THE FLEET WILL SHIL SAIL THIS WEEK plans have been under advisement several weeks and a decision was reached when it became known that camara had sailed for port said new york june 28 A special to the j tribune from washington says that the scope of the war already iivo involving I 1 dinst joint military and navy campaign against spaine colonies in the far east and in the caribbean would even 9 0 anally lybe be widened to embrace a demonstration et in force against the canaries and the coast towns of the spanish peninsula itself has been more or less apparent even from the beginning ol 01 hostilities events inave conspired bo however wever in a most unexpected manner to dear clear the way for offensive operations in european waters and what seemed six weeks ago a rather remote problem of reducing red acing the canaries or bombarding the seaports of the peninsula has forced itself to the front with a rueh rush which except for the foresight and sagacity bbown in the enormous expansion of its naval resources might seriously have embarrassed the development of the governments war plans unforeseen circumstances the two unforeseen chances which bare bave made a campaign in european t waters at this time not only feasible but 1 highly tempting have been the blockade f of spaine most formidable fleet under Aci admiral miral cervera la in the harbor of santiago de do caba and the departure of admiral camaras camarao squadron equa dron ranking next in strength on ita its wild goose chase toward manila with no escape probable lor for the Santiago fleet and with spain a home resources resource a weakened by camaras camarao diversion to the east an american fleet would find at present no formidable enemy afloat in spanish waters and could without fear of attack by dually drive spanish commerce to cover and threaten the destruction by bombardment bar dment of chief ports even should camaras squadron be ordered back to spain from port said its fighting strength is not considered sufficient to check the operations ol 01 the naval kaval force which the U S could easily bend send across the atlantic and santiago having once fallen there would remain no reason why the fleet chosen today as an advance guard in the proposed attack on spain should not be reinforced by a second detachment ot of eual equal power ite itis prospective departure Is to regarded here ne as significant of the purpose of the administration to push the war against spain with the utmost energy and to bring the spanish people as quickly and a nd sharply s bar ay as possible to of the futility and costliness of a protracted resistance si the naval raid against spain although for some time under consideration promises to be attended with all the end denness that marked deweye descent upon the philippines and the landing of gen shatter shafter near santiago if the spaniards are disposed to regard the announcement no made today of commodore cammodore watsons Wa leone departure in the newark as anything in the nature ot of a bluff designed to hurry admiral camara camars back from suez they are doo to quick and bitter disappointment for the ir raiding aldine squadron equa dron will be fairly on the way across the atlantic before the end of this week and before the middle of JU july ly the cities and the shipping of the sp spanish an coast will be painfully aware of their presence makeup make up uv of the fleet until saturday last the plan which the pres president ident has bad had under consideration for several weeks involved the fo formation r of a fleet distinctly more formidable and speedy than the one now under orders it included the armored cruisers a brooklyn and new york of 21 knots speed the columbia and the minnea polis polls of 23 knots the cincinnati and the newark of 20 knots the auxiliary cruisers sh st paul and st luas of 2 knots with the iowa end and the oregon of 16 10 knots to follow as quickly ae as possible I 1 a behind the flying cruisers crulee rg it would have been necessary to 10 bring several of 0 thew then vessels north and cle clean an them in dry dock before starting thorn them on their long cruise away from an inexhaustible base bass of supplies EUp plies involving a delay of several weeks the news of the american lose lossee I 1 ia a the skirmish at la Qu agina have can banged oed the president tnt to atall S long L and alger into consultation regarding the best wa WRY to convince con vinco the spa spaniards of the hopelessness of their stubborn resist resistance anceto to the inevitable and within a few hours captain mahan of the naval war board had convinced the authorities that a thoroughly effective fleet involving all the elements essential to secure could alone be dispatched to give tire the spaniards at home an object lesson of the stern realities of war captain maban mahan readily drew up the plan providing for the immediate assembling of the first claes battleships iowa and oregon the recently modernized protected cruiser newark with the auxiliary cruisers yankee yo emmite and dixie accompanied by three colli colliers I 1 er a which could not only compel an ab abrupt bupt rupt cessation of commerce and bombard her exposed seacoast cities but would prove more than a match for any fleet that country could hastily concentrate for offensive or defensive purposes the plan was promptly approved by the president and telegraphic orders were nent to commodore john crittenden watson until last week commanding the north cuban blockading squadron to proceed at once to ca carry the plans into effect the colliers are Sc scandia andla commander E watson the Ab arenda areada commander W 11 II bufford and the alexander commander W T burwell they are fine cargo steam steamers tra the Sc andla on her last transatlantic trans atlantic voyage before delivery to tha government having brought to this country in a single trip ia 1200 emigrants and tone tons of cargo with a speed of 12 knots these vessels are to be loaded with pocahontas coal the scandia carrying 6 tons and the other two tons each unfortunately the Ab arenda and the alexander cannot exceed a speed of ten knots an hour or agoo knola knots a week and at this rate fixes the maxi maximum mun speed of the squadron equa dron although the will do considerable additional cruising 9 especially after the canaries are reached the most moat economical speed of the newark is ten knots and at that rate with full bunker capacity ehe she can run miles the most economical speed of the iowa and oregon ia a 1234 knos knols productive of a radius of action approximating miles and as the distance from santiago to gibraltar barely exceeds all the vessels of commodore com mo watsons squadron equa dron can make the run without jibe the necessity eBElt y of coaling at sea the three auxiliaries the yankee a the dixie and the yosemite each being capable of miles straightaway at tea ten knots knote en an hour or 40 a day it will take the squadron equa dron at least two weeks steady cruising in the open ocean to cover the distance lieta uce between st thomas aad cadiz naval officers do not believe that say sustained attack will be made on the he canaries but that the vessels of the allet will lie ile under the lee of these islands to replenish their bunkers and then proceed directly to cadiz to bombard the fortifications there in the same manner that shells were thrown into the defenses of san juan and santiago subsequent events it Is believed will depend altogether on the attitude of the spaniards and on their success or failure in concentrating any consider considerable aule naval force in all probability a sally into the mediterranean by the americans will be neco necessary teary in the hope of indue ing admiral camara to risk an engagement II 11 this can be brought abent confidence Is expressed that th atthe the iowa and oregon will destroy the last rem nant of sea power and effectually extinguish any delusion that the spark jarda lards have of being able to regain their colonies squadron far for spain will leave 1190 it la is elated stated at the department that it ie is the present intention to start commodore watsons Vat sone eastern squadron equa dron from santiago Santie eo this however is subject to admiral sampsons report upon the condition of the vessels selected and their needs in the matter of supplies and equipment for the long voyage ahead of them if bey need no more than can be supplied by sampsons fleet they will ecart according to ordera from santiago but it farther further supplies arc are needed or it the vessels must be cleaned filet first then they probably will be cent north to hampton ampton II roads meanwhile there is no mistaking the earnestness of the navy department ia in preparing the squadron equa dron drou for or european service