Show I I 11011111fff 1 m I i I 1 I is leadin I Soulh Toward VeneIt aiela in the Oregons Path 1 ik Ji WHAT IT INTENDED JS TO DO Purpose Had Been lo Attack it t Il i Portland I and Newport tj NewPo1 fa iif 1 I IN THE ABSENCE OF A USjREET is THERE I in Iot the plan Wo CluatisrotlPsisrols from lallaTrl1 oOt tfl0a hituatiou 01 the la4 I T Washington May ITo Spanish fleet has been sighted again this tlmo about a hundred miles oiijthe coast of th Venezuela I going wes T movement Is I a surprise to the navrjdepartmcn jfllclals here who can onlyWmlse that the Spanish admiral delfi to avoid on engagement and Is I waiting an oppot tnulty to make 0 dash for Clenfuegos o Havana Tho fleet when sighted was going nt full speed and I had steamed about CEO miles Elnce Isjtheard front oft the west coat of Martinique two lava ago t di f Mjlque St Pierre Island ot Martinique May 14 oNthlng ban been seenbl the Spar fall fleet fiom here I I J St Pierre Island of Martinique May llCoq > right 1838 by the Associated PressThe Spanish torpedo gunboat Terror ot the Cope Verde fleet Is I Wit i ut Tort de Trance capital of the in I land but nothing can be seen of the other vessels from here The United States auxiliary cruiser lon ord formerly the American line steamer New York la I at this port WHAT lAB ATTEMPTED MAY BE London May Hhe Star say 0 Madrid dispatch via Parts throws Interesting In-teresting light gathered from an official of-ficial source on Admiral Cerverasj Ilovemnt bince ho left theCape Verde Islands 1 appears that J he headed from Mt Pierre Mlquelon on the cot at Newfoundland where sealed Inns In-ns awaited him There lolller from Sydney were met and the Span tell fleet coaled Admiral Orvernss Itibiirtos then were to raid Portland Boston land New port ant If liver Admiral Sampson bombarded Havana to draw hire off The news from Manila seems to hat changed the plans The ha-t proposed movement woo to decoy Hear Admiral Simpson to Porto Rico end then sail rapidly for Havana and destroy thee the-e ships left the Finally should Admiral Cerverasuc ced In reaching Santiago de Cuba learn that two American squadrons were coming to meet him thus leaving the sea free his plan would bo to void them sail straight for Charleston and bombard that city BIT TIN OT THE HARVARD Washington May IThe officials at the state and navy department ire aglY deprecate as mischievous and dangerous the efforts to create the 1m 1 reaslon that Trance Is not acting up to the rule In the observance of pArlet neutrality between the United ret Btl nd Spain They say that even were there some slight foundation 11ht toundton for the statement the time la very Inopportune for newspaper attacks that might even Involve France In the present hosttll hotll ties As matter of fact they say there Is no evidence of disposition on the part of the French colonies I In the Wt Indies t discriminate against the United State On the reverse direction our government is I not In t possession ot any evidence tending In the slightest degree to show that obstacles were purposely Interposed As for us the mate at coaling is I concerned there 18 also an entire ab Pence ns yt at least at any evidence I hat the Spanish inset was accorded any undue advantage I thy took coal at Martinique and even this to I not certainly known much would depend > de-pend upon the quantity allowed upn quantty < The Practice Is to give a ship In ouch elf cumatanc just enough to carry It cr the next homo port which might bo rorto 4 Itco or Cub I the Spaniard replenished their coo bunkers from colliers lying In the port another i I terestlng question would bo raised In fact the application of neutrality laws to much coe as Are now I cn n a pr senUd by the frequent movmlentsT both American and Spanish warship Is I very much beclouded A distinguished distin-guished official one of the leading lights of the construction of intern tlonal law pointed to the fact that there are few precedents at value to I guide 0 neutral government Just now and the probabilities a that by the time the present war Is I at an end the United State jut as It did In the war of the rebellionwill make a good ma y precedents and a good deal of Intra tlonal law for the guidance of Ule family of nations hereafter Such a question as that presented by the acton ac-ton of the Trench authorities In d talnlng the United States meamshl Harvard at St Pierre for 24 hours at tcr the departure ot the Spanish for pedo I boat destroyer Terror which ale found In that port raises In Itself ft host oI Interesting qoelon and IV veala the fact that there Is I absolute nothing like a uniform rule In the matter mat-ter SOl nLtlons require Wheat two belligerent vessels meet In their ports that the first comer shall depart first whllo the other shall be detained 2 1 hours Another rule Is I that the weaker Yen Eel 1 shall be allowed to depart llrst In order to prevent the stronger laYing in wait for her outside In other cases still the second boat Is I not detained In port 24 hours but the neutral contents Itself with a pledge from the com ndln I oler at the belligerent ship that he will not engage In hostilities with the other ship until 24 hour shall have elapsed after his departure front port Generally these rules were founded on the old practice that Obtained In the day at selling ships and thy halo not been modified to mee GIL need at modern naval service Th mater at coal supply I Is also obscured by doubt rot Interpretations In doub Aa far as th Harvard Is concern the rule has not worked to Our hag ship On the contrary the officials here art rather Inclined to ba grateful I 10 I 110 Frenh Authorities tor their concession con-cession of the priuicgp to the lanaro to remain In port until she Iu com PUHfd some nccesary repairs to hir pa act I is ry W tit a numh or oI Spin Ish torpedo boats mail cruisers lurkln around Martinique there Is no disposition dispo-sition tin tho part of th iiavil author ities I to expose to their attack aVe 830 like the Ilanard absolutely without protcton against tile smallest gun flru and without defensive I power Anlimttrr TroopIn Mot ft onlulit Chattanooga Teln MAY ij Tiw F1 list and Tenth regiments of caahj lot for Tampa this monilpg and Chlckamauga Irk Is I now almost dc < sertid Only Gen Broke with hlsstaff nne company of the Eighth Infantry find Ihe signal 01 remain J J V Peebles agent ot the Nashville Nash-ville Clnttanooga And St Louis receded re-ceded notice that tourtee tinlns of about 0 cars coitalnlnp olunticr regiments from the tnt of Missouri Iowa Minnesota Illinois Indiana and Kansas would be delivered to the nnt Mile Chattanooga and St Ixnils for transportation for this city by the J 11 lot a Central road at Martin Ttnn at 7 oclock this evening According to tiff orranmont J tho fourteen sectiona will rench this 1 city Sunday Illht aetono first arriving nt about G p m and the nrt at Interml ot nn hour The Chattanooga Home A Southern Hallway Is I In readiness to move hess troops I as fast an they arrive although some of the regiments may unload hInd h-Ind mareh out to tile park Manila morlling |