The Washington herald., 1919-06-15

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Ito some one-evsr since her
fore then. 0ossips on the Continsnt
Swedish prince, the Crown Prince
of Serbia and the Crown Prince Of
Rumania. 1t L.. I believe. the wish
Iof the King and Queen that the
princess should marry . Briton.
and i have heard more than one
name suggested as her probable
husband--sntireiy without founda-
tion.
DR.. Alfredo Membrsno. candidate
for the presidency OF Honduras.
will visit the United States shortly.
Oflrial announcement of the visit
said DR.. Membreno was coming to
this country to consult an Ameri-
can physician.
Reports from Honduras, however,
place particular significance In the
visit of the presidential candidate.
especially as 1t follows closely the
appointment Of Col. Andres Soriano.
minister OF war and brother Of the
administration candidate for presi-
dent. as minister from that country
to the United States. 1t is said
strenuous efforts are being made by
both parties to secure at least the
moral support of the United States
government in the coming election.
Gen. Ignacio Andrade. Minister
CO the Interior in Venezuela and
former President of that country,
arrived in New York Thursday, ac-
Icompanied by Nine. Andrade.
aboard the s. s. Grecian. from La
Guaira- They will remain In New
York a week or more before COM
ing to Washington. Gen. Andrade
IA sal to be on an Official mission,
the nature Of which was not dis
closed.
There were a number Of interest
ing visitors in town last week; all
perfectly good Americans. but inter-
esting nevertheless. One Of them
was Major Gen. John r. sORyan,
who commanded the 27th Division
so successfully in France and won
honors galore. He attended one Of
the three dinner parties which the
Minister of Serbia and Nine
Grouitch gave last week and helped
make the party particularly enjoy
able because of the interesting tales
he told.
Francis Butler Loomis. OF Cali
fornia, also was a guest at one of
those dinners. He has quite a few
friends here for he has lived in
Washington from time to time and
is a member OF the Metropolitan
Club in this city. He came origin
ally from Marietta, Ohio. where he
attended college and was state Ii
brarian for a while. He was also
a newspaper man at one time, work
ing on the staf of the New York
Tribune, and later was editor-in-
chief of the Cincinnati Daily Trib-
une. He served too. as our consul
at st. Etienne. in France. as min
lister to Venezuela and Portugal dur
ing Roosevelt's administration. was
assistant secretary of state, and Sec
retary of state ad interim.
Mr.. Loomis has accomplished
much toward developing American
commerce in South America and
made an interesting trip up the ORR
noco River in 1913 on the U. s.
man-of-war. wilmington. for the
purpose of seeking opportunities for
development of American trade; the
same river which Alexander Ham
ilton Rice and his wife are going
to explore shortly. He was special
ambassador to France some time
ago. about 1908. to receive the re-
mains OF John Paul Jones. He has
been ambassador of this country to
numerous foreign expositions and
has all sorts Of decorations; is a
real person. in short.
Lorin Alvin Lathrop. another in
tensely interesting person. was in
town last week. but has departed.
He belongs to our consular service /:
has been in II for some forty years
or more and has had some interest
ing experiences, ! can tell you. He
too. makes a most fascinating din
ner guest. He has been stationed
for some time at Cardiff, Wales. and
Is off now to a new post at Nassau,
New Providence. He has been In
England so long that he has be-
come very English. don't you know.
He is not at all affected: has just
unconsciously absorbed their man
ner of speaking and characteristics.
ROGER TREADwELL SHAKES
| BOLsHEvIK PRISON.
The truly interesting person who Is
about due here now is Roger Tread
well. who landed in the dear old U.
; S. A. last week. He was consul at
Moscow but went to rurkestsn on
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