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~ Panama In November nest ard tha, le will
frFnain thcFe long eBo,iehto o nnsks 4 thorough
summation ~ tho conditions ON tlIs Nnal
drip. The details ~ ths journey have no'
hcen worked oh. buf the general plan IL TO
vIsi, tho Canal 2one as la,S In ,hs autumn
no poaaible In order 10 enable the President
to return 10 Washington In time for the
converting n he regular session Of Congress-
the nrs, Monday In December ny waiting
fsthnus az q eeason when tho heat Ia iess
intense than in midsummer and after the
actual work Of making the dirt hy' Ia well
under way. He will he gone abou, three
weeks
The President will he accompa MED on the
journey by Secretary OF War Taft and
Chairman Shonts Of the Isthmian Canal
Commission. IL Is expected that Chief
Engineer Stevens will be on tho Ishmus
at the time. The President and Mr.. Taft
will probably make the trip to Colon or
Cristobal on q warship.
It is Mr.. Roosevelt's purpose in maxi ng
the trip to learn as much as possible by
personal observation OF conditions along
the line Of the canal and to obtain such in
formation az will enable him during the re-
mainder Of his term Of Office to discuss
canal matters almost from the standpoint
OF an expert. The trip will be divested as
far as possible Of all appearance OF junket,
and large public demonstrations will be
discouraged. In fact, it Is to be a strictly
business trip.
1t had been the Presidents intention to
visit San Francisco in October next to
attend the laying Of the cornerstone OF the
new Federal Building and to encourage by
his presence the rebuilding of the city. In
view OF his expected trip to Panama, how
ever, the Pacific Coast journey has been
abandoned
When the President visits the Isthmus OF
Panama he will, OF course. break the general
rule Of Presidents not to leave the jurisdic-
ton of the United States during his term Of
office. 1t will be by far the most extensive
trip ever taken by any President while in
office, but as soon as the vessel reaches its
destination the President, in landing upon
the Canal Zone, will be, technically at least,
on American soil. While making the ocean
trip he will be far from the boundaries OF
the United States, but contrary to a queer
popular notion the President in making this
journey will violate no constitutional or
statutory provision. s'-
Mr.. Roosevelt has already been outside
the jurisdiction Of the United States during
his term, In making the trip from New
Orleans to Hampton Roads on a warship
last fall the President was during nearly all
of the journey outside the three mile limit.
In going to the Isthmus the vessel upon
which the President travels will not neoes-
sarily approach any land other than that Of
the United States nearer than three miles,
and he will be able to return to Washing
ton therefore without having visited alien
territory during his absence.
While both Mr.. Cleveland and Mr. Roose-
welt have been outside the marine league
limit OF United States Jurisdiction during
their terms of Office, neither Of them put
foot on foreign soil. Nor has any other
President, while serving as such, visited
foreign country.
President Cleveland went beyond the three
mile limit when making a trip in E. c.
Benedict's yacht When President Benjamin
Harrison visited El Paso, Tex, in April, 1891,
he was met by the Governor Of the Mexican
State OF Chiahuhua who invited him in
behalf of the Mexican Govern ment to
cross over the Rio Grande and put foot on
Mexican soil at Juarez, but Mr.. Harrison
declined. In 1901 when President Mckinley
was on his way to California he stopped over
Sunday at Ell Paso, but declined to cross
the river, although all the male members
of his party did 50.