Evening star., 1934-08-17
SOCIETY
President Roosevelt Host to Royal
Japanese Visitors Today at
Executive Mansion.

DTHE President will receive at the
tea hour this afternoon at the
\ White House their Imperial
Il Highnesses, Prince and Prin-
cess Kaya, who arrived in
Washington last evening and are
staying at the Japanese Embassy. Tea
will be served in the private quarters
of the presidential family and in the
absence of Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Sum-
ner B. Welles, wife of the Assistant
Secretary of State, will act as hostess
for the President. The company at
the tea will be limited to Prince and
Princess Kaya, members Of their suite
and the charge daffaires OF Japan and
Nine. Fujii. Several officials of the
State Department will undoubtedly be
In the company.
The royal visitors, who are members
of the reigning family Of Japan,
Prince Kaya being the cousin OF. the
Empress, will remain in Washington
until tomorrow afternoon, when they
will go to New York, where several
additional functions have been planned
in their honor.
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Kaya spent some time sightseeing,
visiting the Washington Monument,
the Tidal Basin to view the japanese
cherry trees which we're gift of their
country to the United States, the
Capitol and other public buildings.
Prince Kaya was honor guest at a
luncheon given at the Carlton Hotel
today by the Acting Secretary Of
State, Mr.. William Phillips, when the
company included the Secretary of
War, Mr.. George H. Dern; Senator
James P. Pope, Representative Sol
Bloom, the charge daffaires of Japan,
Mr.. Keinosuke Fujii; the former
United States Ambassador to Japan,
Mr.. william R. Castle, jr.; Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Col. Henry
Latrobe Roosevelt; the Assistant Sec
retary of State, Mr.. R. Walton
Moore; the special assistant to the
Secretary of State, Mr.. James Glenn
ent Dunn; Brig. Gen. Perry L.
Miles, commandant, 10th Brigade;
Col. Kenji Matsumoto, military at
tache, Japanese Embassy; Capt. Mas
sashi Kabayashi, naval attache, Japa-
nese Embassy; Lieut.. Col. Sen-Ichi
Kushibushi, aide to Prince Kaya;
Maj. Maimoru Kanbe. physician to
Prince Kaya: Mr.. Takemi Miura, Sec
retary, Japanese Embassy; Judge
John Barton Payne, chairman, Amer
ican Red Gross; DR.. Stanley K. Horn
beck, chief, Division of Far Eastern
Affairs, Department Of State; Col.
Kenyon A. Joyce, commandant, Fort
Myer; Col. r. L. Collins, Adjutant
Generals Office, War Department;
Mr.. Jefferson Patterson, assistant
chief, Division of Protocol and Con-
ferences, Department Of State; Mr..
Eugene H. Dooman, Division Of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of
State; Lieut.. John Weckerling, aide
to Prince Kaya, and Lieut.. Arthur H.
McCollum, Office of Naval Operations.
Princess Kaya had luncheon at the
embassy with Nine. Fujii.
At 2:45 the distinguished japanese
party boarded the Sequoia at the
Navy Yard for Mount Vernon, where
they placed wreath on the tomb OF
George Washington. This evening a
dinner will be given at the embassy
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Eujii for Prince and Princess Kaye.
Tomorrow the visitors will have
luncheon at the embassy and In the
morning will visit Arlington to place
q wreath on the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier.
Upon their arrival from New York
last evening Prince and Princess Kaya
were met by members of the State
Department and the japanese En-
bassy. In New York several func-
tions were given for them.
Yesterday in New York Princess
Kaya was entertained at luncheon by
Nine. Reno Sawada, wife of the
japanese consul in that city. The
other guests were Nine. Matsumura,
lady in waiting to the Princess Ida
and Mr.. Eugene Dooman of the State
Denartment