The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-14

auuinB raise passports necessary n.
He replied TO Boy Ed asking why
former attempt did not turn out
properly :, and added he would avoid
further failures.
On November 3 the San francisco
consulate Informed him the men al.
ready sent to the Coast had been
caught, but their release had been re!
questeds p. ~, 4
A Boyd Plot e.. ,...asa. +
Boy Ed, according TO another entry
suggested the fitting out Of schooner
for Q radio master, presumablyN for
operation in the Pacific. but on Nov!
en1bet Informed the San Francisco
consul that the sending Of wireless
operators was impossible as Admiral
Moore had Informed him he had to
leave Honolulu harbor that night or inl
BY this time the name Of A. v.
kircheisen features In the diary eni
tries as = XIII, and Is mentioned
many times later, and the naval intel
hgence officials figure that he report.
ed to Grasshof and Rodiek,. also TO the
San francisco consulate and also 70
the embassy at Washington, during
which time he served as quartermasteI
on the China. In fact, ''K.17D also
represented the owners of the steam.
err Maverick ut Hilo, and contracted
for supplies for the vessel, for which
he paid. t'' 1a, .z.-s GI3 = -"
On November III Grasshof saws,
'fThis afternoon the consul came on
board with O DR.. ,Schweik from Manila
'and Psingtau. He has secret mes
sage. II will give him military pass.
port from July % TO August 10. Knorr
viii give him transportation beyond. ~
Then later he addsi "Have decided
not to give Schweik passport be.
cause kireheisen, the quartermaster. of
the China, warned me against him,
saying suspicion had been directed
against him, saying suspicion had beer
directed on Schweik on the China. Kir.
cheisen gave me and the captain Of the
Bommerh d radio code for sending news.
he (Schweik) claims to be a u. 8.
agent for the suppression of white
slavery and the opium traffic"
Enter Mr.. Kiebahns !, "a Nis...- n
On December 81 f. w. Klebahn en-.
tiers into the diary entries. He came
aboard the Geier and requested in.
formation concerning boxes of sport
ing rifles aboard the Holsatia, and
whether as cargo they could be sent to
japan or China.
Several months later, on April 25.
the washington embassy wired Grass.
hof to refuse to deliver the rifles, IL
they were partly paid for. as the Ger.
men authorities would arrange 10 pur.
chase them anyhow. He was advised
to drop them. down, "by courses g few
at Q time with caution in the bay and
let them be covered with care!p' ~.
Rodiek, according to Grasshof, wir-
cd the embassy that there were fifty
one shotguns, thirty-six stocks, thirty
SIX barrels and fourteen boxes Of am
munition. On the twenty eighth Grass
hof had a Conversation with Klebahn
and Schroeder about the weapons, and
they decided to inform the embassy
of the danger Of somebody getting
into dificultiesif the American author.
tiles found them on board. N.'',' /.
Going back TO December 90, 1914, he
mentions Naval Lieutenant TeIt arriy-
ing from Shanghai on the Mongolia.
having escaped from Tsingtau and both
he and an aviator were travelling as
merchants, with forged passports.
ON the same day the San Francisco
consulate wired him to get in wireless
toueh with the Cormoran, at Guam, to
transmit messages.
On December 20 he received a mes
sage from Washington asking If he had
received ANY information about jap.
anese transport reported to be taking
troops to Campeche (Mexice). Two
days later he wired Manila and Shang-
hal asking II the Japanese report was
true, and charged himself to request
kifcheiseh to get more information
while in Japan. The latter was to
wire arrived If the rumor was cor.
rect, and .Fleaying'I il incorrect. The
GofmofRn' caught his message and ask.
ed what he meant and advised him TO
use the navy code!'4, On January 8,
1915, Kfrscheisen informed him no Jap,
ahese troop movements or prepare
irons had been made. On January 90
GrasshOf transferred this information
to Washington. NN t-1a .' ..- ~
= q In order not to compromise HK.I7u
who was aboard the China, then an
preaching Honolulu, Grasshof enters a
note In his diary that he had decided
not 10 attempt to wire, to the man ON
board the vessel. There was more i'm
formation concerning Japanese rifles
found near MSpila, and Japanese old
rifles being sold TO Russia, the informa.
ton given him direct by "K.1Tt% sl
+ Another portion Of "K.I7's" com.
ninication on February 81, that the
Chinese crew of the China had brought
weapons aboard at San Francisco, os-
tensibly to be used in a revolt in Hong
kong. H'K-l7" was to ascertain the
real destination OF the arms, and stat
ed the organizer Of the gun handlers
was aboard the China.
Work Of tho Spy ..1,..
y Another portion of "Kl7s" com:
nfunication, to GtAsshof and duly. en-
tered in the diary, says that Chief
Steward Morgan (Australiah) aboard
the China was in kits" way. On
January F,p"K, 17n informed Grass
hof by wireless that two Japanese
transports had been sighted heading
southeast, when the China was about
2400 miles west Of Honolulu. ~, 90
On March 10, while the China was
in port Grasshof saw Kireheisen and
entered the following notes from the
conversations "'F't Holstein got three
n T.