The age-herald., 1897-10-26
WHEN IT COMES TO HAND
Minister Dupuy de Lone MiSquOted as
 to Searching American Vessels.
UNCLE SAM SPARED NO EXPENSE
In Suppressng FiIibusterng, and Has Fulfilled International Requirements on That Score The Whole Matter VIII Rest
 Until Congress Meets.

Washington, Oct. 25-It was stated positively at the white house and at the state department that up to noon to- day the answer Of Spain to the United Sates had not reached the president or csived the 1000 word oableg,am which it is said Minister Woodford sent Satur- day night There is much speculation among the politicians here as to the next move by the government There was an abundance of speculation in and about the white house as to the outcome of Spains answer briefly summarized in cable reports, but from no authorta- tive source could it be learned that the administration had outlined any policy to mset the situation now presented.
 The principal part of Spain's reply to Minister Woodford will be to meet the charges that the United States has not observed international law in regard to filibustering. In this connection the state department have some potent facts which it is believed will ajieniate from Spain any sympathy that she may have attracted from any European DO w. CT on that score. It is said that in no single case where the Spanish authord- ties have brought to the attention of the United States government the fact that an illegal expedition was about to start from our shores for Cuba has it reglected to use aM the means permit ted by our laws to prevent the start. It ments from Spanish officials not accom- panied by proofs of the facts alleged but mere suggestions that they had reason to believe that an expedition was forming.
 Heavy Expense Incurred
 In some cases our government has pro ceedei to lengths in restraint of Ameri- can commence on insufficient evidence furnished by the Spanish government that has resulted in the preference of large claims by American snipowners for illegal detention of their ships. Then the expense of maintaining the patrols along the Atlantic and gulf coasts have been very heavy. Every time the state department has been obliged to call upon collector at a port the result has be; n a heavy bill of expense for tugs, special officers and charges, whfe the attorney generals office, and in fact, most of the executive department has been especially embarrassed owing to the necessity for divertirfg vessels from other places for the disigreeable Florida patrol. One of ficial roughly estimated the expense the Undtsd States had been put to to protect the Florida coast for Spain at about s2.- O00,0O0 Altogether the officials are con- fident of their ability to show that the government has more than complied with the requirements of international law which, as laid down in the Alabama arbitration, simply demands that ma tion use diligence to prevent the de- parture of hostile expeditions. On this phase of the case the correspondence may be kept alive between the state depart- ment and the Spanish government until congress meets, but it is expected that unless some decision through Minister Woodford is f rthcoming by that time the president will refer the whole matter to congress and await it's orders
 Not Yet Received
 Up to tine closing hour of the office to- , day the reply of Spain had not reached the president or the state department. It was stated also in other quarters by those in a position to know what had occurred at Madrid that the answer had not been delivered to Minister Woodford up to noon today.
 De Lome MisquOted
 A denial was made by an authorative source that Minister Dupuy De Lome had lintimated to the state department that Spain would resort to search and seizure of suspected American vessels on the high seas if filibustering exped- tions continued to leave this country. The reports. it is believed, grew out of visits made by the minister to the state department last Monday and Thursday. At these visits. he called the attention of the officials to the circumstances of the departure of the alleged filibnsterer, Silver Heels. after the authorities were put In possession of explicit information of the plans of the vessel Regres was expressed by the minister at this occur