The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-31
MAY Be-
HELDDUR|NG WAR
May Be informed, Even II Acqlit-
ted on Hindu Plot Charge on
Which He Was Indicted

stf.aa 81 &4Hh AZ
II. A,igustps Schroeder, German
citizen and rtservistS an employs o.
II. qIaekfeld q Company and formerly
secretary to the Teuton consul here.
arrested Saturday by District Attor.
ney Huber on cable directions from
San Francisco, will not return to Ho.
nolulu for the period Of the war az
least, however his trial in San Fran,
cisco may turn out.
Such is the gist Of the news which
has just reached this city. concerning
the Germans who are charged with
being implicated in the Hindu uprising
plot, including Schroeder and eGeorg
Rodiek, former German consul In Ho-
polulu who surrendered himself to the
San Francisco authorities Wednesday,
BY this late news IL becomes prae-
tically certain that IL District Attor.
ney Preston Of San Francisco fails 10
secure verdict against Schroeder, he
will be turned over TO the military au-
thorities and may be interned for the
period of the war as dangerous and
undesirable alien enemysf wsrs i5.}
Whether the same procedure would
follow in the case of Georg Rodiek is
not so clear. Rodiek is naturalized
citizen, and although under the no
torious German Jaw, known as ssRulc
Twenty-fve,o dual citizenship Is al.
lowed the Kaiser's subjects for "bus-
less and commercial reasons, - and Sc.
cretly arranged, the prosecution would
probably be called upon to establish
such dual citizenship of Rodiek before {
interning him. ss.a
But from the late San Francisco
news there seems to be no question
in Schroeder IS case. Indeed, the mill.
tary authorities are already attempt
ing to get jurisdiction over his case
and the cases of Franz Bopp, r. III.
Won Setback, Lieut.. Wilhelm Won Brine.
ken and others, all of whom are charg.
ed with setting on foot a military expe.
dition against British rule in India.
and some of whom, including Bopp are
already serving term in prison, syn
These notorious San Francisco Ger
mans were arrested on Presidential
warrant and also underl a bench war
rant sued out by District Attorney
John w. Preston. The military author.
tiles insist that the Presidential war.
rant supersedes the bench warrant and
that the prisoners should be turned
over to them to be interned.
The question has been, referred to At
torney General Gregory, and though he
is allowing the civil authorities to pro.
coed, it is only with the reservation Of
right to interfere at any time to re.
mand the prisoners to the military au-
thorities. N.Y.
Judge w. w. Morrow, of the United
States district court at San Francisco,
on July ~ continued all the, HinduSplot
cases until July 81 for entering pleas
TO the indictments. Rodiek arrived In
San Francisco last Wednesday and has
been ordered to enter his plea with the
others. He is out under bond of $lO,.
900. That is the minimum amount for
bond allowed, the maximum being
$4,000. <',s. lss" .;,t.t.4.. talE. !.
Schroeder will sail tomorrow for San
Francisco under $4,000 bond for his
appearance in the United States dis
triet court at San Francisco. 1t is ex.
pected that he will be arraigned at once
and his bond fixed by the court.
a definite statement has not been
made yet on the date the trials Of the
indicted persons will be taken up. II
is thought likely they win be given
right of way, which has been the prac-
tise there in cases of this kind. .,'.a.s
The issuance of Presidential warrants
for the arrest of the prisoners shows
illuminatingly the Importance attached
to the cases, as such warrants are only
issued in rare and grave instances and
usually where the offense charged has a
national Significance 4 TIag' "a