Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

~ENATOR HIRAM BINGHAM,
Republican, of Connecticut. is
about to set an example to his
~ fellow members of Congress by
spending practically the entire
forthcoming long recess in exploring
foreign affairs. Within a few hours
after adjournment on March 4, SEN
ator Bingham will start for San Fran
cisco at the outset of trip to the
Far East which is to last throughout
the Spring and Summer. He will visit
Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines,
Japan and China.
The main purpose of Senator
Bingham's expedition is to equip
himself with first-hand knowledge
of conditions i'm the Philippines and
China. He believes that the Govern
| ment and Congress of the United
states during the next year and
| afterward will be concerned in very
large degree with developments on
the other side of the world. "That,
| says the junior Senator from Con-
| necticut, lis why / want to inspect
them at close range"
Plans Arouse Interest.
Senator Bingham's plans arouse
particular interest in Washington be-
| cause of the apparently abortive at
| tempt of Senator Borah to take the
| Senate foreign relations committee
| on tour of official investigation to
| Mexico and Central America. What
| ever Congress sees fit to do in the
| way of formal missions of inquiry
| into American interests abroad. it Is
| Senator Bingham's view that indi-
| vidual members of the House and
| Senate should omit no opportunity
| to increase their personal knowledge
| of international relations.
| The country will probably be sur
prised to know that two United
States Senators who are always In
the forefront of discussions of world
| affairs are men who know nothing OF
them from personal contact. One OF
these authorities is Senator William
e. Borah. Republican, Of Idaho
chairman of the foreign relations
committee. and the other is Senator
James A. Reed, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, archpriest of the "non-en-
| tsnglement" and isolationist school,
of American politics. No two mer
had more to do with keeping the
| United States out of the League oil
Nations than BOrah and Reed, in
CO. operation with the late Henry
Cabot Lodge.
| Senator BOrah acknowledges 9
! longing to "see the world" and a deer
regret that conditions hitherto have
made it impossible for him to do so
He informs this writer that the gen
tleman from Idaho will probably do
Central America on his own account
some time this year-possibly soon
no matter what the Senate foreign
relations committees plans are. or the
objections of the State Department
Borah has always wanted to visit Eu
rope, South America and Asia. I'm
likely to go to Asia first" he says.
Bingham Has Sentimental Reasons.
Senator Bingham has many senti
mental reasons for wanting to go Il
the East, apart from his immediat,
desire to study Chinese conditions o
the present turbulent hour Bingham
was born in Honolulu, the son of al
American missionary. His grand
father was the first American mis-
sionary to Hawaii. All of the Ser
ator's boyhood friends and playmate
were young Chinese I'm that islam
and he grew up knowing and likin
their people and their ideals.
At present Senator Binghams ole
est son is completing a protracte
sojourn at Picking, where he Wen