Evening star., 1927-05-29
NJ. Rameses ChaHey
Among New Members
of Diplomatic Corp
First Secretary of Egyptia:,
Legation Is Classed Anon.
Scholarly Young Men c,
His Country.

NJ. Rameses Chaffey. first secretai
of the Egyptian legation. who cal =.
to Washington last week, is amei ,
the scholarly young men who h.
been carefully prepared for a ped
gogical career, whom the King ~
.vited into the diplomatic servic'
recently thoroughly reorganized. "
Chaffey belongs to an ancient FAM.
in the Nile land. long identified wit
public affairs. and ii was in the ser'
ice of the Khedive that his father an
mother were living in Paris when ~
was born June 27, $50. He spent nj
boyhood IN Cairo, and attended il
schools, afterwa. DIS studying econom
les and finance in the University o
Paris. lie was called TO the Univer
sty Of Cairo and had been teachine
there for about nine years whei. hr
entered the foreign service, and his
first assignment was that of Egyptian
consul ir New York C'.y. This was
I'm 1924 and he was transferred f.
Rio a year later and was then sem
to Berlin. lie was transferred FROM
the consular tC the diplomatic branch
and assigned to Washington as first
secretary about two months ago.
NJ. Chaffey left Germany on short
notice and his wife and young son
Rameses, who is just 6. did not accom-
parry him. but they will join him later
in the Summer. His mother, Mime.
Rameses Chaffcy. made the long jour
ney from Berlin to Washington, via
Paris. Cherbourg and New York. and
enjoyed the experience in every sense.
This lady belongs to the older genera
tiCn of her country people and is nC
actively interest in the political up
s.ft cyla rf
though she is in sympathy with all
that relates to the advancement of
her country. Her home has been for
many years in Cairo, but she was Wis
Iting her son and his family in Ber-
lin when she embraced the opportu
nifty to visit the New World. NJ
Chaffey is an accepted authority OH
economics and finance and he has
specialized in p" )blems of trade and
commerce. He is proud that Egypt.
an agricultural land since the very
dawn of civilization. has recently
made giant strides as an industrial
center and that it's plants for the
manufacture of cotton and wooden
goods now rank among the best
equipped and busiest factories of the
world. With his mother, Mime.
Chaffey, the secretary is located at
the Grafton and he probably will re.
main there until the Minister d, 'ides
upon Summer legation. In the
Autumn, when his wife and son join
him. he will seek a residence in the
Northwestern section.
The staff of the Minister has been
almost entirely reorganized. and with
the exception of the second secretary.
recently promoted to that rank+-Dr.
Farag Mikhail Moussa-all are new
comers. DIR. Moussa arrived in Wash.
ington in January, 1924. with S.
foury Pacha, and has been stationed
here continuously since that date. He
was third secretary of the first diplo-
matte establishment ever maintained
in the Republic of the West by the
ancient land of the Nile and recently.
when Ismail Kamel Bey was trans.
ferred from Washington, and a few
weeks previous to the -inister's ar
rival, he held that rcsition so desired
by the younger diplomats, that of
charge d'affaircs. D.. Moussa prob.
ably will accompany the Minister ON
his travels, leaving the first secretary
NJ. Chaffey, and the attache. Abu-el
ton.