Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
ROTARY OBSERVES
18TH ANNIVERSARY
Diplomats From Nearly Fifty
Nations Attend-Hoover
Message Is Read.

Diplomats representing nearly 5U
nations, many members of Congress and
other notables participated in a lunch
con program in celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding
of Rotary International, under aus
pices of the Washington Rotary Club.
in the willard Hotel yesterday after
noon.
The gathering of diplomats was be-
lieved to be the largest unofficial gath
ering of such notables in the history Of
the Diplomatic Corps, and the entire
audience filled the large ball room
nearly to capacity. The diplomats and
other notableS, seated at a long head
of the ball room, were introduced by
DR.. L. S. Rowe. director general OF the
Pan-American Union.
Hoover Message Read.
A feature of the occasion was the
reading of a message of greeting from
President Hoover, addressed to Arthur
May, president of the Washington Ro-
tary Club, in the form of reply to a
message from Mr.. May. 1t reads as
follows:
IT am grateful for your expressions
of regret at my inability to be present
80 psxt Wednesday at the luncheon OF
the Rotary Club of Washington, and I
wish that you would present to them
my cordial greetings and good wishes
for success in their aspiration TO serve
the cause of international peace and
good will"
The work of Rotary International
throughout the world in developing
friendship and good will between men
and nations was stressed by NJ. Eugene
Newsom of North Carolina, president OF
Rotary international. who also told OF
the development of Rotary as world
organization.
1924 Clubs in 81 Nations.
Not long after the organization of
the first Cotary club. in Chicago, in
1905. NJ. Newsom explained, additional
clubs were organized on the Pacific
Coast. In 1909 it came to the Atlantic
Coast, with the organization Of Rotary
in New York City. In 1911 Rotary was
organized in Ireland and England; IN
1916, ct Havana, Cuba; in 1918, in
Uruguay. South America; in 1919, in
Shanghai, China; in 1920, in Mad
rid. Spain; 1921, Australia and Africa;
1922, New Zealand. Now there are
1924 clubs in 50 countries. Mr.. Newsom
said.
The luncheon program was opened
with selections by the United States
Marine Band Orchestra. This was fol-
lowed by the invocation by Rev. DR..
Charles T. Warner of the Washington
Rotary Club.
subsequently the asSemblage joined
in saluting the United States flag, led
by Col. Leroy Heron. The singing OF
America" was led by Ernest Daniel,
accompanied by the Marine Band Or
chestra. A trombone solo was rendered
by Robert e. Clark of the Marine Band
Orchestra, and the exercises were closed
with The Star Spangled Banner" by
the orchestra.
Guests Attending Listed.
The members of the diplomatic corps
and some Of the other notables attend
ing were:
Ambassador of Italy, Mobile de Gia-
como de MARITIME; Ambassador of Brazil,
S. Gurgel do Amaral; Ambassador of
Cuba, Don Orestes Ferrara; Ambassador
of France, Paul Claudel; Ambassador
of Chile, Don Carlos G. Davila; AM
bassador of Belgium. Prince Albert de
Ligne; Ambassador of Japan, KatSuji
Debuchi; Minister of Uruguay, j. Va
rela; Minister of Switzerland, Marc
Peter; Minister of Finland, L. Astrom
Minister of Greece, CharalamboS Simo-
pouloS; Minister of Austria, Edgar L. @.
Prochnik; Minister of Bulgaria, Simeon
Radef. Minister of Sweden, w. Bos-
from; Minister of Venezuela, DR.. Carlos
r. GriSanti; Minister Of the Dominican
Republic. Don Angel Morales; Minister
Of The Netherlands, j. H. van Royen;
Minister of Norway, H. H. Bachke;
Minister of Guatemala, DR.. Adrian Re
cinos; Minister of Bolivia, DR.. Eduardo
Diez de Medina; Minister of Costa RIGA,
Dr. Manuel Castro Quesada Minister
of Lithuania, Bronius Kasimir Balutis
Minister of Czechoslovakia, Ferdinand
Veverka; Minister of China, Chao-Chu
WI; Minister of Nicaragua, Dr. Juan
B. Sacasa; Minister of Siam, Mai. Gen
Prince Amoradat Kridakara; Minister
of Honduras. DR.. ErneSto Argueta; Min
lister Of Ecuador, DR.. Homero Viteri La
fronte; Minister of the Union of South
Africa, Eric Hendrix Louw: Charge
d'Afaires of Argentina, DR.. Julian En-
ciso; Charge d'Affaires of Mexico. DR..
Pablo oampos- Ortiz; Charge d'Affaires
of Great Bri6su, Ronald Ian Campbell;
Charge d'AEaNes of FL Salvador, DR.
Carlos Leiva; Charge d'Affaires of Haiti
Raoul Lizaire; Charge d'Affaires OF
Paraguay, DR.. Pablo M Ynsfran; Charge
d'Afaires of Egypt, Ahmed Mamdough
Mourhi; Charge d'Affaires of Colombia
DR.. Jose M. Coronado; Charge d'AffaireS
OF Rumania. F. c. Nano; Counselor OF
the German Embassy, 0. G. Keip;
Counselor of Czechoslovakian Legation
DIR. Jan Skalicky; First Secretary of the
Portuguese Legation, Augusta Mende'
Leal; First Secretary of Irish Free State
Legation, w. j. B. Macaulay: Secretary
of Jugoslavian Legation, Bojidar Stoi-
anovitch; Attache of Hungary, Baror
Paul Schell; Commercial Secretary Of