The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-13
Says Obstacles Will Arise but
They Will All be Overcome
Failure impossible
TALKS To PHYSICIANS
ON LONG ISLAND
PRAISES HIS FRIEND, GENERAL
LEONARD WOOD, WHO
CLEANED UP CUBA AND
HAS NOT BEEN
REWARDED.

Oyster Bay, July 12-President
Roosevelt delivered an address this
afternoon before the Associated PLY
sicians of Long Island He discussed,
in the course of his speech, the rela-
tions the physician sustains with the
people OF the communities in which
they reside and the work to be done
by medical experts in connection with
the construction of the Panama canal,
declaring that despite all difficulties
on the isthmus and here In the Unit.
ed States the canal would be q sue
cess
Sanitary Work in Cuba.
He referred to the achievements of
sanitary engineers who cleaned the
cities of Cuba for the first time in
four hundred years and closed by
paying tribute 10 the services OF
General Leonard Wood, whose care as
military officer, he said was flouted
by some critics because he had once
had been a doctor.
The president was accorded cor
dial reception by the physicians. At
the conclusion of the presidents ad-
dress and at Roesevelt's own sugges-
tion an informal reception was held,
each member of the association being
presented to the president After the
president retired from the hall The
association unanimously elected him
and Gen. Leonard Wood honorary
members Of the association
Straight Talk as to Panama.
Speaking of the especial reference
to the Panama canal, the president
after referring to the necessity OF
having proper type of medical work
AS preliminary said: "That Is the
first condition upon which depends
our success in solving engineering
and administrative problems OF the
work itself. | am happy to say the
work is being admirably done and |
am glad to have the chance of say.
ing 1t.
Talks SarcasticalIy of Cutters.
Now and then some alarmist report
will come from Panama. Just a couple
of weeks ago there seemed TO be a
succession Of people coming up from
Panama, each one of whom had some
tale or other to tell You will always
find in any battle, even il it is vic
torious battle, that in the rear you
will meet a number of gentlemen who
are glad that they are not at the
front. who, If they have unfortunately
gotten at the front, have come away,
and who justify their absence at the
front by telling tales of how every.
thing has gone wrong there.
Those Who Stay at Their Posts.
Now, the people who flee Panama
will carry up here Just such stories
as people who fee from the forefront
Of battle carry to the rear with
them. The people to whom this coun
try owes and will owe SO much are
those who stay down there and do not
talk, but their work and do It we'll
OF course, in doing great work like
that in the tropics, in region which
until this government took posses
sion Of 1t, was accounted to be re
gion exceptionally unhealthy, we are
going to have trouble, have some vel
low fever, have good deal Of ma
larial fever, and suffer more from the
latter than from yellow fever all
though we will hear nothing like the
talk about It.
VIII Not BE Failure.
I'VE have now and then troubles as
regards hygiene, just as we will have
trouble In engineering problems, JUS
as occasionally we will have trouble:
In the administrative work. When
ever one Of these troubles comes
there will be large number OF excel
lent but timid men who, will at onc'
say what a calamity 1t Is. and express
deepest sorrow and concern, and b.
rather inclined to the belief that tn,
whole thing is a failure. 1t will no
be failure 1t will be success; an,
II will be success because we shall
treat every little check not as rea
son for abandoning the work, but a
reason for changing and betterini
our plans 50 as to make II impossibl
that particular check shall happel
again
Praise For my Friend Wood"
The, president then spoke of Genera
Woods successful sanitary work I
Cuba and added.
This country has never done bel
ter work, that Isl work that Is reflec
Ing more than honor upon the countr
or for humanity at large than tn
work done In Cuba. And the ma
who above all others who is respon
ible for doing that work so we'll, wa
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