The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-19
TAFT STARTS ON
EXTENDED TOUR
SCHEDULED FOR SPEECHES I'M
SEVERAL or THE BIG WEST
ERIN CITIES.
FIRST SPEECH TONIGHT
Al Columbus In Which RE Is Expected
to Outline Administration
Policy--WiII Travel
10000 Miles.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Secretary o.
War William FL. Taft will tomorrow
set forth upon one of the trips, which
have been so marked feature of his
political career According to his
plans he will make circuit of the
globe before returning to Washington
the latter part Of November or early
In December.
Secretary Taft Is to represent the
administration 1T the opening of the
Philippine congress on October 20,
and from the philippines he viii re-
turn by the Trans Siberian railway to
ST, Petersburg returning from there
to the United States by way CT Paris
and London
The trip across the continent to
Seattle, from which port the secre-
tary of war viii sail for the Philip
pines will be liesuely one, with
stors al a number of points to deliver
speeches. These speeches will be of
political character and will mark
the real opening of the Taft campaign
for the presidential nomination
The first Of these speeches is to be
delivered at Columbus, Ohio, Monday
night. He viii speak at that time
under the auspices OF the Buckeye
Republican club. OF the capital city of
Ohio. This speech is awaited with
keen interest IN political circles as it
is expected to sound the Keynote Of
the Taft campaign. The secretary of
war on this occasion is expected to
answer the attacks on himself In con-
nectlon with the tariff revision ques-
ton, to defend the position of the adj
ministration with respect to the
Brownsville affair, and appeal to the
voters as the representative of the
Roosevelt policies. The speech will
he direct reply to the challenge re-
Gently issued by Senator Foraker.
After leaving Ohio Secretary Taft |
is scheduled for speeches in Ken
lucky. Oklahoma, Missouri and at
Denver, Portland and Seattle, He will
arrive at the last named place in time |
to sail on the Manchuria on Septem-
Der 10.
The trip to Manila will be AIDE by |
way of Japan and China The stay |
in the Philippines will be short. The
return from the Far East will be |
made by way af the Trans Siberian |
railway and Europe. 1t is stated that |
this route has been adopted in order |
that a week or more may be saved in |
~, h ft,rr ts,V, PM "a
the secretary travels up through |
China and then over the battlef1elds
Of Manchuria, he will be traversing a
region where at the present moment
commercial and political problems of
he first magnitude are being worked
cut Mr. TAFT will travel unofficially |
as soon as he has discharged his mis-
sion in Manila, but the tour through
the Far East of man so high IN the
will be watched with
interest by the competitors of the
United States.
On his journey around the world
Mr. Taft will be accompanied by his
wife, his son, and his secretary. A
ourth member of the party will be /
Iontico Taft, Filipino. who adopted
he secretary OF war as his father a
rear or SO ago.
Apart from the political results of
lis trip. Secretary Taft will have es-
ablished a record for a cabinet min
sters wanderings. Very few men of 5
IFS position have ever travelled around |
he world while in office. and II is cal |
ulated that when he sees this city {
isain he will have concluded 100000 {
niles Of iourneyings to and fro on the I
ace of the earth since he became a
member of the presidents official I
amily. Il