The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-16
GERMAN PLOTTERS
FACE TRIAL Under
ANTETRUS LAW
Lieutenant Fay and, Associates
To Be Prosecuted For Con-
spiracy Against Commerce
SHERMAN ACT SAID
TO BEAR ON CASES
cabal To Destroy Ships Carry
ing Munitions Organized In
p. Restraint Of Trade
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WASHINGTON, November l6--Lieut.
Robert Fay, who has confessed that he
Is German army officer, connected
with German secret service and dele
gated to work in the United States TO
prevent the shipment of munitions Of
war to the allies, through the destruc.
tion Of ships carrying munitions, and
those arrested with him, including Her
bert Qienzle, Max Breitung, Paul Dae-
che and Walter Scholz, are to be prose-
cuted by the department Of justice un-
der charge of criminal conspiracy un-
der the terms of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act. IL. @
The department believes that the act
covers the illegalities with which these
Germans are charged, basing the belief
on the theory that a conspiracy to in
terfere with the manufacture and ex-
port of munitions is a conspiracy ia
restraint of interstate and foreign com.
meree. .' ra. .-.". y 4
Details Are Withheld
The motive under which this decision
has been arrived at and the details Of
the conspiracy which the agents of the
department are said TO have uncovered
are as yet unrevealed, but it is believed
that the qualifications of the conspiracy
are many and that there win be numer-
Gus other arfests.s ~ A44lr5. EE
Fay was arrested on October "a, in
company with Scholz. his brother,in,
Jaw, in a wosa asar Grsstwood, New
Jersey, where they were experiment
ing with explosives. In their rooms in
Fifth Street, Weehawken, detectives
claim to have found documents con
Meeting Fay with tho German army and
the German foreign Office; a United
States Coast Survey map, showing New
York harbor, with all its docks aud
piers in detail; and four suitcases con
tanning DISCUSSES, mechanism for bombs
and a quantity of high explosives.
Then the other arrests followed, the
prisoners being held for trial under
bail of $25 5000 each. According to a
signed statement made by Fay since
his arrest, he received before leaving
Germany his instructions and $4,000
from Herr Jansen, of the German Sc
cret service.
Fay Is Repudiated
The German embassy has issued n
repudiation Of Fay, stating that he is
not a German army officer and that his
confession is false, while the German
American press suggests that Fay is
in the pay of the British government.
sent to the United States to be caught
and make such statements as would dis
credit the German cause.
In connection with the various war
plots," alleged to have resulted in the
sequence of fires and explosions in the
mills and factories working on war
orders for the Allies and the frequency
of fires and explosions aboard British
and French shins sailing from Amrri.
can ports for Europe, DIR, Joseph Gori
car, former Austro-H Hungarian consul
general at San Francisco, made state
ments last week directly connecting the
Austrian and German official repre-
sentatives in the United States with
the various alleged plots.
Austrian Consuls ACCUSED
Doctor Goricar stated that all Austrl-
an consuls in the United States are
working together to hinder the exports
of munitions, receiving instructions
from the Austro. Hungarian consul gen
eral at New York, who, In turn, is act,
ing with the advice of Count Won Bern
sto-ff, the German ambassador.
Tho allegations Of Doctor Goricar
were denounced AS ga tissue Of lies -
by. the Austrian embassy.