The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-13
SECRETARY TAFT
LEAVES SEATTLE
FOR ORIENT
Secretary and Party will Go
Round the Globe
CROSS PACIFIC TO JAPAN
Path VIII be Yokohama, Shanghai,
Manila. Across Siberia. Moscow,
Berlin. Paris. Cherbours. Homo

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. i8.-secrS
tary OF War Taft sailed from this port
for the orient ON the steamship Mime
sofa.
The war secretary was In fine spirits
aud chatted aud laughed with the
members OF his party.
Accompanying Secretary Taft are
representatives Of the Associated Press
and Golfers Weekly. the New York
Herald aud other papers, bis wife and
son. Charlie: his private secretary,
Fred W. Carpenter. aud General Clar-
encc Edwards. chief Of the bureau Of
lnsular Affairs. ON the Minnesota also
are Judge Thomas Burke and W. +.
Bacl.us Of Seattle. special commission
en- 10 the orient Tor the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition; Thomas j. O'Brien,
ambassador OF the United States 20 ia.
pau. aud Peter Augustus Jay, hrst sec
rotary Of the embassy.
From Seattle the secretary and his
party proceed directly across the north
raclac 10 Yokohama. where they ar,
due on the 18th Of this month. TIL,
ten days following will be- spent In thu
Flowery Kingdom. aud the pacifying
presence Of the genial statesman may
we'll develop a better understanding
between this country aud the belllcOse
japanese.
After visiting Kobe and Nagasakl he
will proceed by way Of Shanghai and
Hongkong 90 Manila. arriving there
Oct. IL. Here the secretary will L. In
his old bailiwick. II will h. his second
visit 10 the Philippines since he re-
signed the govemonship u those II
lands four years ago A cordial recep.
ton n assured him there on his re
turn. on Nov. 4 be l. due 90 leave
Manila and viii 20 directly 90 Nladi.
vostok. the great Russian port % the
far east aud the terminus of the Trans.
siberian railway. lie VIII leave vladl'
vosiok on Nov. r. and Il due at Mos.
COW. the ancient capital Of 1.-The czars,
on Nov. p.
A luxurious train viii convey the
secretary across the Siberian steppes.
The Journey will be broken by the
transit Of Lake Balkal by ferry aud
n stop on Nov. III az Irkutsk.
In Moscow. which i not only the
former capital Of Russia aud the city
which the czars still visit Tor their
coronation. hut probably the most pie
iuresquc aud interesting city % the
cars dominlons. stop % two days
will be- made aud the secretary aud
his party viii visit the ancient palace
% the Krcmlin. with IT, sinister mem
orics ~ Ivan the Terrible aud other
predecessors ~ Peter the Great: the
church 81 - Basil aud other points Of
interest In the venerable city.
From Moscow TAFT viii go on o. the
brilllqni modern city % 81 Petersburg
the present capital Of the czars ier,
be- will undoubtedly D. received by IN,
emperor aud empress. After two day.
spent In ~. Petersburg be Will 20 ou
90 Berlin. where be i scheduled 90 ar
rive on Nov. ~ Already the German
government. II i said. II arranging foi
the scmiohicial reception ~ Mr. Taft
owing 10 the cordial friendship exist
lng betveon the emperor aud Prcsi
dent Roosevelt. Il h stated that IN,
emperor Will accord Secretary Taft
special attentions ~ Mr. Rooscyelt's
personal choice for his successor
From Berlin the secretary will pro
ceed TO Chrrbourg stopping perhaps on
the way at Paris lie will sail from
CherbourF on bee aud II due IA New
York about Dec. 10. less than thre,
months from the day Of his departure
FROM Seattle