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Show -Blae Concluded that Black V most probable Inteattoa would be to eeteblleh a baee an the Central J or possibly Bouttl American, coset, and to launch an attack by bomb-ara bomb-ara on tha canal. Tha Black com-man-ler cama to tha aama coaclu- Ion. Ha rejected tha South Amert-can Amert-can eoaat on account of tha greater -lstaare. Aftar dua coaaldaratlon. Port Culabra In Costa .Kicawaa ehoeea for tha Black baaa. -At 4: p. nv. February 5". Blua fore commander aant radio to commandor Blua destroyer to enj els. acouta Immediately ta exani-Ina exani-Ina coart aa tar aa roneeca. A I 1 "a pT m.. rehruery II. tha Blua d'eetroyer Coahlan reported tha anrmy forcea enterlnf torl Culabra arbor. Whn tha Hlack forces sr-rlved sr-rlved at Port Culabra, tha problem aa dlaeontlnuad." FLEET EMPLOYS AGTUAL WAR IOCS . Masking of MovenienU of . Vessels Successfully Carried Out WAFHWOTOK, An-. It (tr . lnj aaaliaa comprlalns; mora than thraa acora naval craft, "disappeared" from tha faca of tha aaaa and daflad tha al-fort al-fort of aaarchara eaeraUr, undar. ovar and upon tha water la told In an afflclal nary- dapartmant ert-tlnie ert-tlnie at tha Panama, maaeuvera . Hncldantally tha documant ra-aala ra-aala that In 'atudrlna; tha poeetbll-llr poeetbll-llr of tha United Statee bain drawn Into a naral war, both tha army aad navy aeaeral ataffa ara proceeding; pro-ceeding; aa tha thaory that haalllt-tlaa haalllt-tlaa would seals wltboat a declare-tlon declare-tlon of war and would ba flrat ele-nallad ele-nallad by a larrlflc attack aa American Amer-ican aoll. ... Tha ucesful masking- pf tha movement of tha fleet which rep-raaantad rep-raaantad tha anamy force In tha war lini waa declared by tha Judaea to he tha auutaadtnc tactical tac-tical feature of tha exercleea. In order that conditions approximating approxi-mating thoaa of war might ba obtained, ob-tained, tha department aaeumed that a diplomatic crlala had erlaen with aa unnamed power denoted aa 'PlaW'" while tha Amer-ren, or "Blua. -fleet waa scattered at home porta for overhaul. The attacking fleet, oa It a part, waa called upoe ta actually erulee im mllea before reaching It a objective In order that the aamo dlfflcuitiea might be experienced ex-perienced aa would face tha theoretical theo-retical aaemy. k , j CAiutr it notM. . 1 ' Comlna from northern rta the defeadera carried out the role at having baaa euddealy moblUaed from their peaceful activities Una aquadran or deetroyere had only a par cant peraoanel whan tna ardera cama. but tha crewa wore haetlly made tip from apprentices a-lH-teen aeaplanaa were . aant from Hampton Roadg under their awn Rower ta Panama, and wlthla a fear oura after their arrival ware aa the acoutlna; line. " -In order that logical erttmateo of the aituatlop can. be made." tha official report eetd. Yeftata aa-rumpttona aa-rumpttona ara -made aa to the general gen-eral aittiatloa which la auppoaad lo exlat. Thaae are aa follower -Strained relet to aa between Blua and Black bava recently baaa made mora tenae by a erulee of tha Black fleet In tha eastern Pacific tinder Admiral E . composed of aeven bat-tleahlle, bat-tleahlle, thirty-eight destroyers and twa deatroyer tenders nine aubma-rlnea aubma-rlnea and ona aubmarlne tender. After vlaltlng porta on tna weat coast of ooutk America, thla fleet aaaembled at Galapagos Islands, where they Joined the Black baaa force aad trala and a number of fuel aad cargo veesele under other flaga. Aftar repair and refueling tha entire Black fleet ea'lled with tha aanounced Intention, of vlaltlng Uagdalrna bay aad American Pacific Pa-cific watera. "The Blue government, la view of tha threatening -altuatlon. hae ordered or-dered the majority of ahlpa of the Blua fleet to Atlantic eoaat yarda for overhaul. The remainder haa Eaeaed through tha canal and la aaed on Balboa, undar Admiral M . comprising five battleships 'wenty-ftve 'wenty-ftve rteatrovera. Bitten etibmarlne aad three tenders The Blue -n-m, air canal force haa bean neeeenble-J In the Canal Zona. Thla concluded tha aocalled 'general altuatlon. -In view of the atralned relatione. Admiral E. commanding the Black fleet, prior to leaving Black eeun-try. eeun-try. received Instructions that the general naval plan would call for tha destruction of the canal locks ar obstruction of the waterway. "To thla end. If Incldabtal ta aely-Ing aely-Ing a baaa within radlue.of the canal ha ahould aea fit tovvlolete tha neutrality of a Central or South American country, ha waa authorized author-ized to do so. He waa alao Informed In-formed that two large plane ear-rlera ear-rlera would Join him at a ren-ies-voua to the northward of, tha Galapagos Gala-pagos lalanda DISPATCH KaX-RIVKD. -On February 1 the Black plane carriers Join Admiral sVs command and at I a. m. on that day. when I In latitude 7 dag. 10 mln. north. 1 longitude T deg. 41 mis, west, he s recalves the following radio dla |