New Britain herald., 1917-03-06
SCHEME TO INVADE
 INDIA FROM CHINA Two Arrested for Plotting Mill
 tary Conspiracy on US. Soil PUPILS OF WOLF YON IGEL Hindoo Physician and German Citizen Said to Have Confessel-Kolb May Be Connected With Munitions Ek- plosions.


 New York, March 6.-Dr. c. Hama dar Chalsiaberty, a Hindoo physician. and Dr. Ernest Sckunner, thirty-four. described as a German, were arrested today on charges of conspirins to set up a military expedition aRainst g for eign country on friendly relations with the United States. The police say the men confessed that they had plotted under direction of woNsIon Igel to invade India by way of China.
 Von 1gel. A1fcted for alleged com plicfty in . s1et to destroy the Well land canal, IT. with Count Won Bern seorM formeN German anabassador to the phifed States, who iasAparoaching Copenhagen in the steam1kip Freder- ik VIII. From Won Igel, according to the police, Dr. Chakiaberty and 6ckunner, who have been under sus- picion for some time, received $eO,O00 and the Hindu. posing as Persian merchant, obtained passport which enabled him to get to Berlin. In this connection an additional charge of fraudulently obtaining a passport has been made against him.
 According to the alleged confession Chakiaberty related his p1aps of an invasion of India to certain officials in Berlin and then returned tc Now York where he and Won Igel prepared lit- erature in various East Indian quar- ters. The police seized large quanti- ties of this literature and found also a complete laboratory.
 M Try to Involve China.
 After the literature was prepared, according to the police, Dr. Chakia- berty and Sckunner employed as their agent an influential Chinaman whom they sent to his native country to in- terest his government in plan to ship arms and munitions from the United States to China where, with the Chi nese governments permission, these would be stored until the time set for the invasion.
 The police said the two men de- clared they had heard nothing from the Chinese agent and did not know what success, if any, he had.
 In the 1abratory Sckunner was en- according to the police, to compound preparation to be used ''to disguise contraband of war; The character of this preparation he re- fused to disclose. Ten thousand small aluminium boxes. about the size of 8 pill box, were seized, together with what appeared to be official papers. The latter have been turned over to government agents.
 Kolb Held on Tecfnical Charge.
 Hoboken, March 6.-Two bombs of great power and quantity of high explosive found in the room of Fritz Kolb, a young German sailor, fur nished evidence today of an alleged plot to blow up, munitions plants turn ing out material for the enemies of Germany. Kolb Is under arrest, ac- cused of having explosives in his pos- session without a license, but the po- lice are seeking proof of more se- rious offense.
 Several witnesses have been ques- toned in an effort to connect the pris- oner with the disastrous explosion of war munitions at Black Tom Island, and with destruction of the plant of the Canadian Car and Foundry com pany at Kingland, N. J., where huge quantities of shells were made for Russia.
 Kolb said he was born in Cologne. Germany, and came to this country shortly after the beginning of the war.
 Another man was taken into cus- tody here today by the police on sus- picion of being implicated in a plot to- blow up intuition factories with Kolb. The identity of the second man was carefully guarded by the police who said they had reasons for keep ing him under cover until the time came to arraign him.
 The police were planning to arraign Kblb some time today, He was kept under watch by special guards all night. Ssss. ssssss