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Show BOMBARDMENT WAS NOT , . ORDERED, SAY GERMAN , OFFICIALS AT BERLIN. . BERLIN, Jan. 19. The Navy department depart-ment has not received any official advices ad-vices regarding the bombardment of Fort San Carlos, at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo, by the German cruiser Panther on Saturday, and is unable to either confirm or deny the press . dispatches. dis-patches. The officials say, however, assuming' as-suming' that something' in the way of a bombardment took place, no orders were sent from Berlin. Whatever was done was the result of the initiative of the commander on the spot to whose discretion the conduct of the blockade was left |