Show The refusal of tho German Emperors GermnJ perors Invitation for our North Atlantic At-lantic squadron to lake part In the naval maneuvers at Kiel next June was quickly followed by a revision of the plan to effect a friendly l demonstration demon-stration against Lisbon by way of n mock blockade and orders for the squadron not to touch at any port on the mainland of Europe but to confine con-fine Its operations to sea s lice and end the cruise at the Azores The Portuguese were made uneasy It seems by the plan of n peaceful blockade perhaps because of some in cidenls that transpired during the peaceful blockade of Venezuela In Ihe course of which a fortress at Porto Cabcllo wan knocked Into a cocked hat It Is probably just as well for the people peo-ple o the Iberian peninsula have hardly got over their fright at the proposed naval demonstration that was planned directly nCI the destruction destruc-tion of the Spanish fleet at Santiago |