Show seeks Protect protection loa of blogos grins washington may ilay 17 an important of the bureau of navigation appeared before the naval board of 0 war with a convincing argument touching the strategic phase of the situation so far as it relates to the probable movement of the spanish fleet admiral cervera he be in insisted isted knows that an overwhelming force of american ships await him at san juan ilis his only hope of defeating the united states lies in his ability to reach havana and place himself under the protection of tho the havana fortifications with tile the start he b has as he can anchor in the harbor there before schley heads himoff him on ifrey it my calculations prove correct we wul have a repetition of tile the battle of manila and that too on a larger and a grander scale I 1 do not believe cervera will take the task of putting into cienfuegos ile he will be bottled up there the land batteries on this point have been reduced |