The Washington times., 1920-09-19

Cabinet members and the high rank
ing army officers. The dinner was
followed by an informal reception.
Thursday was very full OF enter
tainment for DR.. Porras Beginning
with a luncheon Mt the Army and
Navy Club at which the Assistant
Secretary OF State Benedict Crowell
acted as host for Mr.. Baker. he later
visited Mt. Vernon, going over as
the guest OF Secretary Daniels on
board the Mayiower. A party. in
cluding members OF the legation
stan and some added guests. accom-
panied him, and dinner was served on
board the Mayfiower on the return
home.
J. e. Lefevere. charge d'anaires of
the Panama legation. who went to
New York and escorted the President
elect to Washington, returned with
him that night at midnight.
Washington naturally rather hopes
that one OF DR.. Porras' FIRST moves
will be to name Mr.. LeFevre as his
successor here. He has been here so
long and 50 frequently served "a
charge d'araires. that he probably
knows more about the job and has
more friends here than a stranger
could possibly have-but that, of
course, Is for the future.
Mr.. LeFevre and his sister, Romans
LeFevre, who is so popular in Wash
ington. are brother and sister to the
now president OF Panama, and who
DIR. Porras will succeed.
1t will be remembe red that DR.. Por :
ras came here when Panama was pr ,
Of Colombia, as an sttache Of the Z O.
lombian legation, and when PAM ma
seeded from the mother countr'/ he
came again as a special envoy. Some
time ago he was called from h I, post
as minister here to become hi I coun-
try's president on the sudden /eath OF
its chief executive. AS t/Ie term
which he was filling out for His prede-
cessor drew toward a cl sc he re-
signed in order that he m hit run for
the office in his own prop Sr person. as
the Panamanian constitc y tion forbids
the man who is hold 6.g the office
from running for it
DIR. PoRRAs
FETED.
DR.. Porras was 6sLy elected and in
October will be ir t.ugurated as presi-
dent for a full t. m. He reached the
United states at Sut ten days ago and
J many times III new
york taking ISIrt in all the festivi-
stood that he would come to Wash
ington befor'I he returned to Panama
IL was hard to find out just when he
would be fere. until just before he
came. M LeFevre was up in New
iorok u /ing part in all the festivi-
ties pla /ned in his honor. and those
VINO re fnained at the legation here
seemecf to have no definite informa-
tlon- They expected that he would
spenoI a day or two at the legation
as Ee guest OF J. Il. LeFevre, but tn y
ala {not know just when.
Then suddenly II was announced
u fat he would come to Washington
Z Is the nations guest, and as such be
Assigned to suite at. the Willard,
instead of out at the legation, at Six
teenth street.
Dt. Porras had planned to write his
inaugural address while in this coun.
try. He was coming for a rest, and to
| consult his physician, and was going
TO be as quiet as possible. Perhaps he
was, but he was also as gay as pos
sible. There were so many individ-
uals, officials, and organizations that
wanted to entertain him that he hard =
ly had a minute In which to take a
long breath. And 7 fancy that in-
augural address Is being written in
the calm OF the voyage home. lie
sailed yesterday. you know, from New
York. Probably Mr.. LeFevre is also
glad to take a long breath, and per-
haps even to get few good nights
rest after the dissipation of the past
fortnight