| Show Navy ll r Assembles es in 11 Atlantic il t lall ic For I O flue Battle 1 f Maneuvers S ut p s 1 Tins Thus week a n sti-i sti steady ty parade ot of Uncle Sams Sam's lIs begins moving 1 eastward la II through h the thc Pana- Pana ma no canal I. bound for the th loots loot's 1 1 I Atlantic maneuvers PIS PI'S since 1931 1911 I and andI the second largest gathering of ships hIPS I and men ever l' held under the American Amer Amer- ican I thug Hag ram From now nosy until next neil spring sprin I combatant ships plus auxiliary ves ves- vessels sels accommodating a it total of cf If 60 0 men n will work on ln Flet Trob- Trob TrobI I I loin kill No 20 O. O directed by b Admiral I 1 Claude 0 O. Bloch h. h commander in- in chief of naval forces Ships v will ill i range up and down n the coit CI co hyt t fi in fm in I II j I Cuba to Brazil Divided into Int two t c I I units the th problem with will find n a black k I j fleet defending mg the thc coast I t against a aI I white fleet which h lh is attempting tol to tol l establish h a base on that coast The rhe HO combatant ships Include i battleships cruisers aircraft cir clr j riots destroyers dest submarines und amid U lid i TOO t OO airplanes Including all illI types type of or fighting scouting and ob er n planes I Following l maneuvers the fleet 1 I will meet in the vicinity of f Guata Guata- I namo nano to practice gunnery Later LaterI I 1 ships will be sent north to visit tile the New Neu York worlds world's fair tur Though no public pronouncement I has been made it is quite obvious Ob I IS that the Atlantic maneuvers are lire des des- destined tined lined as protection for Uncle Sam SamI I against any nn possible invasion from fromI Europe in accordance with willI President President I dent Roosevelt's Roos proposal for United States initiative t in a 8 program to 10 pro protect j the entire Western hemisphere Beni phere t command command- er duet of the Ihl States Slates naval nJ forces force who ho U lx in direct charge of the he Atlantic maneuvers l Coming immediately after the Pan Pan- American un conference at Lima when European attention is focused on Now w World solidarity efforts the maneuvers will until serve as a iI warning that the United States will tolerate no European aggression In it South America |
