The Washington times., 1926-12-30
Prime Minister of Australia a Much-Feted Guest;
Navy Extends Welcome in Memory Of Cruise
Dignitaries Attend Func-
tons in Honor Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce
Nv JEAN ELIOT


WVHE visit OF the Rt. Hon. Stanley
4 M. Bruce, p. c., Prime Minister
of Australia, and Mrs. Bruce. to
Washington is overshadowinR for
the moment the holiday festivities,
and is being made the pleasant &C.
CASTOR Of a round or entertaining
which VIII make memorable their
stay in the Capital.
Not only are those officials in.
volved who would normally be as
ISOLATED with the entertainment OF
foreign dignitary. But the en-
tire Navy-as represented by its
establishment in Westinghouse do
ing them honor in appreciation OF
the welcome extended to the Amerl-
can fleet when IL visited Sydney In
the summer Of 1925. And Admiral
Robert e. Coontz, who took the
fleet out to Australia. has come
from his station at Hampton Roads.
accompanied by Mrs. Coontz, to
take part in the celebration. Ad-
Yniral and Mrs Coontz spent ten
weeks In Australia and New Zea-
land. at the time the fleet made
in Ynomentous cruise, and had the
Yleasantest personal relations with
fie Bruces and with many other
prominent Australians.
FOR Anglo-America Unity
The British statesman from the
south Sea regions is an ardent ad-
vocate of close Anglo-American po-
Ntical unity. In speech In New
york last evening. he lamented that
England was forgetting the part the
united States played in the war,
and he stirred the whole Engllsn
~neaking universe in November with
7ain sI1ppestion that the next British
3y,snerial conference be held in can
ada and that the United States DC
invited to take part in IT.: .,,
President Coolidge didn't react
very emotionally to the idea, Il mas
been said. He permitted the Wni!e
House spokesman to say that Uncle
sam and John Bull are, in MS
opinion, hitting 1t off pretty Wen
under existing conditions, ana the
President strongly indicated olsln-
clination on his part to cnange
them.
To Meet President
The visitor from Australia is to
he received by the President this
afternoon at 8 o'clock and viii be
presented by the British Ambassa,
dor. Sir Esne Howard. He is also
ia confer with the Secretary OF
State and other Government off,
cials while In Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce reached
washington this morning under the
escort of Sir Hugh Dennison, high
commissioner Of Australia in the
United States. Sir Hugh and Lady
Dennison win entertain at dinner
tonight at the Mayflower for Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce, when some Of the
guests win be:
The Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Kellogg, the Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Wilbur, the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine, the
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Hoover, the Secretary of Labor
and Mrs. James J. Davis, the Chief
OF Staff of the Army and Mrs.
Charles p. Summerall, the Secre.
tarY to the President and Mrs.
Everett Sanders, Representative
and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, of
New York; Representative and Mrs.
r. Phillip Hill, OF Maryland: the
Charge d'Affaires Of Great Britain
ana Mrs. Henry Chiffon, Rear Ad-
mirai and Mrs. r. q. Coontz, Ad-
miral Andrew T. Long, the Mill
tary Attache OF the British En-
bassy and Mrs. c. e. G. g. Charl-
ton; the naval attache Of the Brit
fish Embassy, Capt. A. Stopford; the
Solicitor General and Mrs. William
ID. Mitchell, the Under-secretary of
state and Mrs. Joseph c. Grew,
the Assistant Secretary Of State
and Mrs. ]. Butler Wright, the
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Wilbur Carr, the Assistant
Secretary OF Labor and Mrs. w.
w. Husband, the Commissioner
General of immigration and Mrs.
Harry e. Hull, the second secretary
Of the British Embassy, ]. Balfour;
the Commercial Counselor of the
British Embassy and Mrs. John
Joyce Broderick, Mr.. and Mrs.
James N. Beck, Capt. and Mrs.
Chester Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Cormick- Goodhart, Mrs. Frank
West, Miss Mary Patten, Miss
Mary Randolph and Mr.. Percy
Deane.
One Hundred Officers Hosts
over 1VO navy Officers were nosLS
at a luncheon given today at the
AIayfIower in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce. Among those
present were the Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. Wilbur, the Assis-
tant Secretary OF the Navy and
Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson,
Admiral and Mrs. Edward w.
Eberle, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rob
ert e. Coontz, the Commandant Of
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