Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
SEA SERPENT SEEN
Distinguished French Naval
Men Gable the Facts.
MONSTERS OF ALONG
STORY OF EIGHTY YEARS AGO IS
CoRRoBoRATED.
Survivor of Prehistoric Times Expedi-
ton to Capture One
Making Ready.
MONSTERS OF ALONG
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF Inc Evening Star.
PARIS. July TO- 1904.
The sea serpents exists. 1t is an antedi-
luvian monster surviving to our day. 1t
has been seem 1t has been described. 1t
has been photographed.
Those who have seen and photographed 1t
are French naval officers on board the
cruiser Decide. They have cabled their
report to their chief, Admiral de Jonquieres,
at present in Paris. Admiral de JON
quieres handed the communication to the
Academician Giard. And this latter has
read report on it to the French Academy.
That is not all. 1t is now known that
there is a spot in the world in which sea
serpents flourish. This is the Internal Bay
Of Along, on the coast of Indo-China.
Nor is that all. The facts now being fix
ed, the spot now being known, the French
government, by means of it's navy depart
ment, is to send an expedition to the Bay of
Along charged with the task of captur ng
one of the monsters.
Now we know the origin Of the Chinese
dragon-which all Cinnamon believe in as
a plain and ordinary fact of natural his
tory. Every since white men have had to
do with Cinnamon they have laughed at
the orientals for what seemed their I'D
lsh faith in dragons. At last we know
better.
The dragon exists.
1t is If possible, more outrageous and
gigantic monster than the Chinese and
Annamtes got laughed at for describing
1t is a Ichthyosaurus.
Or a MesoSaurus
Or a Plesosaurus.
Or a modified Tor nOD, descendant of
one of these ancient terrors of the world
To know exactly what it is we must wait
until the Decide, now homeward-bound
from eastern waters reaches Ma seille
Then its commander, LEost, VII make his
full report and Lieut.. Buisson, the only of
flcer who succeeded in getting photograph
of the monster. will present the negative to
Admiral de Jonqueres
That is the way herarchical etiquette or
ders things In the French navy. There Is
not the slightest doubt that Lieut.. Bus-
son Will be offered a big price for that
unique negative-the first photograph of the
sea serpent-the unexpected photograph OF
an undreamed-of living ichthyosauruS, me-
sosaurus, plesiosaurus-- And when you
learn something of the actual habits of
the horried monster, his gigantic size.( dia-
bolical cunning and ruthless cannabilism.
you will understand why everyone will
want to see a copy of that photograph.
Lieut.. Buisson will present the negative
to his admiral. The latter will present IT.,
as he did the first cable report to his
friend the savant Gilrd-who, in turn will
give the, first glimpse of 1t to the members
of the French Academy.
On the Indo-China Coast.
The outline facts are already known from
NJ. Giards initial summary, read at the
last meeting of the academy Commander
LEost having the Decidee homeward-
bound from Tonkin. was passing through
the Bay of Along, on the Indo-China coast
Suddenly, toward 10 o'clock of the morn
ing of June % last, sailor thought he
saw the most gigantic turtle in the world
swimming at some distance parallel with
the ship.
Its not turtle, it's q. snake with a
head as big as barrel.' cried another
sailorman.
ITS a hundred and fifty feet long cried
another.
It's nc snake-it's as broad across the