Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01

goro Taksh!ra and Baroness Tahahira
were followed BY Mr.. Kers;liro Matsui,
Mr.. Masanao Hanilari. second secretary
! MIR. MatsUZo \agai. Third secretary: Mr..
! Isaburo Yoshida. attache; Commander
| Naomi Taniquehi naval attache, and
Mai. EUDishige Tamaka military attaChe.
I The last ambassador to be presented to
| the President Count Bernstein. who sue
! ceeds to the post made vacant by the
| death of the late Baron Speck Won Stern
| burg was present this morning. Countess
! Bernstein and their young daughter. the
/ Countess Alexandra Be-nstoff accom-
panied him. In their suite were Baron
Hartman Won RiChtnofen. second Secre-
| tary: Commander Ritzmann naval at
| taChe: Maj. Won Ivonius. military at
| tache. and Frau Won Livonius; Mr.. Won
| Stumm. third secretary; Mr.. Won Pritt-
wiz und Graffron and Baron Won Herden-
| brock attache.
| The Mexican embassy staff was headed
by the charge d'affaires Senior Don Jose
r. Godoy. who was accompanied by
Sonora Adela Perrin de Godoy and their
daughter. Senorita Mercedes Godov. With
them also were Seniors Don Julio w.
Bag and Don Leopoldo BlaZqueZ. second
secretary; Seniors Don j. BermudeZ de
Castro and Don A. Algaro Romero de
Terreros, third secretaries, and Maj. Don
Fortune NJ. Davilla, military attache.
From Haiti.
The minister of Haiti. who has been
here since 1895 and therefore outranks
any other diplomat in length of service.
was at the head of the ministers. With
Mr.. Leger were Nine. Leger and their two
nieces. the Misses Bourke, and the secre
tary of the legation, Mr. Percival Thoty.
The minister of Costa Rica. Senior Don
Joaquin Bernardo Calvo. had his wife
and daughter. Sonora and Senorita de
Caivo. with him and Senior Don Luis An
derson. here on special mission.
mi of "a ,ptI9
Luis +. Corea. and Sonora de Corea came
next
The Belgian minister and the Baroness
Moncheur were accompanied by the
daughter of the former Baroness Mar
guerite Moncheur; Mr.. de Cartier de
Narchierne. counselor of legation, and
Mr.. Francis Janssens, attache.
Following the minister of Portugal. Wis.
count de Alte. We're the minister of Cuba.
Senior Don Gonzalo de QUeSada, and Sc
nora Miranda de Quesada, Senior Don An
turo Padre Aimeida first secretary;
Senior Don Antonio Montero. second sec
rotary: Seniors and Don Jose +. Camph' o
and Don Cesar \. Barranco, chancellors;
the Bolivian minister, Senior Don 1gnaCio
Calderon. with Sonora de Calderon and
SeHorita Elena Calderon. the Persian min
lister, Gen. Morteza Khan; the Swiss min
lister. Mr. Leo Vogel. and Mr.. Henri Mar
tin. secretary of legation the minister of
the Argentine Republic, Senior Don E.pi-
fanio Portela. and Sonora de Portela. Mr.
Alberto PalaciOS Costa, first secretary
and Senior Don Julian Portela. second
secretary: the minister of Ecuador, Senior
Don Luis Felipe Carlo. and the Senoritas
Marie Anfelica, Ana Christina and Maria
Teresa Carlo. and Senior Don Esteban
Felipe Carlo. attache.
The minister OF Colombia. Senior Don
Enrique Cortes, and Sonora de Cortes
were accompanied by the secretary OF le-
cation, Senior Don Pomponio GuZman.
n TOf- iS
Melian Lafinur. had his wife, Sonora
Elisa Caravia de Melian Lafinur. with him
and the Senoritas F'lorencia Meiian La
finur and Celia Melian Lafinur. Senior AL
berto Min Frias, secretary Of legation. and
Senorita Elena Min Frias.
From Alfonso's Court.
The Spanish minister, Senior Don Ra-
mon Pima, was followed by Senior Don
Luis Pastor and Sonora Dona Constance
Cazenove Lee de Pastor, and Senior Don
Manuel Walls y Merino second secretary
of legation.
The minister of Guatemala, Senior DIR.
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte. and Sonora
Dona Eugenia de Toledo Herrarte had
with them Senior Don Francisco Sanchez
Latour, first secretary of legation.
The minister of Salvador. Senior Don
Federico Meija, and DR.. ]. Gustavo Guer-
zero were followed by the minister of
Sweden. Mr.. Herman de Lagercrantz, and
Nine. de LagercrantZ and their young
daughters, the Miles. Eva de LagercrantZ
and Mary de LagercrantZ Mr.. L. T. I'm
den and Count l.. af Ugglas. attache
The minister of Chile and Sonora de
Cruz were followed by Senior Don Alberto
Yoachim, first and Senior Don Manuel
Salinast, second secretary of legation.
The minister OF Norway and Nine. GUIDE
had with them Mr.. Hugo Mowinckel, sec
rotary of legation.
The minister of the Netherlands. Jonk-
heer j. Loudon, had with him Nine.
Loudon Mr.. W. A Royaards counselor,
and Mr.. G. S. Thurkow, attache
The minister of Honduras, DR.. Luis
Lazo. was unaccompanied. With the
minister of Denmark. Count Moltke, was
the Countess Moltke
The minister OF Panama Mr.. C.. c.
Arosemena. had with him Mr.. Jose de
Obaldia. first secretary Of legation. The
minister of the Dominican Republic. Senior
Don Emilio G. Joubert had with him the
secretary of legation. Senior Don Arthuro
l.. Fiallo. The minister of Greece. Mr..
J.. \. Coromilas, was followed by the
Samese charge d'afaires. Phra Rattan
ayapt: Mr.. Edward H. Lotus and Mrs
Lotus. the Peruvian charge d affaires
Mr.. Manuel de Freyre Santander and
Munji Bey. in charge of the Turkish lesa-
ton.
Attending for tho first time a public re-
ception at the White House were rhe Phil
ippine Resident Commissioners Legarda
and Ocampo, who mingled with the crowd
in the state dining room. They We're
among the first TO wish the President :,
happy New Year. They talked much with
the representative of the other insuar
government of the United States. Tulio
Larrinaga, the resident commissioner Of
Porto Rico.