Evening star., 1947-06-29
Washington
Antlclpates
Nezv EnUogs
Three Are Here;
Two Expected
Shortly
By Katharine M. Brooks


Washington will have no less than
nve new Ambassadors before many
moons. Two of the newcomers al
ready have arrived and the new
Greek Ambassador, MIR. Vaselli Den
dranis, was received by the Presi-
dent early in the month. The more
recent arrival, the Paraguayan Am
bassador Senor Guillermo Enciso,
came last week and perhaps will be
received within a few days. The
Greek Ambassador, Mr.. Dendramis,
was accompanied by Nine. Den
dranis and they are in the embassy.
Sonora de Enciso and her two small
children with the Ambassador sis
ter, Senorita Inez Encisco came with
him and are at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Expected in the Capital early in
July Is the newly appointed Vene-
zuelan Ambassador, DR.. Gonzalo
Carievali, Sonora de Carlevali and
their two sons, just entering their
teens. DR.. Carlevali will succeed DR..
Don Alfredo Machado Hernandez,
who came in April and served only
two months when he died. DR..
Carlevali has been Venezuelan Am
bassador in Colombia, post he took
over from his brother, Senor AL
berto Carlevali following the estab-
lishment of the present government.
The newly appointed Ambassador
is a man of letters, being a writer
and a poet of considerable ability.
He comes of a family which was
prosecuted and lost both money and
property during the Gomez regime
in Venezuela from which they were
refugees. Both the Ambassador and
Sonora de Oarlevali will be welcome
additions to the diplomatic corps,
especially the bridge loving men, |
bers.
The Charge d'Affaires and Sonora
de Falcon -Briceno, who have been
living in the embassy for the past
year, will move this week to the
house at 3714 Fulton street.
We'll Kn0wn Here
The newly appointed Netherlands
Ambassador, DR.. Eelco N. van Klef-
fens and Mime. van KleffenS are ex-
pected to come to Washington the
middle or end of July. They al
ready have many friends here, made
during the visits while DR.. van
Kleffens was Netherlands delegate
to the United Nations, and were en-
tertained in Washington by his pred
ecessor, DIR. Alexander Loudon, and
Mime. Loudon. The very popular
Loudons left last night for Nonqu1tt
to have a two months vacation be-
fore the Ambassador is assigned to
another post. DR.. van KleffenS has
had a considerable career in diplo-
macy and has served In various
posts in the Foreign Office as well
as in other foreign capitals.
There is much regret that the
popular DR.. Joao Antonio de B1an-
chi has been transferred for duty in
the Foreign Office in Lisbon. He
first came to Washington in Sep
tember, 1888, as Minister, succeed
ing the late Viscount d'Alte, who
had retired because of i'll health in
May of that year after serving at
this post for a little more than 81
years. DR.. de Bianchi became Am
bassador in July, 1914, and has been
an interesting figure about Wash
ington, carrying his camera with him
to many of the parties.
The newly appointed Ambassador.
Mr.. Tortoni Perreira. also is man
of the world and at this time is
his Presidents Ambassador in
Brazil. He is one of the very popu-
lar members of the corps in that
South American Capital, gifted
linquist, speaking French and
Spanish fuently and probably Eng
Iish as we'll. Mime. de Perreira did
not join him in Rio de Janeiro and
is not expected to leave her home
in Portugal to come to Washington.
The newly appointed Ambassador
will be the first to occupy the new
Embassy on Kalorama road which
was purchased and has been re-
modelled under the guiding hands
of the retiring Ambassador and
Nine. de Bianchi. They would have
been in it some time ago had there
not been shortages of materials and
labor.
Ecuador also has new AmbaS
sador although DR.. l.. Neftali Ponce
has been here for several years
serving first as Counselor of the En-
bassy and more recently as Minister
Counselor. He is awaiting an ap-
pointment to be received by the
President and with Sonora de Ponce
and their family has moved into
the comparatively new Embassy at
1920 Bencroft place. They have been
living at Hotel 2400 since they gave
up their house at 3l01 Thirty-fourth
street, which now is occupied by the
former President of Ecuador and
Sonora de Ayora and their two chill |
dren,
And so the changes continue. |
Spain now is without an Ambassador
as Senor Don Juan Francisco de
Cardenas no longer is accredited to-
this post. When he and his charm
ing wife went home the latter part
of last year it was rumored that
they would not return and the
Spanish Minister. Senor Don Ger
man Baraibar became Charge DAT
faires and with his family moved
into the Embassy. No word has
been received of another appoint
ment to this post