Show RADICAL IN ADMIRALS ADMIRAL'S PLAN I 1 Torpedo Destroyers to Precede Fleet Through Dangerous x Waters J f PLOT Kr KNOWN OWN TO OFFICERS t Commander Takes All Necessary 41 sary Steps to Eliminate j I I t 0 Danger anger I f I Washington Jan 20 Radical change i d a as B deeply I v cent cant m been made malo In tho plans of oC Admiral Ivani within the last few row day lays Instead Intend o of allowing the torL torpedo tor- tor L flotilla actually detached but nominally with the neat fleet to proceed on Its regular Itinerary orders have havo been to the torpedo convoy re remain remain rt re- main with hIm until after aUer the passage I of ot the Straits Strait of oC Magellan n It will probably tay with the nt fleet et for the tho re rout relit of or tho iho to Magdalen a ba bal bay l- l The me purpose of oC this change of plans plan 1 provides provide tho that t six RIX destroyer shall pr pr- pr code the Sleet of oC hattJe battleships through fe t the which are as narrow as t ton ten n I. I miles mile In some me places lI The They will perform per per- I form scout cout and patrol dut duty F Ing in advance for possible hostile Vf ve yes yes- I r P 1 the location of or mines minIS on oJ og similar j Impediment nt to till the of war war- t c I. I The flie denial It hy by the tho state tatt and navy f that there was a Do for tor ri 1 It- It th the thi Injury of ot Admiral Evans Evans' battleships battle battle- v 1 I ships In fn tho harbor nf of Jib Rio Hlo do ar Janeiro X wa wa pure Purely t technical It was t today that both of or those these e departments depart- depart ments mente have known the circumstances for tor several weeks The allegations were ere circumstantial enough for th the tho French foreign office to transmit tho the Information to the state department and It U is learned In the I department that the na navy y department 3 bad th the tho admiralty promptly notified 1 K im i'm nfl liin nf or if It The Tho explanation of or the tho denial Is o offered of or or that It would have havo b been n bad had policy to make mako the tho news public for tor two reasons reasons- Tho rho story Atory might t not bo be true and anti that the tho s of or pl persons ons In Interested In- In tere t In the tho ho Personnel of ot the tho fleet I would have been unduly alarmed th 11 thI the theother I other that tilt the publication would have hav put the suspects on guard The danger at Rio filo It Is felt Mil of daily has been entirely n tI eliminated J and boa besides Id OH this officials say that Admiral Admiral Ad AlI- miral Evans anal has taken such step steps as aswIll aswill aswill will eliminate danger r elsewhere wh re especially espe espe- daily In the narrow straits straUs through which hw hu must pass Officers rs admit that It Is idle to admit that enemies of or th the fleet would nod It Impossible r to r place obstructions In the wn way a and 1111 that tha t tJ J i all aU thing art areS to criminals with money With a vanguard rd of six Alx i swift boats bontA and the tender I y I Yankton the clement of q t chance chanco In o 4 7 J through h the tho straits I regarded l lT I 1 f T boon been JP 1 far R formed by the tho t C poInt or c tho o UI hi ml I Jr ti tl Ir zi I 1 Win iI 4 f uro fJ xou oU toa lut stood I 11 O ordered tf f not nott t Y n to pan m tl th the o fleet nert the tho whole wa Th That t. t it U i lq Ia now IR is the tho only onh to has ha's o e th flotilla mak the t Tn- Tn nt n t tended n Remaining In 8 sight ht of If th the tho battleship Beet will enable Admiral vans ants to tr give Kh th them m a tt lift whenever lIet Hary It I In is a Inn long from Punta Arenas In th the iho Straits of or Magellan Maelan n to and although It was aA Intended that tie the should aho break breal that stretch leh h h h- putting In tn at Valparaiso that ton stan willbe will wll coat coal with tit tin the ho he unnecessary C 8 r even ovon or always In sight night to make them thorn keep on Um time It la it understood r tood that on the tho wa way south the tho flotilla will male mako lot UR Its scheduled d call at nt Monte 0 but butr r S 'S even ewen then It will be bo ahead of ot tin till fleet and anil doing sc scout duty STOnY T n IN IX 1 1 HI nl l Sal Salil Ho III Hoard heard T Telephone I Cons Con III II of tit lle Republican S Special Specia Cable Cable- Paris Jan 20 The O.-The The story of ot the a alleged al- al lege 1 plot to destroy the United States battleship fleet now In Rio de dc Jeneiro appears now to have havo originated In this city and to have been ben communicated to both Washington and Rio I The alleged plot W was wan Jt first brought to the notice of the police here bere by a D Continued on un t MX r. I RADICAL CHANGES IN ADMIRALS ADMIRAL'S PLANS Continued from front P Page c One young oun n a member of or a prominent family who claimed to have havo overheard a n t telephone conversation In which ref rH- was ns made to tho cruise of th the United States battleship fleet and tam tarn tain plans being made mac to prevent ent Its reaching the Pacific were being made in the tho cafe care Tho The young oung man communicated his in information In- In formation to an official of tho the United States embassy f The cafe was placed under surveillance sUr and several cious clous characters were found to be ho meeting there Their movements mo were ere traced d and It V vista VIllA IH learned that thc they were in some Borne Wa way connected with th the shipment of or a n mysterious cargo sUPPO sup- sup PO to bs bA explosives explosive aboard a l steamer teamer team steam er which left one ono of or the North orth Ger Oer- man ports In time to reach JIb Rio de le Janeiro Jancho early In December ec It was Vl fin finally II II established that tho the vessel did reach Rio lUe and the shipment was landed lande Dh Directions relating to the platting planting of a n submarine mine In the of oC Mn Magellan etlan In the path of ot the this United States Hoot ot were cent sent with the tho s l va wih 1 r 1 reported report report- ed el the Jf u. u n e al r- r I though lh Iho tho the me men found In iu the care cafe were ere were said to be Germans |