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(OSTARICA WINS
DISPUTED GROUND
u. 5. Tells Panama LOubeEt
Award Governs Territory.
HUGHES TRANSMITTED NOTE
Holds Arguments of Panama Have
Previously Been Answered-SiIght
Rebuke is Given.

Washington Aug. 22-The United
States has informed the government on
Panama that as friendly mediator be
tween Panama and Costa lsira in then
boundary dispute, it does not feel I'M
peTed to suggest that Costa RIGA de
lay longer taking jurisdiction over the
territory now occupied by panama.
and vhic, adiudged to belong to Costa
Rica by ihe terms of the I"ubet
award.
The poSitiun of this government was
stated in Il note transmitted by Secf@,
tary Hughes to the government OF Fan
anna on August IS and made public by
the state department. Hughes SAT-
II was To he regretted that the i've
governlurnts had found it impossible
10 agree, and that Costa Rica had adj
vised the United States OF lis deter
minatiOn to assume immediate JuriS.
diction over the territory in question
This announcement was issued by the
state department
"The department of state, under date
of August IS. 1921, instructed the
American minister at Panama TO com
municate Il note Ia the government OF
Panama. of which the following is the
text:
The government of the United
States has received The note addressed
hy the government of Panama on Au
guSt 6 To the American minister il
Panama. replying to the cOmmunlca-
ton handed by the minister on August
! o, to the government of Panama, by
| instruction of the government OF the
| United States. in which were transmit
| fed two requests of the government of
| Costa Rica relating to the boundary
| DISPUTE between the republics of Pana-
| ma and Costa Rica.
| After the most careful cOnSldera'
| ton of the statements contained in the
| note of the government of Panama
| above referred to. this government has
| reached the conclusion that the argu
! mentS advanced in this communication
| have already been fully answered in
| previous notes addressed by the gov
| crnment of the United States to the
| government of Panama.
1T is greatly regretted that it has
| proved to be impossible for the gov
| crnmentS of Panama and Costa Rica Il
| come to a direct agreement for TIT
| Geliminaton of that portion of thu
| boundary between the two republics
| laid down by the White award. IL
| view of the fact that the government
of Panama appears unwilling to carr!
| out its delimitatiOn in the manner pro
vided in the PorraS-AndersOn cOnven
ton. and inasmuch as reasonable
time, mentioned in the note of thi
government dated May 2, 1921, for tn
reaching of an agreement as to TIL
manner of carrying out this delimita
| ton, has already been afforded. tAeJr
I government of the United State
should, as the friendly mediator be
tween the two governments, or BY
virtue of its special relations to tn
] government of Panama, feel compelled
To suggest to the government of Cost;
RIGA that it delay longer taking juris
dtction over the territory which is nov
occupied by Panama, and which wa:
! adjudged to belong to Costa RIGA by
| the terms of the Loubet award.
| The government of the United
| States is now advised by the govern
ment of Costa Rica that since it con
siders that the Porras-Anderson con
vention is in force, ami since it be
| lfeves that there is no valid reason
for delaying its complete execution
any longer, it is ready to assume i'm.
| mediately the jurisdiction over the ter.
ritory above referred to-