London vid Bombay, July 20.
"The New York World" is authorized to state that President Roosevelt never ordered the American battleship fleet to be sent to the Pacific, and was not aware that an order had been issued to that effect. The manquvres of the battleships have been discussed for some time, and have no connexion with the Japanese question, The fleet. may yo to the Pacific, bu destination is undetermined. "The New York World" describes this renouncement as the deathblow of llicose agitation—Reuter.
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