Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
REAR ADMIRAL GLASS.

REAR ADMIRAL GLASS. ~ Commanding Pacific feet.l tation of his credentials occurred in the blue room of the White House at 9:30 o'clock. sasssRHxa Secretary Hay formally presented M. Bunau-Varilla to President Roosevelt as the accredited minister of the repub- lie of Panama.
 Minister Bunau-Varilla in presenting his credentials delivered a brief ad- dress as follows:
 'Mr President, in according to the minister plenipotentiary of the republic of Panama the honor of presenting to you his letters of credence you admit into the family of nations the weakest and the last born of the republics of the new world. Tt owes its existence to the outburst of the indignant grief which stirred the hearts of the citizens of the isthmus in beholding the despotic action which sought to forbid their country from full filling the destinies vouchsafed to 1t by Providence. In consecrating it's right to exist, MT. President, you put an end to what appeared to be the interminable controversy as to the rival waterways, and you definitely inaugurate the era of the achievement of the Panama ca nal.
 | "The highway from Europe to Asia, I following the pathway of the sun, is now to be realized.
 ''The early attempts to find such a way unexpectedly resulted in the great est of all historic achievements, the dis covery of America, Centuries have since rolled by, but the pathway sought has hitherto remained in the realm of dreams Today, Mir. President, in re- sponse to your summons, it becomes a reality.''
 In response President Roosevelt said: Mir. Minister I am much gratified to receive the letters whel%,by you are accredited to the government of the United States in the capacity of the en- voy extraordinary and minister pleni- potentiary of the republic of Panama.
 '.In accordance with it's long estab- ;. lished rule this government has taken cogniZance of the act of the ancient 1 territory of Panama in reasserting the right of self control, and, seeing in the recent events on the isthmus an unop- 1 posed expression of the will of the peo-
 
 their declared independence by the in- stitution of de facto government, re- publican in form and spirit and alike able and resolved to discharge the obli- gations pertaining to sovereignty, we have entered into relations with the new republic.
 Ut is fitting that we should do so now, as we did nearly century ago, when the Latin peoples of America pro- claimed the right of popular govern ment, and 1t is equally fitting that the United States should now, as then, be the first to stretch out the hand of fel- >I lowship and to observe toward the new born state the rules of equal inter- course that regulate the relations of sovereignties toward one another.
 'I feel that express the wish of my countrymen in assuring you, and through you the people of the republic of Panama, of our earnest hope and de- sire that stability and prosperity shall attend the new state and that, in har- mony with the United States, 1t may be the providential instrument of untold benefit to the civilized world through the opening of highway of universal commerce across it's exceptionally fa- vored territory"
 The situation at Bogota is extremely critical, and there is a continuance of the manifestations of furious despair over the loss of the isthmus. The feel ing against President Marroquin is growing in intensity, and one rumor has it that he has been deposed. The populace of Bogota is talking of send Ing big expedition to recapture the isthmus at any cost, in their excitabil- ity losing sight of the futility of such an attempt.
 The British cruiser Amphion will go to Buena Ventura, as there are British residents in that vicinity.
 It is believed here that Rear Admiral Glass. commander in chief of the Unit ed States Pacific squadron, will soon call officially on the junta and that his squadron will salute the flag of the re- public.
 A Colon dispatch says there was a big scare at Bocas del Toro on the re- ceipt of news, v@ Port Limon Costa Riea, that the Colombian government was sending 5000 troops to retake the port, which had recently declared it's allegiance to the new republic, and the alcade left on the Markomannia for Colon for the purpose of obtadnipa