Show EVANS TO HAVE j LARGER SQUADRON Government Preparing aring More Battleships to Join Fleet at Philippines i TO SEND EIGHT VESSELS EIGHT VESSELS J A Augmented Forces Will Will Equal Equal Total Naval Strength of Japan ton Feb Feh S. S The The government govern govern- overn mont ment J. J a assembling antI and preparing for lor or orto to 10 the Philippine K ti battleship battle I ship squadron which shall haI be tie supplemented supple supple- b by a R. portion of oC Admiral van Evans fleet neet to h bo 10 left there thre In tonnage ton tan nage nago number of guns gun carried and anti weight of or metal thrown equal of Ieno If Ie no not nn any power with a na nfl- na- na vat val 01 I KUM Itse In tho thu Far East It became known today authoritatively that the plans for Cor or E Evans's fleet Jeet to return through the Suez canal but that b by the time E Evans 8 Is ready really to 10 weigh anchor la In the Philippines his fleet will have ha been heen supplemented b by I six and ond two armored cru er 8 It I Is the tI plan n of or the navy y board to divide the Rn A fleet In two pUll parts after It Its It arrival t In tin tho Philippines Philippine The first nut two squadrons will proceed homeward homeward home home- ward late sate this year or carl early earty next b bythe by bythe the SUE canal leaving the eight battleship bat bat- of or the last two divisions as au asa 4 a r ar r guard These The eight battleships supplemented by b the sIx alx which will have arrived will make 11 I battleships In tho the PAr Far Rant Japan has only 14 I battleships altogether By fly the time the two rear tear divisions of or Admiral levans's Evan ll flet l are to como come home additional chips of or equal power lOwer will hav crone to fn the Fur Far I Hunt nt to n them I m In Insomuch Inasmuch much as n. all statistics ns nil t to 10 I on paper parler are from I r- r battleships It k will be Le seen en that thi the United States will have hae In the tho Philippines Philip Philip- pines pine a batUto battleship squadron which man for tor man ship hip Tor for ship ton for tor torton or ton Ion and In weight o of oC metal thrown t will bo be tho the equal or slightly superior to Japan r The present plan Is III to make the bat- bat f p Nebraska now on the Pacific coast conat the flagship She Is a n new and andI andt magnificent vessel encl Tim Tho repairs to the Oregon and Wisconsin both balSa on the Pa Pa- Pacific I t chic coast coalt are ato to be bc rushed Tho Idaho Ida Ilia- ho which la Is about completed will be bo KT rushed to tho the Pacific b by midsummer t r fv Th Those These se tour lour vessels can call be supplemented 4 end d tho b. b tho the MIs- MIs lt bort the tho f of ot by j ppl now no completed and tho the Now No fi I o practically completed i rill Th squadron of ot b n bo ho reinforced l by the armored cruisers cruiser North and nd Montana Th re reir 1 ir will III t f H ll 11 l J H-J t n L t to j U 1 C JI Mt U r It ti is tl the pla 7 of r. r 0 have the eight ships iI the third arid u l Admiral vans's 1 fourth divisions division II of ot 4 f c fleet t. t r remain reman n ma Itt lt the Tar Par Ituni for tor pos pos- y b 18 is By Uy that time thc United l government will have havo olther either finished On or nearly l tho the following ve hu l ch lt In Indiana In In- diana Inna h hn n l l. l Iowa n boin to 4 K t South Carolina building p and the two great tr Michigan building lIng tho the Delaware and the tho In statistics statistics statis statis- I North Dakota These nav navy tics are arc considered tho the equal o of three ordinary ordinal battleships ouch each so that the they alone alon when completed com win will be practically can cally equal to the rear guard to be bo left leet behind by the Sleet HeeL The fact act as set forth orth at the nav navy department depart depart- mont ment is II that from now on the United Stat States s government Ito intends to maintain the Far East Cast fleet which shall be equal In power to any eny fleet neet maintained b by any power with a naval nl base In these wn waters water t |