, 1880-02-24
Where Two Naval Vessels Have Been
Dispatched on Secret Mis-
sion,
4 Chapter Which 1Iay Throw Impor.
tant Light upon Forthcoming
Events.
The Strip Of Land in New Granada
Owned by an American.
Something for Dc Lesseps to Think
About.

puA ~ NUN AtG1 NtHi9 bNtA ulltlEl 6CNkCA
orders, un some mission the nature OF which
Is not revealed. 1t Is known, however, TO be
faet that these two vessels have beer, or
dered to proceed respectively TO tito Gulf of
Dolce, on tho l'actitc Coast. md 10 Chiriqui
Bay, upon tho Gn1f of A1cxlco, to gunrl
naval md coaling stations which OUR Govern
ment Intends to establish Mt tllesD poInls.
The Inference Is n very natural 0lle Tint the
Unicd States Government, III view Ut tho
operations Of Dc Lcssrl,s, Is disposed tn hnvn
two wnr-vcssc1s ht pUlnts not fnr front tho
tine of tho proposed 1nteroreaMtc Canal.
While the destination md nature Of the mis-
Sion of these two vessels are known IN rart,
tho public probably is not rs well atlyiscd rs
To tic geographical stations Of Cilriqui and
Dolce, or as to the reasons which made 1t
possible for tho United States 10 establish
naval stations there. 1t Inns, doubtless, passed
from the memory Of tho present generation,
OF newspaper-rcalles TINT I'LL American
named Thompson obtained frun, tho Goveri,-
mcnt Of tic Republic Of New fsrnnafla, IN
1854, ccssion for periol Of sixty wears Of
4 LA1,GI; TRACT OF TEI.RlToiiy
through that Republic, tho EASTER, AMI west
em boundaries OF which nre, respectively,
the 1}ay Of Chirlaui and tho Gulf Ut 1)nlce
This strip Of territory, until A. j. 1911, ",
t4'olCAolEs AhsHClNtll DULL AdE uNlC8 VI L%lNb
grant still lives. lie, or his agents, hive bcel,
in Washington within afcw weeks, Cour,lcn.
,;., ,rtor,ovs ,,,,n hoa., not,1 i, ,,.,,n,, NJ.
.".o. .o"s law nosn ,u.u 'e.Ms,'l .".'
retary Of the Nary, and perhaps other nne,.,-
bers Of tile Administratlon,-As to which
there has been great secrecy. Tho dispatches
10 TIL; TRIBUNE, at different times, have
shown tlat such conferences were Ind; TINT
Mr. Thomson WnS 1tsnDspd tn ctttn 1ljY
rights, or some OF them, to tho United States;
and that among other possible things, 1t
might llappen tint tho Unltc,l Stntes could
obto;n rlrht.of.ynv fnr m Imt,.rocca,,.
Lanai oyer WHAT: TT u t'nIe, Mo!itd % Alner-
1can territory; Ail tllal ~ tlctIn!tly kl0wll IL
ie 1acL ."t thG tas aWo yessels 1aiIeM have been
alSp,ctlGM on tIese sesrGi iillsslons: WV ,
be some curiosity us to .-.....-.
T1IE COUNTRY CALLED cl11n1quI,
and nj, to tho grant frnm New t;rn,,n,lo 10
A,mbrSsu Thompson. III scarc',lng fur IT,
MMlsty Official document which Shows that IM
1861 tho United Stntcs, In search of Il rOni-
Ing station, Investigated this Chiriuui tlact,
and that officers If tho GOycrunci,t made
may prrfnrlli MI important lnrt in lho 1.-TWO.
ry If tlie ioxt few months, | here rrprmlWre
that ancient document entire. 'rl,nro nrc
many ,lattcrs L. it t!at arc Irrelevant 70 tl,o
archives of the Governments, therv is any
thur that Elves M cul1njetn inforinuiIon IN
tho subject oi tEts unknown or Forgotten
c0untry. Tho Government ),a,l been sucking
tn mpku colotluct for coal fur It's vessels.
Tile subject was investigated by tho House,
alsa the following report hade:
THE lIErolsT.
"Nfr. Morse. from thu Coum}ttre on Navn1
Aiin!,s, mndc the fo!lawing report:
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