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Show OUR FLEET NOT LJKBLV TO GO TO EXGLAXD LONDON.' April T. The formal replv of President Roosevelt to the Invitation of Great Britain, offering the facilities of British ports to the American bat- I tlosiilp nel on Its voyage around the i world and asking the fleet to visit an ' 'English port. ha,lren received at the! foreign orilce here. The President points ' out that the details for the last leg of i the voyage have not yet been arranged, but he thanks the British government for its kind Invitation. Jl is hardly expected the fleet will i-ome to England, but if it did. the vessels ves-sels would foe welcomed ly all classes and the men and ofllcers would foe given a great reception. Malta and Gibraltar are particularly mentioned In the Brill.sh Invitations as ports where facilities will be placed at the disposal of the fleet for coaling, etc.. and at these points the usual courtesies will be extended, no mutter what decision deci-sion Is reached with regard to the visit lo England. j |