Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-08
MANY INDICTED
FOR VIOLATION
OF NEUTRALITY
HINDU AGENTS PREPARED OPEN.
Ll FOR WAR WITH
ENGLAND.
GERMANY PAID THE BILLS
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman Gre
ated office In Berlin Ia Take
Care al This Enter
prise Alnne.

~ Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. July Prep
aratiOns for war with England were
being made In the United States by
German agents aud Hindu agitat0rs
more than year previous 10 the out
break OF the European war. accord
inR 10 a statement made here today
ny United States District Attorney
John W Preston
This assertion was in connection
with the filling Of lGq indictments In
the United States court here today iu
connection with Tho alleged viola
tions OF American neutrality Two
separate sets ot indictments We're re-
turned 9S heurinE ON world plot
20 iomoni revolution i1 India and 81
ON the so-called steamship Sacra
mrnio case in which i' is charged an
effort was made to provision Ger
man warships Jt sea Several of the
defendants are mentioned boz each sct
of indictments
The so-called Hindu revolution plot
was summarized today Goo state
moni by Preston in which he says
Many Are involved.
"One hundred and five men are
involved Ninety eight have been in
dicied and seven named as cocoon
spiratOrs About cue-half OF this
number are At present without the
Jurisdiction oil the Unified States
HFor moro than a year prior Co tho
outbrelk Of the Europonu war. GER
tain Hindus In San Francisco and
German agents were preparing op'uly
Tor war with England AZ the out
break Of the war iindu leaders.
members of the German consulate
here. aud attaches of the German
government began 10 form plans tu
carry out conspiracy to incite rev
oluIion In India for the two fold pur-
pose OF attempting 90 free India aud
aid the Germans in their military op-
erations
Zimmerman Directed Plot.
"Hindus on the Pacific coast We're
canyassed and those willing io take
part In the revolution were register.
cd Emissarios were financed by the
NutI lAlti MNfAIN" INNN. NNIN NNNNN. .fNN ifANf
dispatched 10 Germany shortly
thereafter what is known as the In
dia committee. an adjunct 90 The
German foreign Office was created iu
Berlin Among them was llar puyal
q fugitive from the United States iu
1914 This India cOmgiltro had th,
personal attention of AIrl thinner.
man
Thereafter tro operations OF the
plotters iu Tho United States were
directed from Berlin and tho finances
sent from tho same source The con
spiracy took the form o yirinus mil.
rary enterprises NrUH and aWWu-
milton iu large quantities W"r" pur-
chased with German money Men
were recruited ana sent to India
Military expeditions were organized
to be- carried on from America and
Siam Arms and ammunition We're
smugflod through China and Japan
The whole conspiracy wIe % we'll de-
fined effort 90 create revolution iu
India Ior tho purpose OF forcing Eng.
land to maintain large bodies of
troops in India thai otherwise would
have been tor use against Germany
On the battle from. The evidence
presents an amazing display OF in-
frirue 10 the expense ni The laws and
hospitality OF the United States
Alfred Zimmerman referred 20 Boz
Prcst0n's statement is ior"irn sec-
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