The Washington herald., 1917-03-08
JURY WILL HEAR
spy PLOT STORY
OF india REVOLT
Conspiracy Data to Be Pre-
sented at Trial of Sekunna
and Chakraberty.
BERLIN GOT ARMS HERE
Evidence Shows Teuton Agents Ship
ped Munitions to Central Amer
lea and Orient.

(By the International News serviee.)
New York. March Tho ever
widening tale Of foreign intrigue in
America will be recounted tomorrow
to the Federal grand jury.
The grand jury will undertake the
digestion of a mass of new "spy-plot"
data which has come into the posses
sion OF the government as result of
the arrest of DR.. Ernest Matthias Sc
kunna. a German. and DR.. Chandra
Chakraberty, a native Of India.
The investigation Is expected to come
close to revealing the inner web of the
German intrigue in this country.
Documents seized in the luxurious
apartments OF the prisoners, who are
accused of fomenting revolt in India,
will be taken before the grand jury.
A detailed examination of these pa
pers today disclosed a direct connec-
tion between Wilhelmstrasse and Drs.
sekunna and Chakraberty. There
were letters of introduction, officials
stated. to prominent German-Ameri-
cans and to former German diplomatic
representatives.
other papers that will be taken be-
fore the grand jury tend to establish
the fact that the defendants manu-
factured a nerve preparation and had
world.
Took German Money.
Chakraberty. the diminutive Hindu.
frankly admitted today that he had
received large sums of German money
and that he was laboring to make
Germany a factor of control in the
East in order to maintain a balance
of power"
I'm India" he said. there has been
organized the volunteer corps for in
surrection against England. The move-
naent is strongest in Bengal. Bombay
and Punjab provinces. 1 was born in
Bengal and educated at the University
OF Calcutta. so l know something of
conditions
I'm the province of Bengal alone
there are 10000 members of the vol
unteer corps, who can be summoned
to arms through underground chan
nels. Once possessing arms. the Indian
insurrection could overpower the pris-
Ons and drive the British out of the
country"
The eager little Bengalese was re-
ticent when asked what steps had been
taken to secure munitions for the
rebels. The authorities learned. how
ever. that he was in close touch with
the men who were directing the pur-
chase and clandestine export of guns
and cartridges.
The names Of both Chakraberty and
Sekunna were listed in Wolf Won
Igers little black book" of agents.
received at revolver point in last years
raid of the former Offices of Captain
Franz Won Papen at so Wall Street.
Tauscher Named, Too.
The authorities are certain that the task
of supplying munitions for the Indian
revolt was that of Capt. Hans Tauscher
OF the German reserve army, who left
this country with former Ambassador Won
BernsLOrff
Tauscher was the official representative
III this country of the Krupps. He also
stated quite frankly some time ago that
other missions. which he described as
delicate" were intrusted to him.
1t is believed that one of these deli
port arms to various places where they
could be of service to Germany. Capt.
Tauscher admitted he had sent munitions
to Mexico and elsewhere.
Within a year. it was learned today.
prominent shipping firm refused a con-
signment of cartridges which the Krupp
agent wished to send to a private person
on the Island of Java. a Dutch possess
sion. At that time 1t was openly stated
trans-shipped to China.
Sekunna and Chakraberty are charged
with seeking to enlist the aid of China
to get arms and ammunition across the
China-India border. Neither of them
would admit acquaintance with Tauscher.
But they and Tauscher were friends Of
Won Igel
Had American Factory.
In Bridgeport, Conn. is a mammoth
projectile campany organized by German
interests. For a year and a half inves-
tigation by the International News Ser
vice developed this company has been
turning out thousands of projectiles a
day.
Tauscher. Cspts. Won Papen and Boy
Ed and Won Igel were in constant
touch with the work Of this munition fac
tory. 1t is considered more than a pos
sibility that a large part of the Tauscher
shipments to South and Central America
and the Orient came from this plant,
Further. that Sekunna and Chakraberty
depended on the same source to get arms
to points from which they could be
smuggled into India.