The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-27

8. G. Huber, the United States at
torney of this district, and in whose
hands the issuance and serving of a
warrant for the arrest of these men
. auld have been PLACED by the gov,
rment had the case taken its
rmal course, said that he had no OIL
al information regarding. the Hindu
.,lot other than that which his Office
had collected here and forwarded to
the mainland officials at work on the
task of unrnyeling the conspiracy.
Newspapers Brought News ~
81 first heard of the Indictments
on the mainland through a newspaper
man. who showed me the story as
printed in his paper" said Mr.. Huber
III left that day for Hilo to attend
the term of the federal court there,
and during the time ! was away heard
nothing and saw nothing further of the
matter. Nor while ] was gone did any
information reach here. There are
various explanations for this, none of
which care to go into now. will
say however, that when the names
Rodiek' and Schroeder are found
printed in the list of those indicted for
the conspiracy, one Is at liberty to
remember the first report which said
that former German eonsuls at Ho-
nolulu had been indicted, then put two
and two together and draw one 8 own
deductions accordingly
But in spite of the statement of Mr..
Huber and Marshal Smiddy, who de.
clared that he had "nothing TO say
at this time" the report persisted that
Rodiek, who left here on the Manoa
last Thursday, had been escorted by
an officer of the secret service, under
orders from the intelligence Office of
the Hawaiian Department, and would
be turned over to the authorities as
soon as the steamer lands at San Fran,
cisco She is due there tomorrow af.
ternoon. Army officials declined fiat
ly to talk about the case at all. :
Friendship Dau Geraus .4E
Rodiek, prominent as he has been
in business and social circles of Ho-
nolulu, has not escaped suspicion of
being more than commonly active in
the cause of the kaiser while he was
German consul here, and even after
he had resigned that post and had been
succeeded by Schroeler. 1t will be re-
membered that when Doctor Cook, the
arctic explorer was arrested in India
in the fall Of 1915, il was reported
that his intimacy with Rodiek as much
as any other one thing had Influenced
the British authorities in their action
Doctor Cook had been Rodiek' s guest
when passing through Honolulu on hi /,
way to the Orient at that time.
The plot Of which Rodiek and
Schroeder stand accused Of being par.
Elephants, was traced and revealed in
part through the efforts of the United
States officials here, following the re-
ceipt of Instructions from the mainland
asking that certain persons be shadow
ed. This led to the discovery of let.
ters which in turn led the investigators
directly to a little side street in Toxic,
where the cor .Nirators were found work
ing, Other LETTERS led to the discovery
of place in Switzerland, on the Ger.
man borderland. This place gave the
Swiss police, world of trouble before
il was finally unrooted and its occup-
ants placed where they won 4 do any
more plotting in violation of neutrality,
at least, until after the ending of this
war. ..n.,.,.
Plot Of Long Standing
The ramifications Of the plot in
which Rodiek and Schroeder are en-
tangled are said 70 have begun long be.
fore the outbreak Of the Great War in
Europe. Started by little group of
Hindu students of the 'baboo'' class,
il extended from San Francisco through
the class rooms Of the two big univer.
stiles Of that State, into southern India,