Reception to "Blas de Lezo" Cruise Ship at El Mercantil

This article is extracted from:
Leonardo Pérez, Alvaro. 2019. “Abelardo Lafuente García-
Rojo (1871–1931), a Spanish Architect in China.” PhD
diss. Alcala Henares University. Annex 10.23, page 620.

Translated by Google Translate into English:
“Interesting photograph taken at the "Majestic Hotel" in Shanghai, on the occasion of the banquet that the Spanish's residents in said city offered to the crew of the Spanish cruise ship "Blas de Lezo" last March.
In the foreground of the group is, in the center, the Commander of the cruise: on his right Mr. Abelardo Lafuente (sic), on his left the Secretary of our legation in Peking, currently in charge of the Consulate of Spain in Shanghai Mr. Manuel Acal, and in other places on this same line our compatriots Mr. Antonio Ramos and Mr. Gerónimo Candel, as well as some cruise officers.
Secondly, between the Consul and Mr. Ramos, there is the Second Commander of the Cruise Mr. Navia Osorio, and forming in different places of the group, Mr. Gerónimo Canda, Mr. Francisco Aboitiz, the Revs. P. P. Cuevas (sic), Ochoa, and other missionaries, our compatriots Vaca, Llado, Jimenez, Castrillo and numerous officers of different ranks who make up the "Lezo" crew.