Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-01
Southern Trip to Be Taken
in October.
NO PEACE MOVE YET
NO OFFICIAL STEP TAKEN BY
THIS GOVERNMENT.
Senator Penrose Wants More Consular
Places for Applicants From the
Keystone State.

The date for President RooscveltS sou h
trip was definitely fixed today, when
1t was announced that he would leave here
on the evening of October II, and would
be In the south about twelve days. His
first stop will be in Richmond which he
will reach early on the morning of the
18th. spending the better part of the day
there. He will be shown many of the his
toric spots in Richmond. and expects to
find much that will interest him. The
Richmond people are already making plans
to entertain him in the most hospitable
manner. From Richmond the President Will
60 direct to Raleigh. and then on through
North Carolina, South Carolina and into
Georgia and Alabama, taking in Florida
before he turns farther south.
The Richmond stop will be the only i'm
portant one in Virginia. The President
has promised that when he has opportunity
he Will go to Norfolk. but he will be UNI
able to go there on this trip.
The announcement as to the date for the
trip settles the fact that there will be no
extra session until toward the middle of
November, as the President will not get
back to Washington until the last of Octo-
Der The probability now is that the extra
session will be called for the second Mon
Gay in November. which is the 18th of the
month.
The trip will be made over the Southern
railway, and tentative arrangements
made today by Col A. b. Andrews third
vice president of the road, and Col. l.. $.
Brown, general agent. They had a confer
ence with Secretary Loeb.
No Peace Move Yet.
Secretary Taft and Secretary Morton
spent considerable time with the President
today, each departmental business.
Secretary Taft said that he had not talked
about peace in the east He shook his
head uhe SLad ba
any better for peace than they did
before the awful disaster inflicted upon the
Russians by the Japanese navy.
In the most informal way the President
has discussed peace negotiations with mem
bers of his cabinet and foreign representa-
tives. and may, later on, take up the mat
ter with others, but it can be stated au-
thoritatively that no definite steps have
been taken toward peace by this govern
ment. 1t IS felt that a concerted effort VIII
be made soon by some of the important
powers TO bring about peace and the
United States will be one of them. Until
81. Petersburg gives Indication of her
desires. the peace talk in official circles in
Washington will be entirely informal.
MasdnaO Hanihara, the third secretary OF
the japanese legation, called at the White
House, talking with Secretary Loeb He
said he did not think there were any new
developments looking to peace in the far
east.
Pennsylvanians Want More Jobs.
Senator Penrose and w. B. Andrews dele
gate from New Mexico, were with the
President this morning. Senator Penrose is
seeking consular places for Pennsylvania
applicants He has over 100 applicants for
positions in the consular service, and hopes
that he may be able to find places for
some of them. The President said he would
see what could be done, if anything. Mr..
Andrews. who was at one time a lieutenant
Of Senator quay in Pennsylvania, was talk
ing 10 the President about some New Mex
leo appointments.
Pennsylvania Is pretty well represented
in the diplomatic and consular service now
Charlemagne Tower, the ambassador of the
United States TO Germany is from that
state. So are Lloyd c. Griscom, minister
20 Japan. Lawrence Townsend, minister TO
Brussels; John @. A. Leishman, minister to
Turkey. and William b. Sorsby, minister
to Bolivia. The state has a number of con-
suls general and cOnsuls. there being four
consuls general in Germany from PennsyI-
vania.
There are expected to be numerous
changes in the consular service before
great while. but Pennsylvania has such a
large share now her chances for new ap-
pointments are not considered of the best
Senator PenrCse did not care to discuss
the political situation in Philadelphia. where
the organization of which he is a part is
having the fight of its life with the reform
ers the whole trouble having started over
the gas lease. Senator PenrOse Israel
Durham and the other organization lead
ers in Philadelphia believe that the reform
movement will soon peter out. is the
history of most such things, but they
also believe that the best way TO get the
upper hand of II is by ceasing to discuss
politics in any form. leaving the talking to
be done by the other side Senator Pen
rose is one of the most famous advocates
of silence in politics to be found this side
OF Japan. He is the equal of Quay, and
that is saying much for him.