Show TIlE RUSSIAN SAYF Russia Has Decided to Maintain a Fleet In United States Waters NEW YORK July 14The Times will say in the morning It is learned from high Russian sources yesterdaythat the Russian government has decided to maintain r main-tain a permanent fleet of warships in United States waters and the nort of New York will be made Kussias western naval center Yesterday representatives l of the Russian government made overtures 1 over-tures to the Erie dry docks establishment I to undertake the care and overhauling nIl I t warships maintained by Russia in I 7 American waters I The opinion vas ventured in naval I circles last evenmc that in view of the likelihood of the Behring Sea case going k against Great Britain and the late announcement L an-nouncement that England was reinforcing reinforc-ing her naval force at Esquimalt the proposed pro-posed action of Russia is of great importance I import-ance to the United States |