Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-13
GERMAN INTRIGUE CENTERlNG IN HONOLULU EXPOSED;
DIARY OF CAPTAIN GRASSHOF OF NNTERNED CRUISER
GELER duplicates RODlEK, SCHROEDER AND KLEBAHN

ON THE READING OF GRASS
HCF'S DIARY IN CHRONOLOGY,
CAL ORDER:
1.-That ar attempt was made to get
men from the former gunboat Gejer
through to Germany, sore Of whom,
were caught. Adm ission by 6oy-cd
Of false passports being used.
2.-That A. V. Kircheisen. quaTternas-
ter Of the steamship China, figured
as a source of information for Ger
man intrigue. His secret title was
TX H." Used the China wireless fire.
quentIy and made reports in person
upon arrival in Honolulu.
3-That Georg Rodiek, II. A. Schroe-
der and =. w. kIebahh had informal
ton concerning guns and ammunition
on the HoIsNia and converscd with
Grasshof concerning them.
4.-That the Geier, though informed,
was using her wireless all the time.
Grasshof under examination stated
that he thought the vessel caught
practically all transpacific mes
sages. That message was received
from the consulate stating the Geier
would transmit to the Cormoran at
Guam.
5.-That desperate efforts were made
to stir up trouble between the United
States and Japan, messages being
deliberately wireIessed in English
so that they would be picked up and
start rumors that Japan had sent an
expedition to Campeche, Mexico. De-
cided lack of geographical locations
is shown in the messages, Campeche
being on the eastern coast instead
Of the Pacific.
6.-That deliberate attempts were also
made to give belief to the rumor
that Germans in the United States
were planning an attack against
Canada, the intention of the runners
evidently being to- brighten Canada
into keeping part of the army at
home. The Honolulu consulate re-
ceived message concerning this and
evidently sent two inquiries about it
asking instructions.
Boyd wrote a letter here
crediting an American submarine
commander with the statement to a
Geier officer that he "wouId like to
side, If we could come to some agree
ment." Personally investigated by
Grasshof and reported back to Boy
ed as false story.
8.-That following the sinking Of the
LUsitania preparations we're made to
disable German war and merchant
vessels, as was later done when re-
lations were broken with Germany.
That the guns on the Geier were
destroyed in May, 1915, however, just
after the Lustania sinking. A mes
sage from Won Bernstorff to hold up
from such action arrived here too
late to save them.
9.-That Albert Wehde, an American
citizen, whose story is already we'll
known in Honolulu, was at the Homo
lulu consulate on May p, and was
met there by Capt. Grasshof. This
is the Wehde who is now serving
sentence on the mainland for plot
ting.
1o.-That Boyd in a telegram from
Washington urged the spreading of
a story that a German submarine
was operating in the South Seas, a
palpable falsehood calculated to
brighten shipping.
l1.-That Boyd attempted to trans
fer from Manila to Honolulu or Gu
am, a wireless operator, presumably
to "listen in" on transpacific mes
saees.
I2.-That official messages of the Am
erican government were picked up
by the German wireless men and
filed away for reference.