The Washington times., 1917-04-08
Jean ELoT@
" LETTER.

OF law in the National Institute and
in the Military University. Later he
was professor of Roman history in
the National Institute. He served
as a member of Congress for four
terms and was minister of war and
navy until the administration of Pres
ident Jorge Montt; also served as
minister of foreign affairs under
President Pedro Montt. For several
years he was president of the athe-
| neum, of Santiago. DR.. Bascunan
has published a number of articles
on political and international mat
ters.
Accompanied by His Wife
and Five Children.
He is accompanied by his wife and
their interesting family of FIVE chill
dren, three boys and two girls. The
oldest is Santiago, aged twenty; then
comes Quillermo (William), aged
eighteen: Maria Luisa, the older girl,
is sixteen. Blanca and Mario, the
other two, are both quite small. His
wife, Luisa Morel de Aldunate, Is
like the ambassador, from Santiago.
Their plans for a home are very in
definite, but Nine. Bascunan thinks
that they will leave town the 1st OF
May for some summer resort, remain
ing at the Willard, meanwhile. They
have considered taking house In
Chevy Chase, but can not quite make
I'D their minds.
Mr.. Bonillas has an American wife.
She was formerly Miss Mary Borton,
of one of the border States. They
have four children, three daughters
and one son, all grown. The entire
family are in Washington and are at
the Mexican embassy in / street. II
will be the first time in several years
that the Mexican embassy has been
but partly open. Not since the de-
partUre of A Algara r de Terreros,
second secretary of the Mexican en-
bassy, who left for Mexico in 1914,
has the Mexican embassy appeared
in the monthly diplomatic list issued
by. the State Department except as
"Mexico-(absent)." That much al
ways appears in the official list. in
the case of Germany, as far as that
booklet is concerned, such a country
does not exist
senor AIgara Both Talented
and Popular Here.
Senior Algara was a very talented
and popular young man and his de-
parture was the cause OF genuine re-
gret in Washington. Far back in the
early part OF 1918 there is an ambas-
sador listed but marked as absent
Manuel Calero. A number of ambas-
sadors from that country to this have
been appointed since, but 1t has been
a number OF years since one has
really come to live among us as such.
Mr. Bonillas succeeds Ambassador
daaf4nata E1fGan ArradnnHn UhO
was a member OF the MexicanAmeri-
can Joint Commission. After the
failure of the commission, to effect an
adjustment of the questions at issue
between the two governments, Mr..
ATredondo was called to Mexico. II
was understood at that time that DIR.
Bonillas would be chosen as his sue
cessor although MIR. Arredondo in
sisted that he would return to his
post. Ramon de Negri was in charge
of the embassy after the departure of
Mr.. Arredondo. VI. de Negri was for
merly consul general at San Fran
cisco. He will leave Washington in
a few days for Mexico.
Embassy a Popular Center
In Former Years.
The embassy, which was built by
the Mexican government in the early
eighties, has been under previous
regimes a popular center of social
life. Its ball room during the days
of the Romeros was the scene of
many a brilliant gathering and dur
ing the occupancy of the de Approx,
the de la Barras, and the CreeIs there
were few more delightful homes in
the diplomatic colony at Washington.
Unlike DIR. Bascunan. Mr.. Bonillas'
nj auff - fu fV, g,,F
He has been an ardent supporter OF
the First Chief Carranza from the
beginning of his career, and is one
of the few men who is reputed to
have the entire confidence of Car
rama He is very familiar with
American affairs, and speaks English
fluently. The last position he held
was secretary of communications in
Mexico. which made him the head OF
all railroad and telegraph lines in
that country. He is considered one
Of the most efficient and prominent
civil and mining engineers in his |
country. He was graduated from the |
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol- |
ogy and will be remembered as a |
member of the Mexfcan-American |
joint conference which met in Allan.
tic City last summer
Baron de Cartier IL a widower, but 1
his wife was an American woman, a /
Miss Draper. niece of the late Gen. /
William +. Draper, one time Ameri- /
can ambassador to Italy. Washing
ton takes rather a personal interest |
in the baron, too, because he was |
here several years ago as counselor
of the Belgian legation, and was sue
ceeded in that capacity by Emmanuel
Havenith, whose successor de Cartier
is now.
The baron is a descendant of Ma
poleon's physician. and IL regarded
as one of the most brilliant men In
European diplomacy. He comes to
from China. where he
served as minister. During his ser
vice in the Orient he has carried
several clever financial
coups for his brave little nation.
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