The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-06
VOYAGE TO PANAMA WHICH THE
PRESIDENT BEGINS THURS
DAY sMASHEs TRADITION
TO co TO PORTO RICO
Also and Plans Holiday Jaunt
Across the Island to Follow
Tramp Along Banks of the
Diteh--Will Study Men.


Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs
Roosevelt and Surgeon General Rixey
of the navy, win leave here Thursday
evening on the Mayflower for Hamp
ton Roads. There he will board the
of the national salute of twenty one
guns. the man.of-war will hoist
anchor and then away for Panama.
The president is breaking prece.
dents without mercy in connection
with his Panama trip. When he made
his trip from New Orleans to Hamp-
ton Roads with the armored cruiser
squadron he went outside of the ma.
rine limits of the United States, and
now he proposes to go ten days away
from American soil.
pre- ident of the United States
has never placed his foot on foreign
soil Mr. Roosevelt will do so at Pan
ANA. Hawaii can be reached from
SanFrancisco in less time than Pan
anna can from Hampton Roads, and
Europe in much less time from New
York. Perhaps with the precedent of
visiting foreign lands established a
trip may be made by an American
executive to Europe. This will come,
however, only when the people are
better educated in this direction
Plans Side Trip to Porto Rico.
Upon leaving Dion on the return
frip the president will go to Porto
Rico. The Porto Ricans have the
kiDdiest feeling for the president, as
he is known to feel they should have
the status of American citizens. More
over, he honored them by placing
their delegate In congress on the
American commission to the Pan
American conference in Rio de ia
nero. Therefore he expects TO have
y cordial reception in the island de-
pendency
The president will cross the island
talk with the atives, and make one
or two speeches. Then he will sail
for Hampton Roads. He will be here
in ample time for the opening of
CbUElSSS DIi btLtHUt ou
On its voyage to Panama the Louis.
lana will be accompanied as bicycle |
policemen" by the armored cruisers
Washington and Tennessee. BY
means of wireless telegraphy Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be kept au cour,
ant with developments in America
and the rest of the world. and any
business of immediate Importance
will be conveyed to him by this
means. The party has stations at
and Key West. so that there will be
no difficulty about communication on
this stage of the voyage
When the ships reach the Carib-
bean sea the wireless station at
Guantanamo will be depended upon
to keep Mr.. Roosevelt informed and
In transmit to Washington any in I
structions he may care to give. The {
navy has experimental with the /;
Guantanamo station and has had no
trouble in transmitting and receiving
message TO aud from Panama. s
Will Study Men and Project.
In order that there may be no ques l
tion. however, other ships equipped
with wireless telegraphy will be in {
constant communication with the
Louisiana. The armored cruisers ac-
cumpanying the battleships can be
employed as dispatch boats shoud the
neces ity arise. With such aformid-
able array of armored craft 1t is eX-
tremely doubtful If even the ghost =,
of the redoubtable Capt Kidd will
care to attempt to board the presi- :
dents flagship. .
President Roosevelt will remain 4,
four days on the Island. He proposes +
to tramp along the line of the canal .
will inspect the cities of dion and :
Panama ride on work trains. examine
the houses in which the laborers live. =
talk with official. and men, aud en- /,
deavor to inform himself thoroughly .
about the great project. n
Upon his arrival he will be r.
ccived by the entire commission and
by officials representing the govern
ment of Panama Herbert Squiers.
who has just been appointed minister
10 Panama. Is arranging quarters for v
The reception of the president and y
MIS-. Roosevelt, and will give a dinner d
IN their honor. The president Of Pan "
ANA also will entertain Mr.. and Mrs. e.
Roosevelt. al
In the absence of the president II
rom Washington. Secretaries Taft m
and Roo will dispose Of all matters ci
which do not require to Be brought is
% Mr. Roosevelt's personal attention
rhe president feel he can get away
without embarrassing the government
md especially as he has completed
lis annual message aud disposed Of s.
III matters q ; pressing nature Is