Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
IRON HAND
APPEARS IN PLOTS
INVOLVING ALL ASIA
San Francisco Federal Grand
Jury Finds Evidence of Ger
many'S Attempt to Bride
China and Japan

SAN FRANCISCO, July ENEMY
agents were sent to China and Japan to
attempt 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 revo-
lutionary plots, in connection with
which 1873 indictments were returned
today, according to a statement made
tonight by John W. Preston United
States district attorney.
Preparations for war WITH England
were being made in the United States
by German agents and Hindu agitators
more than year prior to the outbreak
of the European war, according to a
statement here today by United States
District Attorney John w. Preston.
Two separate sets of indictments
were returned-9S. bearing on a world
wide plot to fome4 revolution in India
and Al on the so-called steamship Sac
ramento case in which it is charged
an effort was made to provision German
warships at sea. t
The so-called Hindu revolution plot
was summarized in a statement by
Preston in which he says: .r 81. =
"One hundred and FIVE men are in
volved. Ninety-eight have been indict-
ed and seven named as conspirators.
About half of this number are at pres
ent without the jurisdiction of the
United States. ~.
For more than a year prior to the
outbreak of the European war certain
Hindus in San Francisco and German
agents were preparing openly for war
with England. At the outbreak of the
war Hindu leaders, members of the Ger
man consulate hereand attaches of the
German government began to form
to an
cite revolution in India for the two
fold purpose of attempting to free In
dia and aid the Germans in their mill
tary operations.
''Hindus on the Pacific coast were
canvassed and those willing to take part
in the revolution were registered. Ennis
saries were financed by the German
agents here and Immediately dispatched
to Germany. Shortly thereafter what
is known as the India committee. an
adjunct of the German foreign office.
was created in Berlin. Among them
was Har Daval, a fugitive from the
United States in 1914. This India com
mittee had the personal attention of
Foreign Secretary zimmerman
Thereafter the operations. of the
plotters in the United States were di-
rected from Berlin, and the finances
were sent from the same source. The
conspiracy took the form of various
military enterprises. Arms and amml-
milton in large quantities were pur-
chased with German money. Military
expeditions were organized to be car
ried on from America and Siam. Arms
and ammunition were struggled through
China and Japan. The whole conspir-
acy was a we'll defined effort to create
q revolution in India for the purpose of
forcing England 4 to maintain large
bodies of troops in India that other
wise would have been for use against
Germany on the battle front.
THE evidence presents an amazing
display of intrigue at the expense of
the laws and hospitality of the united
States" -
PROMINENT MEN INDICTED.
The list of those indicted in the Sac
1-amento case includes Robert Capene'
local agent of the North German Steam
ship company; Henry c. Kaufman. for
mer chancellor of the San Francisco
consulate; Frederick Jebson, a San
Francisco shipping man. now supposed
to be abroad A. II. Won Setback, for
mer vice consul of the San Francisco
German consulate; +. Won Papen, for
mer military attache of the German en-
bassy in Washington; ]. l.. Bley, GUS
som broker; C. Bunker, of c. d. Bunker
& Co, shipping agents; R. H. Swayne
and John G.. Hoyt of the shipping firm
of Swayne & Hoyt; p. r. Thayer, ship
Senator Thomas w. Hardwick issued
from Sandersville Saturday state
ment in which he answered the critics
Of his recent address at Columbus and
declared that his attitude on the war