Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-16
MIR DE LOME'S COMPLAINT He Alleges That the American
 Steamer Laurada LANDED AN ARMED FORGE Near Barccoa on the Island 05 Cuba at Night.
THE LAURADA IS NOW AT CHARLESTON
They Are Started by Spanish Sailors. She Has Been Seized and Li-'
 belled for $l0,ooo.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The Spanish minister, Senor Dupuy de Lome, has call ed the attention of the state department to the rumor that the American steamer Laurada has violated the neutrality law of the United States in landing an armed force on Cuban soil to aid the insurgents Secretary Olney has transmitted Senor de Lome's protest to the treasury depart ment and Secretary Carlisle today tele- graphed collectors of customs to look out for the Laurada and to seize her wherev- or found. The department of justice had also been advised of Minister de Lome s communication and United States mar shals have been instructed to cooperate with the treasury officials in detaining the vessel when found. The Laurada was formerly the British steamer En- press and was given an American regis try by a special bill passed through the last congress. She is supposed to have cleared from New York about the 21st of October for Jamaican ports.
 It is alleged that after leaving port she took on board at some point on Long ls- land sound Emanuel Cespedes, a Cuban leader and forty-five followers, together with large lot of arms and ammunition. The men and ammunition are said to have been landed near Baracoa, on the island of Cuba, during the night time, and from that point the vessel proceeded to Jamaica. She has since returned 10 New York; which she left after being in port few hours, and now it Is alleged that she is anchored sixteen miles off the coast of Delaware for the purpose of escaping the penalties imposed for vio- lation of neutrality laws of the United States. Captain Hughes, her command CT, is said to have left the ship and his Wherea bouts are unknown.
 Secretary Carlisle is very much inn pressed with evidence that has been sub mitted to. him by the Spanish minister regarding the Laurada and is using every means in his power to find the ai- legged filibustering vessel. While it can not be asserted positively, it is under stood that he has instructed Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue marine service, to dispatch revenue cutters in search of her.
 The nearest cutter to where the Lau- rada Is supposed to be anchored is the Alexander Hamilton, stationed at ,Phila- delphia. If reports be true that the Laurada is sixteen miles off the coast of Delaware the interesting question Is pre- scented, it is said, for the first time, to seize an American vessel on the high seas for the violation of the American laws committed within the jurisdiction of the United States. Secretary Carlisle is said to have no doubt of the power of the United States to make a seizure. Should the vessel be found the question of the legality of such seizure, together with further question as to whether she was really engaged in a filibustering expedi- tion against Cuba, in violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, will have to be decided by the court in this country before the vessel is held lia- ble and her owners escape punishment