Show AS TO filibustering secretary gage submits a report on the subject EFFORTS TO BREAK IT UP out ot a sixty alleged expeditions only four have been broken up by spain her patrol of the cuban coast has amounted to nothing on the other hand eight united states jeremio cutters havo have cruised miles to prevent expeditions I 1 I 1 washington dee bet S secretory secretary gage cage ilse has submitted to the department ot of state his report upon the ahn action of 0 the treasury department lit in suppressing I 1 rig filibustering expeditions to cuba in n vlolA vio lattion tl on ot of this the neutrality laws a synopsis ot of which aa a furnished by bir tile the apat department i fm nt Is OB 9 follows Seere secretary tai y gage printout poin tout the tact fact that during two deais edra and 6 halt half only six all Ame american ritten vessels of ai aggregate C 0 f 1331 tons are to have safely landed expeditions fiam aiom the ho united states in cuba with the exception of 0 the laurada the six sit american abc alcan vessels alleged to have successfully cess fully taken part in expeditions in cuban waters are small email tugs and a pilot boat each less leas than tons tona and obviously incapable of carrying large numbers rif of men or large quantities ot of arms and ammunitions three foreign ve vessels asels ot of an aggregate ot of 1773 tons toils are arc alleged to have been successful in the same effort referring to these foreign vessels ves aels tho the steamer leon the danish steamer horsa Hor sail and the british steamer bermuda the secretary invites attention to the fact that the crews of these vessels tire arc required to bo be shipped before the comilla con nils 0 of their respective nations in accord with tile tho laws of those nations which also im poso pose on tho the masters of th those me veis esis at 10 us ot other her duties to be per performed perforce forme d by the consuls I 1 H io suggests the inquiry might be pertinent whether the spanish authorities informed these consuls of the alleged expeditions and whether some measure of responsibility does docs not rest on the spanish authorities for tho thi alleged departure of those these vessels or if tho the consuls on were noti notified fled whether hether tho the bame measure of responsibly responsibility lity doe does not t lest upon uno n hern hem this suggestion 13 made e not 0 t I 1 to 0 shift but to show that it t these alleged expeditions started without the knowledge of treasury also departed without the khoii kno lodge Modge of officials 0 of other oilier nations where action was a necessary preliminary to clearance with the vessels referred to it N a alleged there have been associated about a dozen harbor tugs tu 9 three or four lighters EL a few small steamers and about a dozen small sloops and schoon ess ers in all loss less than 11 clity fly oil tho the at ando anil and unit gulf coast ln in IMS there were vess ads under 2 tons find and vessels of 1100 1200 tons or less a total tola of I 1 1358 3 M 85 american vessels of 0 a tion available for filibustering purposes that only six out of american vessels succeeded in reaching reach inn cuba and that hat lew less than nty fifty had le ad any share in these expeditions secretary gage gaffe says save Is ili a demonstration first ot of the law abiding spirit of 0 the nation and of ft the obedience of the pimple to tile tho presidents pre identa command and second of a wholesome find and repressing ir fear on tho the part of if those who might be adli disposed to lawlessness and violations violation 0 of C our obligations of the law of neutrality ra 1 tight eight revenue cutters with nith crews crew a ot of 3 men armed alth n ith fifteen gung have cruised miles occupying I 1 19 months in the aggregate patrolling the coast to prevent filibustering expeditions they have captured seven vessels and nien men and have brought up two expeditions and have hild under surveillance fourteen our ten vessels under pull suspicion diction from time to time lime several other revenue cutters have been employed on temporary duty perhaps the strongest statement in the report Is this it the spanish patrol 0 oc 2200 miles of cuban coast had frustrated one half the number 0 of expeditions ions which were mere frustrated by the united states authorities along the coast title ot of miles not one man nor one cartridge would have been illicitly landed in cuba from the united states out of 0 tho the sixty alleged expeditions ped Alons ions only four have been bly broken lion ill up by spain illustrating thin statement he refers particularly to tile the expedition tion that left on tile the laurada Laura dW from baltimore and landed at danes bane on march banes Is an impo important seaport on the nor northern thein coast ot of cuba with the united states carried d on oil a valuable fruit trade until U the le spanish order prohibiting the exportation of 0 bananas was issued it appears that the Laura laurada dW remained red in this seaport two days I 1 landing d men and arms and was mas not molested by bv the spanish authorities lit in cuba who had been informed of her landing find and even minutely where torpedoes dedoes had been placed unless spain la id prepared to avow the inability or indisposition to defend her interests in cuba secretary gage holds that tile responsibility lor for ray any ing cx seditious ious may be property properly fix edon SPa nhI an fn cuba cub a who had been properly lo informed ormed by tho the spanish legation Cation le the span ath have repeatedly asserted that all thil th scap oito lit in cuba vere in british possession 1 in lit ajl sixty alleged expeditions are examined of these secretary nage dage shows that twenty eight have hava been frustrated through the efforts of tile the treasury department five have been frustrated by the united states navy four our have been fru frustrated frustrate strat ed by Spain tw ano 0 have been wrecked one driven hack hat k by a terms storms one tailed failed from IL a combination ot of causes one the delaware he be declines to recognize ful other than than a violation to 1 ot of the british flag enlistment lot act As maln spain has I 1 suffered buffered no injury from these forty three failures it Is 13 assumed that they will be accepted by spain as evidence of the success c ce 0 f the united states in in ing its and that a detailed statement concerning each Is 1 secretary gage makes no estimate of the cost involved which lias has evidently been very large dooming tho the extent and results of 0 the work porto performed r me d by the department n a bitter mease measure to 0 of the fidelity of its to tir ur 0 antha tha and a beuer better standard atan dAnl by which to measure inea aure efficiency |