The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-10

Some Of the most important of the
papers were not made public, but were
turned over to the proper government
officials to investigate. : be-
Wide Scope Of Conspiracy
The "grand conspiracy as a fed.
eral agent recently described il, will
be barred to the last detail. The evi
dence will cover fires and explosions
in munition plants, efforts to foment
strikes in those plants, attempts to
make all workingmen of Teutonic
birth or descent quit their jobs, and
in some instances bona fide offers to
get control of the plants through con
troll of the stock. The recent Midvale
and Bethlehem fires were both due to
alien activities, according to a Pennsyl
vania official concerned in the investi
CATION.
The war book of the German general
STAFF specifically approves of incendiar
ism assassination, robbery, "and the
like to the prejudice of the enemy
and also authorizes the utilization
of the discontinued element in the
population A translation of this book
is now in the hands OF the fedora
prosecutors in New York. A Times
reporter has seen the book and has
read the passages referred to. The
reference to assassination recalled the
attempt to assassinate J. Pierpont
/ Morgan. ''i
President Wilson Is eopnizant of
every move that has been made in the
course of the investigation that has
been in progress Mt home and abroad
for months past. His orders, it is
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every suspicion was to be thoroughly
substantiated before any action should
be taken. As a result of that in.
junction no evidence will be presented
to the grand jury that is hearsay OF
lacks verifcation in any essential de
tail.
The active directing head of the great
: conspiracy is understood to have beer
revealed as the diplomat who has sine
quit American shores, and one of hi
chief aides was Won Rintelen, the friep
of the Kaiser. The paymaster Of IN,
conspiracy was another Teutonic diplo
mat who had at his disposal at one tim.
no less than $4,000, 900. Won Rintele,
is said to have controlled another $35,
900 that was available for conspira
ey purposes.
Inciting Trouble With Mexico
Won Rintelen is believed also to hav,
been charged especially with the carry,
ing out of plot to embroil this country
with Mexico, which was a last resort
1.-the effort to stop the export of wal
munitions, the theory being that if thi
country intervened in Mexico II woult
need all the war munitions for home
| use.
The name of the man who dir ~cted
the strike activities has been withheld
in government circles, but it is known
Startling disclosures concerning the orr
gin OF various strikes, notably that in
bridgeport, are said to be included in
the evidence now in hand.
The system of espionage maintained
by Germans and Austro- Hungarians il
this country is another Hhase of tho
"grand conspiracy" that has been in
vestigated, and the head of this part
of the machine is understood to be O
Consular official of high. rank. DR.. Jos
eph Gdricar, the former Austro Hunga
rian consular official, has stated that
There are Mt fewest 5000 Teutonic spies
in this country. Whether the govern
ment investigation has confirmed that
statement is not known.
The sources Of the huge funds at tn,
dispos"l of the cOnspirators have beer
investigated and in many instance,
these sources are known Some of tho
less important conspirators, it is said
received their money from third partie
by whom they were supposed to be EN-
ployed in legitimate pursuits.
Still another phase of the net that
was stretched to catch the conspirator
volVed the placing of bombs on steam
ers flying the flags of Great Britain
France and Italy, among them the
Rochambeau of the French Line, the
Fabre liner SAINT Anna, the British lin
ers Minnehaha, which had to put into