Evening star., 1946-09-08
British Uit0yy
Honor Guests
AfFnNCtlOHy
New Diplomats
Arrive, Others
Are Leaving
By Katharine NJ. Brooks

atives OF Great Britain and the
honor guests, distinguished labor
representatives from their homeland.
The British Minister of Labor, the
Rt. Hon. George Isaacs and the
Permanent Secretary of the British
Ministry OF Labor, Sir Godfrey Ince,
en- route TO the labor conference
to open September 10 in Montreal,
arrived late yesterday afternoon,
They are accompanied by Mrs,
Isaacs and Lady Ince and are stay-
ing at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Last evening they were entertained
at dinner by the British Minister
OF Information and Mrs. w. p, N.
Edwards, their guests limited to
labor leaders and representatives Of
the press and their wives. The din
ner was given at the Carlton.
This afternoon the British Min.
lster. Mr.. John Balfour. will give
cocktail party from to 7:30 o'clock
at the Embassy. Mrs. Balfour is
spending some time in England
and is not expected back until early
November. Mr.. Balfour dispensed
with a hostess in her place as he
Will do for the dinner party which
ne Will give this evening for his
country men and women. Guests
at the Embassy will number about
100 and the dinner this evening
Will be given at Uplands, the charm
ing home of Mrs. j. Borden Harri-
man on Foxnall road which Mr..
and Mrs Balfour have leased. His
guests at dinner viii be officials and
the party will number only a dozen.
Mr.. j. R. Lloyd Davies. attachs
OF the Embassy. will give a luncheon
tomorrow at the Metropolitan Club
for Mr.. Isaacs and Sir Godfrey and
IN the evening dinner will be given
IN honor of the two gentlemen and
their wives at the Australian En-
oassy. The luncheon was planned
by the Labor Secretary of the En-
oassy, Mr.. Archibald Macdonald
Gordon, before he left for the West
with the Ambassador, Lord Inver-
chapel. and Mr. Lloyd Davies will
act as host in his place.
independence Celebrations
Numbers Of the Latin American
Republics gained their independence
this month and celebrations are in
order but there will be few of them
IN Washington because in some In.
stances OF the absence from this
Capital of the heads of the diplo-
matte missions. The anniversary of
the independence of Brazil was
marked yesterday in that vast coun-
try but the only mark here was the
appearance of the flag at the EN-
bassy and the holiday which MEM
bers of the staff enjoyed The Am
basSador and Nine Martins are at
southampton and even there there
was no celebration,
This country had part in the OBJ
servance in Brazil where the ira
dltional carrying of the torch Of
freedom from the northern tip to
the southern border of the republic
was the outstanding feature. The
torch carried yesterday was lighted
at the grave of President Roosevely
at Hyde Park and as it passed
through Rio de Janeiro the United
States Ambassador, Mr.. William D.
Pawley, Joined the president and his
cabinet in the observance.
The Central. American Republics
will celebrate September Is and the
following day, September is. Mexico
will mark the anniversary of her in
dependence. There are plans in the
air for some sort of a colorful cele-
bration at the Embassy but nothing
definite has been told.
No group in the National Cap
ital has such constant change as the
diplomatic corps. 1t is always a
HALL" and Farewell" to one or
more diplomats arriving for new
duties or starting off to other posts.
There has been much speculation in
the past few days as to what, if
any, effect the return of King
George II to the Greek throne would
have on the present Ambassador
here. AS the government which
M. Cimon p. Diamantopoulos repre-
sents Is a monarchy there probably
Will be no change and the Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Diamantopoulos who
now are In Paris are planning to be
back in Washington next month.
Halls and FareweHs
In Chile the situation is differ.
ent and probably the Ambassador,
Senor Don Marcial Mora, will 20
home. There were four candidates
IN the recent election for president
and no one of them received a ma
Jority of the votes cast. Therefore,
the congress will meet and select
one OF the two who received the
largest number of the votes. The
congress will convene October "a
for this purpose and at that time
will select date for the inaugura-
ton. The Ambassador and his
family are popular here and should
he not be the choice of the new
president they will be greatly
missed.
The Spanish Ambassador. Senior
Don Juan de Cardenas, is in New
York over Sunday and is expected
to sail the middle of the week for
Madrid. The date is not definite
as he may be delayed by business
here and in that case will 60 later
IN the month by plane. Sonora de
Cardenas and her precious Timmy--
the Russian poodle-will join the
Ambassador late in the autumn.
They will make the trip by ship
and no date or time is set for the
family's return to Washington,
The Chinese Ambassador, DR.. v.
K. Wellington Koo, was joined yes
terday by Mrs. Koo and their SON.
Mr.. Wellington Koo. jr. Mrs. Koo
has been in England superintend-
ing the packing and shipping of
their personal belongings from the
Chinese Embassy, where they lived
through the years that DR.. Koo
has been Ambassador to the Court
of st. James's. She had planned to
come to this country by boat but
the delays were many and she and
her son reached New York the mid
die of the week hv n1ane and couos