The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-25
7. R. BACK, SAYS
HE PROPHESIED
MEXICO CRISIS
Continued from First Page.

CaNeS where OWelIS inc RuHCndTO' Nv
peace with tropic bats. had 10 travel into
the interior OF Trinidad and spend the
night In one OF the caves. His two
companions carried hammocks. but the
Colonel doesn't like TO sleep In "a ham
mock. so the party carried a table
from a farmhouse to the cave.
Having observed the antics OF the
guacharo with the delight Of n natur-
alist--of the first books the Colonel
ever wrote was abou, blrds-he sank to
rest upon the table. which proved to be
only two-thirds AZ Ion az the Colonel
IL. But, according to the chronlcler. his
sleep wa sound. despite the table and
the resentful screeching Of the devil
birds rs they cracked and ate nuts.
The bird which Col. Roosevelt encoun-
tered in the caves OF Trinidad is thus
mentioned in the Standard Dictionary:
"Guachafo tgwa-cha-ro). tSp. Am
A steatornitho,d bird. the oil-bird or
great eoatsucker %tSteatornis caripersis)
| of South America and Trinidad. OF fru-
/ givorous and nocturnal habits. yielding
an oil used by the natives as butter
The Colonies biggest speech while he
was way was made at a dinner of the
Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural
Society at Port Of Spain on March II.
It was also the biggest dinner-in point
| Of numbcrs-that the ISLAND ever had
| Mr.. Roosevelt repeated his story OF how
NJ. "took'' Panama. and said:
personally | think IA the best thing
| ever did. ~ I don't care u rap FOR
any Office merely for the sake of holding
il. and inasmuch as ] care only for what
YOU can do in any Office that YOU hold,
felt II was u great deal better TO have
got ,hc land and h" impeachcd after
ward. II necessary. than to have two
terms in office.
"Ihe peopi. said that | raised ms
! hand when THAT revolution took place.
I What | did do and kept on doing was to
tread on fuses that would send on II
revolution. ! didn't raise my hand. but
/ simply ceased putting down my foot. II
| had wished 50 solve the problem In the
way that would sui, the gentlemen Of
the long robe. | would have prepared "A
mastery report on the subject and sub
mitted IL 10 Congress. and then We would
have had another half century OF con-
versatioN."
The Colonel merely laughed about the
wave tina he had 20 bail out OF his
: s.ateroom with :, bucket. but other pas
sengers sad 81; was - whopp"r The
Maturs ran mo the northwest gale OIL
: Trcsday. Heading into the wind. cap,
/ Kirby did his bes; TO keep his passengers
comfortable bu; til" ,cmpes, lasted
! three days ard made the boa. = day
late In reaching port.
70 reach col Rooscvelts s,ateroom
the comber that climbed overheard had
to- swdsh through an open c~ompanionwaN
and cross the main deck Of the vessel.
Il lifted a table that stood IN the gang
way and hurled II against the wall Of
the row OF staterooins near the room
occupied 10y Ar. and Mrs. Roosevelt. At
n. threshold OF the entrance TO the
Colonel, was a board a foot high The
tn-r,rf .ws.y. ,yer thai, md S'n.l,l i..n
th.s room and those OF other passengers.
NJ. Stoddsrd also spent half an hour
helping a steward to put the Atlantic
back where IL h, 'oug.i.
The Colonel helped 10 keep himself in
physical trim on the way up hy going In
Tor ship tennis. Il game played with q
regulation net. across which the contest-
anti throw and catch rubber DISKS.
Mrs. Roosevelt. as well as her nus
band. came through the storm all right,
The purpose OF the Roosevel;s IN going
10 the West Indies was mainly in the
interest OF Mrs. Rooseyelt's health. which
was considerably benefited. Her grand
children are also going to benefit. for
she brough; back a bagtul OF strang,
toys for them.
Col. Roosevelt expects TO visit the
offices OF the Metropolitan and % serb
rers Mdoo:ir i'm to-day. II Is likely that
William Hamlin Ch.lds and Horace
Wilkinson. the Progressive lcad.r OF
syracuse. will visit him to-day, alons
with George W. Perkins. The toionc
said that so far as he knew there would
be NO visitors a; oyster Bay tomorrow
lie iutimdt.d that as soon as he got
his land bearings he might have some
thing political to say, but for the present
he + unwilling 20 e,ucidatc his state
meut "abled 10 this 'i'y on March . in
mitch ~. SptH 'lpF D.. Wouldn't enter ann