OCR Text |
Show May Have Divided, Fleet, j PARIS, May 20. The apparently com. ! plete disappearance of th Russian far Eastern fleet leads to the belief either that a battle Is Imminent or that Admiral Rojestvensky has succeeded In establishing estab-lishing a naval base. On the other hand, I it is pointed out here that the position of the fleet May IS in latitude 13.30 and longitude. longi-tude. 111.80 Indicated that It might have been decided to follow a course north of Luson into the Pacific Instead of going through the straits of Formosa, where Admiral Togo is believed to bo awaiting Admiral Rojestvensky. It is maintained that the Japanese dtf- i Acuities havo been Increased by their inability in-ability to determine whether the Russians are proceeding Unitedly or 'have divided jtheir fleet into two squadrons, gome experts ex-perts maintain that the fleet has been divided di-vided for the purpose of permitting one division to reach Vladivostok, while the, other occupies the attention of Admiral Togo. - |