The sun., 1917-03-07
Teuton and Bcmgalese Were
Trapped by Police at 36l
West l2Oth Street.
RTMOR PHILIPPINES
INCLUDED IN SCHEME
Herr WiescdOnck. kaiser's
Minister Of Education.
Also involved.

Gcrmany's plans to s,art uprisings in
the Far l:ast--in India, China and
Jsnn--wcrc charged yesterday In con-
ncc,lon with the arrest OF Ernst Matthias
Sekunna "A German. and DR.. Chandra
Chakraberty. a Bcngalcse. The two
men had been seized on Monday night
In their home 3S4 West l2Oth street,
which they had lavishly equipped and
furnished IN rich Oriental style. but
they were not formally placed under
arrest until after they had made con-
hsslons in which they admitted receiv-
Ing money from the German Govern
nent.
Though seized at first under orders
from Deputy Police Commissioner Scull.
they we're turned over to the Federal
authorities. and in the afternoon they
we're arraigned before United States
Commissioner Hitchcock on a charge of
setting on, foot a military enterprise
against India. Both were held in
$4,000, which they furnished, using
funds that had been given to them in
Germany and in this country by repre-
Coincident with the arrest 1t was
learned In reliable quarters that the men
had received instructions from German
vereign Minister Alfred Zimmerman.
who already has been mentioned by
President Wilson AZ the man who di-
rected Count Won Bernstorn OH January
10 to set on foot plans for the alliance
f Mexico and Japan with Germany for
an attack upon the United States. An
,,Ntx lxn
Rcngalose was Herr Wicsedonck. Minis
Ter OF Education in Germany.
State Depart ment Has Secrets.
From information gathered here---and
'hs rInlor was not denied by the Fed
"sl authortics--it is believed that the
State department in Washington has
othcr evidence sj0ilar to the letter sent
by TIcr Zimmerman to Count Won Bern
torn and that one Of these documents
lcaGS on instructions sent to Sekunna
nd Chakrsberty through Wolf Won Igel.
member Of the German Ambassador s
official family and erstwhile assistant to
Capt Fritz Won Papen. recalled military
attachc.
Whether that Is so or not. IL u said
mat Instructions were conveyed to Sc
lunna from Herr Zimmerman and that
'hosc Instructions were intended to give
ucw impetus to plans already mapped out
'or causing rebellons In the Far East.
Whether they included the Philippines
nobody in position to know would as
SIT nor would they deny. But the au-
thor.tes have, in connection with the
documents seized in the Oriental house
on l2Oth street and in a safe deposit
vault in the Guaranty Trust Company.
and also In the so-called Won Igel papers
seized IN pa nan'a n0ica In G0
Wall street more than a year ago. ev'-
dence TO show the details of a long con-
tnued conspiracy to start rebellion in
india
Received Money in Berlin.
nr Chakraberty received money in
Berlin. whittier he went more than a
year ago posing as a Persian and carry
'ns Persian passport. He also re-
rived money from Won Igel. who was
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury a
year ago on charge Of conspiring with
apt, Won Papen and others to blow up
the Welland Canal. Despite the indict-
ment hanging over him Won Igel was
permitted 10 sail with Count Won Bern.
Sorf on the Frederik VIII. several
weeks ago
Won lsel was the go-between acting
e'ween higher officials OF the German
Hovernmcnt In this country and the two
oefendants, Sekunna and Chakraberty
He paid them more than $4,000, hui
only part of that money went TOWARD
carrying out the projects mapped out by
the German General War Staff. A gooc
part Of 1t went to the purchase and thu
"uthtting Of the house in l20th street
namely 10000.
In addition $4,000 went toward tn,
purchase and the equipping Of another
n mouse in Seventy-seventh street. which
y was TO he used as Hindu club Th'
'oVornment now charges the headquar
,ers of the military enterprise agains
india were in this city and were main
lslned by the two defendants. The de
iendduts, however. say they simply wer,
using the German Government for cas-,
money.
Gigantic Conspiracy Seen.
The view Of the gigantic conspiracy. al
Set forth by the police and the Fedora
authorities, is that German agents wer'
WORKING for months to start seditiou
nprlsngs in India. That was one par
o' the plan, and the second came when 1
seemed likely that with the break be
tween the United States and German,
mis- country would enter the war. TheT
others plans we're mapped out, but wha
~ 'hese were have not been revealed a
yet
The two defendants, both small men
Ioomed as striking and picturesque
'naractcrs as the story Of their doing
and their plottngs was set forth b
capt Tunney Of the bomb squad afte
Inc two men had been subjected 4
Twelve hours Of merciless examination
sekunna, short and slender, gives tn
impression Of being q high class Ger
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