Show itASlBH NAVAL STKTTHU TheVo fire Inalcntlons that the WashIngton Wash-Ington aulhorltlts have Information l Carding tin niovTments of the Spanish fleet lately iallonel nl Cape Vrole Islands not communicated 10 the gen rrul public When last seen It was iterc Inp w est and the presumption was that It woult turn lip either at Porto hlco or off the roaii of llraztl to head I bit the Oregon And Us rnnnolt the Marietta Several dajs before the de llrtllre the Spanish minister or marin nnnouneod that Its dcfttlns was to en gage Ihe blockading squadron but this announcement wn accepted as Con Uluslve evidence that nothing of the kinds was contemplated Inthls conhecttbn ot la Interesting W review the strategic movements so Car of the formidable Spanish fleet Before war was deflated the squadron thai has now disappeared was sent out from Cadiz i resumibly for the purpose of defending ratio lllcii and Cuba nut Instead f of going Week It went south 31111 turned up at Cape erde Inlands IIIre It was anchored until the neutrality neu-trality iroclanlatlon of Ioitugal drove tliein out Hut previous to the dipar lure It wos luCorcN by the 10 crulers that lied l from Cuba when most needed to defend the ports of that Island Another rormVdable naVat force was reported oe Having left Cadli rill live purpose of Mowing up Bchleys Squad ron hold then bombatl our Atlantic oast cities Hut this enem > when last heard of was on the lookout for Amer Ccan merchant Vesrtls In the Medlter mean and the Unsllsh channel him liar taclle have been In evidence lu life 1acinc Admiral Montejo It was announced < In Madrid lidk I gone forth In meet Commodore Dcwey In order io prevent him front coming nl1lr Merolla but It subsequently dtvelopiU that the darjnf Spanish commander Instead of OoltiK out lo mel the enenu sneaked Into the hHrbrr and sought protection liehlnd the guns of the forts trust I A It that submarine mines would work ills Aster Judging from all this it would be a surprise to learn that am Spanish naval force Is I stcerlK westward The irpbablllt Is I that the Cape Verde flotilla flo-tilla may lot at he Canary Islands 01 perlAps on the way back to Cadiz Vfhero Us rrciencp h be heeded should I a revolution break out In the country SIIII the vigilante of the governmeol In keeping watch along the Atlantic Carter M well M i off the West India Islands Is highly Commendable i Land operations In Cuba cannot very well he undertaken on Q larger scale until the supremacy of the Amerln naval forces ban been demonstrated An army of Invasion In Cuba will not with Per fet confidence only when absolutely certain that the enemy Is I not In a position to cut It off from Its base or Supplies 0 |