Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
JUNKET TO THE ORIENT
Distinguished Visitors to
Leave July l.
INSPECT PHILIPPINES
EXPECT TO BE GONE ABOUT
THREE MONTHS.
Miss Roosevelt and a Number of Ladies
to Accompany the Official Guests OF
the Insular Government.

The bureau of insular affairs of the War
Department has issued a statement in re-
gard To the trip of the Secretary of War
and party To the Philippines next summer.
The party will make the trip from San
Francisco on the Pacific mail steamer Man
churia, sailing from San Francisco July l.,
and expect to be gone about three months.
one month of which time will be devoted
tic an inspection of the Philippine Islands
The Official Guests.
The personnel of the official party is as
follows:
Mr. William H. Taft, Secretary of War.
Mr. Elihu Root. ex-Secretary of War.
Senators Daniel of Virginia Allison If
Iowa, Dubois of Idaho. Foster of LOUISIANA
Long arkansas Newlands of Nevada, Pat
terson of Colorado Scott of West Virginia.
Stone OF Missouri, and Warren of Wyoming.
Speaker Cannon, Representatives Bourke
Cochran OF New York, Cooper of Wiscon-
sin, Crumpacker of Indiana, Curtis of X IN
sas. De Almond of Missouri, Foss of ILL.,
nois. -Gillett of Massachusetts,. Grosvenor
of Ohio. Hepburn of Iowa Hill of Connac-
tcut. Howard of Georgia, Jones of Viz
gIna Longworth of Ohio Mckinley of Iii
nois. Payne OF New York. Scott of Kansas
Sherley of Kentucky, Smith of Illinois aud
Watson of Indiana COX Clarence X. nd
wards, t.S.A., chief of bureau of inSular
affairs. and Mr.. Fred w. Carpenter, private
secretary to the Secretary of War.
Those mentioned above are regarded as
official guests of the Philippine government
and their actual travelling expenses VIII be
betrayed out of the Philippine treasury
These expenses include railroad trauspor-
alton from their respective homes to San
Francisco and return, exclusive of meals
and Pullman car charges, and all travelling
and subsistence expenses on shipboard and
in the Philippines.
The Unofficial Guests.
All the ladies and others mentioned in
the subjoned list are regarded as unofficial
guests and will bear their own expenses
throughout the trip:
Miss Roosevelt, Miss Boardman and Miss
Mcmillan of Washington. Mrs Dubois of
Idaho. Mrs. Stone of Missouri, Mrs. Clark
of Missouri. Miss DeArmond of Missouri
Mrs Hepburn of Iowa, Mrs. Hill of Connec-
ticut, Mrs. Payne of New York, Mrs. Smith
of Illinois. son of eX-Secretary Root, Mr.
William Reyburn. Maj. w. Austin Wads-
worth. Mrs Wadsworth and Mr.. Rogers X.
Wetmore.
Visiting the Islands.
1t is stated at the bureau of insular af-
fairs that the steamship Manchuria will
touch at Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe and
Nagasak. then go straight to Manila. where
the party will remain about ten days. In
addition to other questions the determina-
ton OF the railway problem made possible
by the Cooper law. which was passed at the
recent session of Congress. will lie accom-
plshed. Secretary Taft ex-Secretary Root
and Colonel Edwards have much to do with
that question: and it is expected that the
details will be worked out and a definite
proposition submitted for the approval of
the Secretary of War by the slime of the
arrival of the party at Manila.
The party will then. take a government
transport. possibly the Sheridan and spend
about twenty days visiting the places of in
terest. especially the commercial ports in
the southern islands. Returning the Pa
cihc mail steamship Korea will touch at
Manila and bring the party home, stop
same Japanese ports in reverse order and
sail from Honolulu to San Francisco arrv-
ing a San Francisco about October 1.
The Railroad Problems.
The railroad problems referred to in the
statement given out by the bureau of in
sular affairs relate to the settlement of
what, shall be the basis of the award of the
concessions. whether they shall be to the
lowest bidder. for the shortest period for
which the bonds are to run, or at lower
rate of interest guaranteed on the bonds
by the government There is also the set
tlement of the relations of the Manila and
Dagupan railroad. with the new lines to be
constructed Secretary Taft would prefer
that this road should be part of the sys-
tenn. as it has the terminals at Manila
necessary for any road reaching that city.
and unless il is acquired by the successful
. bidder for the concession il would have to
be paralleled its entire length. The Secre-
tary hopes to make an arrangement by
which this road will be purchased by TIE
successful bidder for new railroad construc-
ton. through an agreement that it shall be
acquired under an agreed or arbitrated