Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-14
REAR ADMIRAL GLASS.

REAR ADMIRAL n
Commanding Pacific feet,1
| tation Of his credentials occurred in the
blue room of the White House ut 9:3O
o'clock. t~HMAE4S&s
Secretary Hay formally presented NJ.
Bunau-Narilla to President Roosevelt
as the accredited minister Of the repub-
lie Of Panama.
Minister Dunau-NGrilla in presenting
his credentials delivered a brief adj
| 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 crcdcnce you admit
| into the family of nations the weakest
| and the last born of the republics of the
new world.
at owes it's existence to the outburst
| of the indignant grief which stirred the
hearts Of the citizens of the iSthmus in
| beholding the desp0tic action which
sought to forbid their country from full
filing the destinies Vouchsafed to it by
Providence. In c0nsccrating its right to
exist, I'll -President. you put AN end to
| what appeared to be the interminable
| controversy as to the rival waterways,
| and you definitely inaUguratc the era
| of the achievement of the Panama ca
nal. |-H
'The highway from Europe to Asia,
following the pathway of the sun, is
| now to be realized.
THE early attempts to find such Il
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, Mr., President, i'll re-
Spouse to your summons, it becomes Il
reality
In response President Roosevelt said:
MI. Minister, l am much gratitied
to receive the letters whereby 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.
I'm accordance with its long cstab-
| lishcd rule this government has taken
I cOgniZanca of the act Of the ancient
territory of Panama in reaSscrting the
| right Of self control, and, seeing in the
recent events on the isthmus an unop-
! posed expression Of the will of the pco-
| pie Of Panama and the confirmation of
their declared Independence by the in
stitution of Il dc facto government, re-
publican in form and spirit and alike
able and resolved 10 discharge the obi
cations pertaining to sovereignty, we
have entered into relations with the
new republic.
1T is fitting that we should do so
now, as we did nearly Il century ago,
when the Latin peoples Of America pro
claimed the right of popular govern
ment, and it Is equally fitting that the
United States should now, as then, be
! the first to stretch out the hand of fell
lOwship and to observe toward the new
born state the rules of equal inter
course that regulate the relations of
sOvereignties toward one another.
Il feel that l 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, it may be
the p~rovidential instrument of untold
benefit to the civilized world through
the opening of Il highway of universal
= across its exceptionally IA
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 n rumor
has it that he has been depOsed. The
populace of Bogota is talking Of send
ing a big expedition to recapture the
isthmus at any cost, in their cXcitabil-
ity losing sight of the futiiity Of such
an attempt.
The British cruiser Amphion will go
to Buena Ventura, as there are British
residents in that vicinity.
1t is believed here that Rear Admiral
] Glass, commander in chief of the Unit