FOurd. james y. Reynolds,
Edward Ii. Wales. r. W Van Loon.
Levi Cook. j. W, Mitchell. r r Hac-
kett Orville II. Stewart.
Tonight General and Mrs John W
Foster Will entertain at dinner in honor
OF the Chinese commission. and Monday
they will give d tea for thcm.
The Chinese commissioners and their
delegation of Celestlals spent the fore
noon in sightseeing tour OF the Federal
departments IN Washington.
The strenuous days they have spent
and the reception at the Chinese lega-
tion last night seemed to have faugued
the commissioners TO some extent They
did not show the interest today that
they so clearly manifested during their
tour through the Treasury Department
yesterday afternoon.
The early part of the forenoon they
spent at the arsenal as guests or the
War Department They manifested much
delight al the drills put up by battalion
OF Engineers and appeared awed at the
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