Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-11-16
President Roosevelt Goes to
Panama Capital-.M Refer
enCe to II in His Speech.
lNsPECTS DIGGING OF CANAL
President Amador, OF the Young Re-
public Greets Him as Commander
in Chief of Panama---Amc
Forces in Battle with Nature.
Asks Many INSTRUMENTATION
Says He Feels Like Head OF Army.

COLON, Nov. 16.-President Roose-
welt left The flagship Louisiana in
ships launch and landed shortly after
ward. lie was met by Canal Commits
sioner Shonts Chief Engineer Stevens,
General Manager Bierd of the Panama
railroad, aud other high officials. All
the colored and white school children
of Colon were assembled in groups
landed and sang the Star Spangled
Banner and America"
Some time later President and Sc
nora Amador and the bishop of Pana-
ma reached the spot and greeted Mr..
Roosevelt The entire party then
boarded a special train decorated with
flags and left Colon at $40, steaming
slowly in the direction of Panama In
order TO enable the presidential party
TO have a good look at all the points
of interest along the route.
The first stop was made at Gatun,
where the school children were pa
raded speeches of welcome were de-
liN Gittl tIttl NOH-S N0it pp'S'
The same ceremony was repeated at
Bohio and all the stations ut Matachin,
President Roosevelt thanking all the
welcoming delegations. Mr.. Roosevelt
looked happy and was the picture of
health.
Speaking to newspaper men, the pres
ident said he felt like the commander
of great and successful army.
Though it rained little. the weather
did not interfere with the cruise, and
the president seemed determined to OBJ
tain all the information lie possibly
could He asked questions of many
OF the canal employees and during his
trip from Colon met numberTof work
trains with earth and rock from the
Culebra cut and saw several steam
shovels working. The president was
everywhere received in hearty man
ner.
At Panama in the public square fac
| ing the cathedral President Amador
delivered his address of welcome. Pres
ident Roosevelt's reply was interrupted
time and again by the Gdmiring crowd,
who cheered almost every word.
President Amador called President
Roosevelt the commander in chief of
the Panama American forces, allied to
perform the greatest engineering feat
in the world, and said that in the
hearts of his people there dwelt the in
delible memory that in President
Roosevelt they had found in the past Il
generous defender.
In reply President Roosevelt said
that the present was the first time in
the history of the United States that
an American president had placed his
foot upon territory over which the flag
of the country did not fly. He said he
was glad this foreign territory was the
Panaman republic and referred to his
affection for the young coeltry. He
said the work on the canal was being
performed worthily.
From the Cathedral plaza President
Roosevelt returned to the Tivoll hotel,
escorted as he had come by the gov
ernment officials and prominent citi-
zens. preceded by 300 young members
of the arstocracy of Panama on horse
back
The welcome given President Roose-
/ Welt upon landing in Panaman terri
I tory proved concusively that the peo-
pie of this republic are his firm and
sincere admirers. He has conquered
them, and he holds high place in their
esteem.
President Roosevelt Is apparently
much engrossed with Jamaica and the
West Indian labor question. He has
requested Mr. Delisher. editor of the
jamaica Cleaner, who was received
with other newspaper men on board
! the Louisiana, and British Consul NAL
let to meet him at the Tivoli hotel,
Ancon, on the Pacific side of the 18TH
mus. in order to discuss the labor
question.