No. 21. ordered a search of another vessel which was leaving for the United States. and eight contraband aliens were discovered on board. The master of the lattermentioned vessel lost his position. May I divert for a moment to say that I have here a statement and report of a number of cases which were tried in Germany in matters brought to the attention of the courts there. where it was alleged that conspiracies existed for the purpose of shipping as seamen persons who had been denied visas and were not eligible to come into the United States. A number of them were convicted in foreign countries for their conspiracies to violate our laws. and apparently the cases involved infractions of domestic laws as well. In some of those cases. in Germany and Poland. reference was made to the fact that there was a system of smuggling aliens into the United States who were ineligible to entrance for citizenship and who were not admissible to our shores. but who came here as seamen for the purpose. of course. of evading our laws and finding homes in the United States.