The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09
FORTUNES IN PANAMA:
HOTELS AND CITY LOTS
Dav of Resolutions Has Passed, Says Republics Presi-
~dent-Tourist Travel Will Amount to Millions
Hotels Needed-Panama Does Not Want Annexa-
1912, by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
7 Panar

nr.sident Of the republic Of PAN
r ms name is Pablo Arosemena,
.,5 ne has now been IN ONCE al
- "a tour years. According 70 tne
T.,ama constitution. the president
,.es for only -four years, and he
.5t eligible to succeed himself, the
'.o.lfution providing that no man
Fl. clndidate for the presidency
, h45 been president within six
,,,ths af the presidential election.
I'm hrpsemena tried to avoid this
>, ,~i,!gn ~ taking a siX-nOnth leave
~ .Isence last spring and allowing
t.. l.rrhmen to run the adninlstra-
FL his stead. However, after
.,at,ry Knox's visit, this was found
It popular with the United States,
.r.t fine president gave up the nope
=, second term and am back into
,ss.a The country is now in the
tnrses Of 4 presidential campaign,
although the new president viii not
j., .lc ted or inaugurated for some
t.lae to come.
Talk With AroScncna.
met President Aroseinena in the
Ithin!ln White House, or, as it is
knonn here, the Government Palace.
mn, is 4 big, white. two-story build
jng ii Spanish architecture. 1t sur
rounds a patio filled with palm trees,
IN tae center Of which is a pond
wher" huge turtles roll over and over
and splash about in the water.
found soldiers on guard as en-
tered the palace with the American
minister. Mr.. II. Percival Dodge, and
We saw more soldiers at the wide
stone stairway to the second floor.
AT the top Of the stairway we waited
urtii our cards were sent in. and a
moment later were ushered into the
LONG, narrow parlor which forms the
audience room Of the mansion. This
plrier is furnished strangely for this
Land IF the tropics. The floor is GOV
cred with 4 warn velvet carpet, the
windows are yelled in h~Ot-lOoking
curtains, and the gOld-plated furni-
turc is upholstered and hot. At each
end II the room is n great mirror in
q frame Of gold sAld over the win
doWs hang lambrequins from gold
frames.
We waited but a few minutes, wher
the president entered. He is a lean
dark-faccd. black-eyed maj of med
ium height, and he weighs, I Shouts
Judge, about $50 pounds, light. Ht
is seVcnty-four years old, but is still
IA his prime. When the minister in
troduced ne ! was surprised to heal
the president address me in English
He speaks that tongue f~uently anl
1t was in English that our CONVEX
N'tARAi va Iitld. IL ttlot DoA
related to the political situation, an
! asked rs to whether there was an,
Danger Of a revolution in case tn
administration candidate should b
defeated
Nn More Revolutions for Latin
America.
mere Will be no revolution here.
sad President A~rosemena, land tn
gay OF revolution is fast passing ava
as lar is the whole of Latin Americ
= concerned. AS for we Panamanian:
~ nave given up such rOOlishnes!
ana we expect to have no revolution
Iof All time to come. l think tn
oaifle Will be the case at no diStar
gate throughout South America.
'lFeady so with Peru and Chill
we have now no revolutions In Al
Eehtina and Brazil, and it will 500
pe SO IN Colombia and Venezuela"
TOW about Central America"
eSkrd.
hat eventually will be the cas-
WIN Central America, although
1Hno' say when. h people Of SON
~ nose countries have had so mar
,'Eoiutons that they may be said
nave acquired the revolution habi
ahd 1t will be some time before
1'ioition of permanent peace can I
ta'abilshed there. Nevertheless, Gel
WI Afnerica is improving, althOue
me several republics composing it a
iiol 80 free as ours. We Panamania'
nav more liberty of speech. +
instance. my enemies call me a tyra
"ad : k no reply. If one shOu
u~tfounce certain Of the presidents
ne republic north of us, lie mig
near from his GenunciatiOn in no IA
orible way"
The Panama OF the Future.
me conversation here turned
ne ianarna republic and it's Pre-
p',tS' and President ArOsemena sal
am enthusiastic over the futu
- t@nama. 1t is the baby Of t
lAtons, the youngest Of all Of the I
pupilcs. 1t is still in it's sWaddli
''tneS. and is just beginning to gro
t,ook at what we are dOingi Ia
ne city Of Panama. It had OF
t1,ooo people nine years ago, and
naS now $4,000. 1t will have 500
soon as the ana is complete
DDI