Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
GREAT HINDU PLOT
IN j. s. ALLEGED
139 Federal Indictments Filed
at San Francisco Accuse
Germans and Asiatics.
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. July @-Prepara-
tons for war with England were being
made In the United States by German
agents and Hindoo agitators more than
a year prior to the outbreak of the Eu-
ropean war. according to statement
made here today by United States Dis
trict Attorney John w. Preston.
That assertion was made In connec-
ton with the filing of 1879 indictments
In the United States court here today
charging violations of American neu-
trality. Two separate sets OF indict-
ments were returned-ntnety- eight
bearing on worldwide plot to foment
revolutions in India and forty-one on
the so-called steamship Sacramento
case. in which 1t is charged an EFFORT
ships at sea. Several Of the defendants
are mentioned in each set Of indict-
ments.
Mr.. Preston stated that enemy agents
were sent to China and Japan to at
tempt to bride the press of those ma
lions and to procure secret treaties be-
tween the German empire and those
governments in aid of the Hindu plots.
Features of Hindu Plot.
The so-called Hindu revolution plot
was summarized in a statement by
Mr.. Preston, in which he says:
"One hundred and five men are in
volved. Ninety-eight have been In
dicted and seven named as conspfrators.
About half Of this number are at pres
ont without the Jurisdiction Of the
United States
For more than q year prior to the
outbreak of the European war certain
Hindoos in San" Francisco and German
agents were preparing openly for war
with England. At the outbreak of the
war Hindoo leaders, members of the
German consulate here and attaches
of the German government began to
form plans to carry out conspiracy
to incfte revolution In India for the
two-fold purpose OF attempting to free
India and aid the Germans In their
military operations.
''Hindoos on the Pacific coast were
canvassed and those willing to take
part in the revolution were registered.
Emissaries were financed by the Ger
man agents here and Immediately dis
patched to Germany. Shortly there
after what is known as the India COM
mittee, an adjunct of the German for
eign office. was created in Berlin.
Among them was Har Dayal, a fugitive
India committee had the personal at
tention of Alfred Zimmerman.
Directed From Berlin.
Thereafter the operations of abe plot
from Berlin and the finances were sent
from the same source. The conspiracy
took the form Of various military enter
prises. Arms and ammunition in large
quantities were purchased with German
money. Men were recruited and sent to
India. Military expeditions were organic
ed to be carried on from America and
SIAM Arms and ammunition were snug
gled through China and Japan. The whole
| conspiracy was a well defined effort to
create a revolution In India for the pur-
pose of forcing England to maintain large
bodies Of troops in India that otherwise
would have been available for use against
Germany on the battle front. The evil
dence presents an amazing display of in
trigue at the expense of the laws and
hospitality Of the United States.
Alfred Zimmermann,. referred to in
Prsst6n's9 statement. Is foreign secretary
of Germany. Names Of those indicted in