(London, Apr. 17.
Dealing with the transference of part of the American Fleet to the Pacific, the Washington Correspondent of "The Times" states that the effects of such a move on the larger strategic distribution of the world's fleets, and on the movement to the United States of such war materials as tin and rubber, are understood to have been considered in the calculations of the U.S. naval authorities.
The decision, states the correspondent, has played havoc with the plan whereby almost the entire fleet would have made its appearance off New York for the opening of the World's Fair.
Out of the 357 fighting ships of the American Fleet, the correspondent adds, about 270 will be in the Pacific when the units to be transferred have passed through the Panama Canal—Reuter.
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