The Washington times., 1920-08-08

baasy, and so on down the line. There
were numerous other guests. about
thirty In all. and among them were
the members OF the naval mission.
headed by comdr. Frank B. Freyer.
which Is starting off this month for
Peru.
Nine. Pezet's brother-iu-iaw and sis
ter, Senior Barreto. Peruvian minister
TO Spain. and Nine. Barreto, who
stayed with her for a week. were well
come guests at this dinner. and the
Ambassador and Nine. Pezet gave
two or three more or less Informal
parties In their honor There was.
Tor instance, a little dinner on Sat
urday last and another on Monday.
after which the guests went TO the
play The Barretos left town on
Friday for New York and will sail
next Tuesday for Europe. Nine. Pezet
is going with them and Is starting
from Washington today, the am
bassador accompanying her as far az
New York.
Commander and Mrs. Freyer ex-
pect TO sail for Peru on August rs.
and are giving up their house In
Connecticut avenue. IL is probable.
however. that Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Henry Jeryey will lease IL from the
owner. a sister of Mrs. Charles Poor.
The party, which Is setting OF for
Lima will include beside the Freyers.
Commander causey Lieutenant Com
Inander and Mrs. Davey and Lieut.
and Mrs. Paul Fitzsimons, the latter
formerly Elsie French Vanderbilt.
The officers are to be made officers
temporarily In the Peruvian navy.
Uncle Sam having loaned them to
Peru for a period OF two years, dur
ing which they will advise on the re-
organization and upbuilding OF that
| naval establishment. Commander
F'reyer is to be made Peruvian ad-
| miraI, and as a matter of courtesy
will rank all the native Peruvian Of
| fcers, and the party will be feted
| and entertained and made much OF in
Peru during its stay there.
While the Peruvian patriotic holi-
day was having a long distance cele-
bration in this country, the American
cruiser. Tacoma and two British
cruisers, the Yarmouth and the Wey-
mouth. were taking part in the fes-
tivities at the capital of Peru. In
! deed, there was a notable series OF
Entertainments at Lima in compli-
ment to the American and British Of
J fcers. winding up with a dinner at
the Presidents palace on Tuesday
night On this occasion the American
ambassador. William L. Gonzales.
made a clever little address,, to which
President Leguia responded grace
fully.
Several bits of news of more than
a little interest to Washington folk
have come out OF Latin America Of
| Iate-notably the news of the cleo
| ton of DR.. Belesario Porras to be
president OF the Republic OF Panama.
He was for years minister of Panama
| to the United States and went home
to fill out an unexpired term as presi-
dent. I'm not quite clear whether he
| resigned in order to run for president
or whether there was an election in
between. But at the time the Prince
of Wales visited Panama-and later
our own General Pershing-the presi-
dent was Senor Lefevrc. brother OF
J. i. LeFevre, charge d'affaires Of the
! Panama legation at Washington. I'm
under the impression that DR.. Porras
| resigned because the constitution of
Panama doesn't permit it's president
| to campaign for reelection and that
] Senior Lefevre filled out his unex-
pired term.
The recognition Of the present
Costa Rican government by the
United States-Great Britain follow
| ing suit almost mmediately-gives
| assurance that the Costa Rican lega-
ton will be re-established here in
| short order. Ever since the last rev.
| olution Costa Rica has appeared in
the diplomatic list with "absent" in
| scribed after it, denoting that diplo-
matte relations between this country
and the little republic were non
existent. In other days, however,
the Costa Rican Minister has been a
person Of Importance in the diplo-
matte corps. For many years the
country was represented by the late
Don Joaquin B. Calvo, whose widow
and daughters have continued to
make their home in Washington
since his death. The last Minister
was Manuel Castro de Quesada.
whose lovely young sister, Senorita
Maria Castro. presided over his
household and was chatelaine Of the
| legation.
The Fujiis-of the Japanese en-
bassy-are leaving Washington this
month and their going is a matter of
general regret. Mr.. Fujii. who has
| been third secretary of the embassy
for some months. is to go to Annoy,
| China. as consul-which is regarded
as promotion-but he and his wife
| are first going home to Japan. They
are due to sail between August 20
and August IS. believe: and they
are giving a number of little parties
7 before starting.
They are such an attractive pair,
| little Nine. Fulfil particularly. She
speaks Partisan French-having been
educated In Paris while her father