Observers regarded as significant to-day that all evidences indicated the Navy's spring manceuvres would be devoted almost exclusively to the Pacific, Because high Navy officials refuse to divulge any details of "Problem, 19," the basis of the manceuvres, there was considerable speculation that at least part of the fleet might experimentally be moved into the Atlantic, Only a handful of Navy oficiais have been informed of ihe details of Problem 19" which will not be made known to the commanders of the warships taking part until the last minute before: the exercises games begin. Otherwise, it was pointed out, the problem would lack the aspect of an emergency situation for which the Ni Department desires to te: the fleet, The problem generally is believed to involve exercises along the Hawaiian-Samoan line of defence.
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