Evening star., 1940-01-21
New Envoys, J,
Will Arrive
In Capital
Greek and Iran
Ministers Due:
: Diplomat Notes
Continued From First Page.)

The diplomats Of Iran have been
very welcome at this post represent
ing that country whose culture dates
back so many centuries before the
discovery of this continent. The
absence Of Iran from the list of
legations here has been greatly re-
gretted and the new Minister and
Nine. Schayesteh will find q warm
welcome when they arrive.
The retiring Charge d'Affaires of
. Iran, DR.. Ali Akbar Daftary, who
came just q year ago, left WASH
e1ngton last week and is en- route
to his home. Nine. Daftary, who
accompanied him as far as Paris
last year, remained in France for
some time before returning to her
native land. DR.. Daftary also was
accredited to Cuba and spent part
of the year in the island republic
Before the arrival of the new Min
lister, the Secretary of the Legation,
M. H. Hadjeb-Davallou, is in charge
of the Legation. M. Davallou will
go to New York to meet the new
Minister and his wife when they
arrive this week.
Brazilian Embassy
Minister Counselor.
. The Brazilian Embassy will have
. Minister Counselor, Senior Arno
Konder, who with Senhora de Kon-
der will arrive in this country We'd
nesday. Neither the Minister
: Counselor nor Senhora de Konder
are strangers here, as he was at
stached to the Embassy in 1884 dur
ing the negotiations for the COM
mercial agreement between the two
governments. Senior Konder had
much to do with the completion of
those negotiations and the sign
ing of the agreement, and with
Senhora de Konder will be well
coined in the Capital.
Senior Mario Guimaraes, former
First Secretary of the Embassy,
who served as Charge d'Affaires dur
ing the interim when the Ambassa-
dor was absent, left last week for
his new post in Vienna. Senior
Guimaraes will be Brazilian Consul
at Vienna and, with Senhora de
Guimaraes will sail aboard the
Manhattan for Italy the end of this
week.
Informal Dinner Party
At Spanish Embassy.
After a period of inactivity the
Spanish Embassy is coming into its
own again, with, the very popular
Ambassador and Sonora de Car
denas as hosts. When the Ambas-
sador came back to this post in
June after an absence of some
years he and Sonora de Cardenas
found many friends made in the
past waiting to give them welcome.
Last evening they gave an informal
dinner party-all parties among
the diplomats are informal in these
troublous times-entertaining in
compliment to their house guest, the
Marquis of Cuevas, who now makes
his home in New York. Others at
the dinner last evening were the
Argentine Ambassador and Sonora
de Espil, the Attache of the Polish
Embassy and Princess Hohenlohe,
the former Austrian Minister and
Nine. Prochnik, DR.. and Mrs. Hans
Kinder, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lpp-
mann, Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins,
Mrs. George Sloane, Miss Mabel
Boardman and Senor Cristoban
Altube, Spanish tenor. Following
the dinner an impromptu program
OF music was given by Senor Altube.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Cardenas will go to New York Sat-
urday to be guests of Mr.. Hunting
ton, head of the Spanish Society.
The Ambassador will return early
next week and Sonora de Cardenas
will remain a little longer.