The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-27

case, in which 1t is charged that per.
sons In the interest of the German gov
eminent were attempting to start
revolution in India, and set on foot
military expedition in this country, the
United States attorney discovered adj
ditionai evidence in the Sacramento
case, with the result that new defend.
ants have been named, and other indict-
ments drawn. .. D." ..,ts
In both cases, according to United
States Attorney John W. Preston, Of
San Francisco, Robert Capelle viii be
named as a defendant. 1t will be
charged that he acted as financial agent
of Germany on the Pacific Coast in
both plots. ..a#@s,
according to the Coast authorities,
Miehels, the millionaire, supplied Harry
Hart with money. His friends claim
that he did not know the use 80 which
Hart intended putting the money. ~.
Once Owned Maverick, H.. r...
Hart and Michels were former own.
ers of the steamer Maverick of I'M
savoTy reputation, which visited Homo,
lulu, The sailings of the Maverick
also will play a prominent part in the
t. rJ>
Ships QUILTED On Coast ,s
The Sacramento, Maverick, Annie
Larsen and other ships were to carry
supplies and provisions and were out
fitted at ports on the Pacific Coast
J. Starr Hunt, formerly pprser Of
the Maverick, was arrested and held
in India, by the British authorities. He
was abont to be shot, when he consent
ed to confess the details of the plot to
the authorities. Accordingly, he was
returned to the United States.> .
United States Attorney Preston and
his assistant, Annette A. Adams, in
Sam Francisco, have been working on
anti.neutralty Investigations for two
years. 1t was while they were investi.
eating the Hindu rebellion plot that
they discovered that the steamers Sac,
ramento, Annie Larsen, Henry s. and
Maverick, which were involved in the
plots to furnish German warships with
supplies, also figured in the plotting
to stir up a revolt in India.
Preston said recently according to
the San Francisco Examiner, 'the plots
even. included the sending Of emissa-
ries FROM this, country to China and
Japan for the purpose of Nbribing the
press of those nations and making Sc
cret treaties between those countries
and Germany in the aid of their ex-
petition against India. These efforts
were abortive. They proved failures. -
United States district attorneys
throughout, the United States were in.
vestigating these plots, but Attorney
General Gregory recently placed Pres,
ton in charge of the entire prosecution
and authorized him to present the mat,
ter to the grand jury here. ~
Bopp Case Won Spurs II
This was done, il Is said as n re,
suit of Preston's success in handling
the Bopp case, obtaining convictions.
The gigantic conspiracy to incite re.
bellion in India had its inception in
San Francisco. A conference was held
by the Hindu leaders and the local
consulate and its attaches immediate.
ly following the declaration of war in
August, 1914, and campaign of the
Hindus on the Coast was begun.
Emissaries were financed by Ger
man agents here and despatched to
Germany. There the India committee,
and adjunct of the German Foreign
office, was created. This committee
consists of seven or eight prominent
IIindus, who had gathered. there in
contemplation of war. Har Dayal, a
fugitive from Justice from the United
States since March, 1914, was the
leader. ...
This committee was under the i'm,
mediae charge of one Wesendouk of
Berlin, the organization also having
the personal attention of Alfred Zim,
hermann, the German foreign secre
tary, who won fame by trying to en-
tee Mexico into attacking the United
States before war was declared against
the kaiserbund by this country.
Orders From Berlin =. . -.
Operations Of the revomtionists in
the United States were then directed
and. financed by this committee, order,
. being sent directly from Berlin b,
cipher dispatches and messages, -
, The conspiracy then formed and