The New York herald., 1922-09-26
ALIENS AND LIQUOR
FLOWING FROM CUBA
Smuggling Operations of Huge
Scope Are Shown by
Federal Survey.
FLORIDA A BIG GATEWAY
Activities i'm Aliens Systema-
tized, With Ramifica-
tions in Europe.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Associated
Press) Smuggling of Chinese and
European aliens into the United States
from Cuba. the hiding of large quanti-
ties of liquor by surreptitiously sub
merging it temporarily in the waters
off Florida as part of the activities Of
international bootleggers" and mock
marriages designed to insure entry
into this country of women barred by
immigration laws form the basis of a
report submitted TO Secretary Davis
by the Bureau of Immigration.
The report, Commissioner-General
Husband said to-day. is the most COM
prehensive review of smuggling condi-
tions ever prepared by immigration
officials and is expected to be con-
sidered by the Treasury, Labor and
Agriculture departments in connection
with the proposed coordination of bor-
der patrol forces.
Government Investigators. by direction
of Mr.. Husband. visited Jacksonville.
Tampa. Tarpon Springs. Miami. Key
West and Havana. They mingled, II Ia
said. with the "kings" OF the smuggling
industry" and talked with aliens OF
every nationality who sought entry to
the United States. The data gathered
IL is stated. will prove invaluable to the
Government in coping with a situation
which has taxed the ingenuity OF Fed
eral agents to combat.
Plots Extend to Europe.
The smuggling ramfications. It Is de-
clared, extend to the capitals of Europe.
and involve Greeks. Spaniards, Poles.
Rumanians. Russians and Chinese.
The report states that a favorite
method of gaining entry to the United
States from Cuba for certain alien wom-
en- has been for them to enter into
fake" marriages with naturalzed
American citizens who. for certain con-
siderations. 20 through mock ceremo-
MES and then accompany their wives"
to some Florida point. Frequently. 1t is
said. obliging 'bridegrooms'' have been
paid as high as 500 for their part In the
scheme.
The principal smuggiers In Havana,
T. investigate declare, handle whisky
and narcotics. Most OF the leaders in
the smuggling operation are said to be
naturalized Americans.
A great many of the smuggling craft.
Il is declared, land and depart from
Matanzas, are of Cuban registry, and
do not enter or clear at the Custom
House there. Names used by the
schooners and power launches, it Is de-
clared, are inscribed on plates which
are readily removable, and some vessels
are said TO carry several name plates.
Destinations of such craft when leav-
ing Cuba are not always fixed. the in
spectors report, and a majority of the
bigger schooners anchor outside the
customs limit off the American coast
and send their load. IL aliens. ashore a
few at a time In small boats. III liquor
or narcotics, the cargo Is often sub
merged at n predestined point and
grappled up subsequently at leisure.
Probably no less that four or five ves-
sells with aliens and contraband goods
cross from Matanzas TO the United
States each week, the report states.
Park in Havana In "Market."
In Havana, according TO the report.
hundreds OF aliens throng Central Park
in the afternoon and at night, and con-
stantly dozen or more men, obviously
not OF the floating allen type. operate
among them. going from group to group.
These men. 1t Is explained. arc run
ners for the smuggling kings.
There is no employment In Cuba for
thousands of the Chinese and European
aliens now there. Il Is reported. yet
since the present passport and amended
immigration restrictive act became op-
erative in this country last May at
least 1000 aliens are said TO have ar
rived In Havana with the ultimate hope
of gaining surrcptitous entry to the
United States
There are at present, IL Is estimated,
approximately 10000 Chinese In Cuba
for whom there Is no employment. In
fact, the report AYERS. the Orientals
will not accept work under any circum-
stances except TO earn sufficient money
with which to pay passage to this
country or to Mexico. The usual fec
for smuggling aliens, II Is learned,
ranges from $500 TO 81 900 for each
Chinese and about $3.50 for European
alien.
Many OF the master smugglers" In
Havana conduct shops as blinds" the
report discloses, and conduct their illegal
operations "on the quiet" One OF the
favorIte routes for the smugglers, II
Is learned Is from Havana 20 Long Key,
thence up the coast past Turkey Point
to Miami. through Hope Sound, past
Palm Beach, then through the Inner
waterway" and finally into the 81. John
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