Evening star., 1920-11-28

Mr.. Sao-le Alfred SEE, the successor
of Mr.. Wellington Koc as envoy from
the Chinese republic. now on his way to
washington. was for several years a
student of the old Central High School
7th and o streets. After attaining a
general reputation for diligence and
other sterling qualities, Mr. SEE went to
Cornell, where he remained for four
years. taking the degree of A. B. with
all the honors of his class. So i'm
pressed were the authorities of the
Chinese government with the attain
ments of this young man that with the
ink hardly dry on his sheepskin he
was sent to the difficult post at Harbin.
where he gained a reputation for astute-
ness and diplomatic accomplishments
and where he stood against Russian ag
gression and Japanese entanglements as
solidly as the great wall of his country
in the geographical sense. 1t was in
Versailles. however. that Mr.. SEE
reached the pinnacle of his fame and
he is written down by several his
torians of that perplexing international
council, as one of the truly wise and
farseeing statesmen who took part in it.
From Paris he was called TO Peking to
become undersecretary of foreign rela-
tions. and from that he was promoted to
seat in the cabinet, being minister
of posts and transportation. when he
was designated envoy to Washington.
The new minister is married and has an
interesting family, but it is understood
that they will not come to this country
immed. .ately. Meantime Mr.. SEE will
renovate the legation home at 18th and
U streets, built by the esteemed Wu
Tingfang with part Of the Boxer in
demnity funds returned to China by the
American government. Mr.. koo has not
occupied the official home for nearly two
years, and it is somewhat in need of
repair.
Egypt May Send Minister.
Washington is deeply interested in the
rumor that an Egyptian minister is
about to be added to the growing list
of nations holding friendly relations
with this Cairo papers insist that the
envoy named. NJ. Mahmoud Pascha, will
arrive in the western world not later
than January 1. AS the London foreign
office has urged on the Dominion OF
Canada, the expediercy of having min
lister resident in Washington, no objec-
ton will be offered to the Egyptians,
since they desire representation at the
American capital Mahmoud Pascha
graduated at Harvard in the late nine
ties and because Of his perfect command
of English and his knowledge of British
and American ways he was made gov
ernor of the Suez sCanal Zone and thus
met every traveller OF distinction he en-
tertained John Pierpont Morgan many
times and was in turn frequently among
the guests on the Corsalr When .ne
yacht was lying in Egyptian waters.
Last year he with five other dtstin-
guished Egyptians spent several weeks
in Washington, en- route to the South
Pacific
White House May Entertain.
There is a pleasant rumor that the
Presidents health improves SO rapid
ly that some sort OF afternoon or even
ing leyee may be possible before the
grand change in the official and social
world due on March 4. Not even during
the civil war was the lapse between
the evening levees SO prolonged. The
last reception in the White House
was that to the Congress on February
4. 1918. The levee to the Army ana
Navy scheduled for two weeks later
was called off, and since then. the
drawing rooms of the executive
mansion have been opened only to
receive those delegations Of distin-
guished foreigners sent by their ma
tons to confer with the President and
the military. authorities after the
through the autumn of 1917 and even
into the FIRST months of 1918 Mrs.
wilson held private fetes and enter
tanned her friends and their guests
at pleasant teas or musicals. The
Presidents illness. however. ended
these small functions. which had, of
course, been interrupted before by the
visit to Paris. Never was the dipio-
matte corps so extensive and so dis
tinguished in personnel as at the pres
ent time. Yet, except the heads OF
embassies and legations. none OF these
strangers within the gate has ever
seen the chief executive who looms 50
large in European affairs, and few
have met his lady.
The Wilson administration will go
on record as having omitted the usual
reception on New Year day during the
entire period of eight years. for 1t is
possibilities that one will be held this
wear Such an affair would be entire
iy too much for one who has been so
i'll as the President, but smaller re-
ception, in the afternoon or evening,
might be possible in January or Feb
ruary.
would Make CAarnainE Hostesses
Most Of the cabinetmakers name the
Governor Of Illinois as the next Sec
retary of the Treasury, and a more
welcome selection could not be
hazarded. Mrs. Lowden was a charm
ing and popular young matron of the
congressional set, and should she re-
turn now it will be with two lovely
daughters. prospective bellies. who
will add SO largely to the amenities.
The Lowdens rented Mrs. Lokan's fine
home, Calumet Place. but later Mrs.
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