Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-25
HUBER WORKS
OUT THEORIES
ON HINDU PLOT
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TO and ssCr~lary ca RudiEE
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10 ana secretary a. RudirE
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10 tie opinion % Attorney H.hS'
certain Germans here may IA -
been asAed 10 assist IN the plot az
tivtlles hy collecting funds from pr"
Germans "A the territory 20 assist IN
the cause In this way. Mr.. Huber
suFuises. the activities In connection
with tie Hindu plot might easily hsN"
extended to Honolulu. with the move
ment here headed by one or two ind
vidual persons Mr. Huber HoInts out
that money was one OF the greatest
needs Of those back OF the plot, and
believes that Hawaii might have beel
included if it was thought the move,
men could have gotten support among
Germans here.
German consular and diplomatic
agents on the mainland, thinks Mr.
Huber. may possibly have made 1t
point to interest certain Germans
here. and Germans passing through
this port may also have sought assist,
ance for the movement from local
sources.
[AIIOlLCl dNllhIlg lAol navy oSS--
rife here. says Mr. Huber. was the
wholesale purchase Of supplies. But
other than assisting financially, or
with supplies, M Huber does no:
think that activities existed in any
other forms. if they existed at all.
Attorney Huber calls attention t.
the case Of Albert Wehde, the Chicago
artist, who was arrested in Honolulu
and taken East by Marshal J. J.
Smiddy, where he was indicted for
alleged activities in the Hindu plo:.
1t is charged that Wehde's particular
mission in come ction with the plot
was to gather supplies of arms and
ammunition, which would be shipped
into India and used there by the Hin
dus when the time for the rebellion
was ripe.
No Information Received
The fact that the district attorneys
office has had absolutely no informa-
ton regarding the indictment o.
HCnolulans in connection with the plot
lends an air Of mystery to the case
which is puzzling Mr.. Huber, he &C.
mits
AIIOIuSy I1uOSE Is SIl4l VI Tue Opu-
ion that Rodiek went to the coast IN
attended; that is, not in the custody
Of any government official or secret
service agent.
Had a government agent been sent
to Honolulu to escort Mr.. Rodiek to
the coast, he certainly would have
made his presence known to this Of
flee or to the marshal's office" says
Mr. Huber. II know Of no agent hav
ing been sent here for Mr.. Rodiek or
for any other Honolulan."
Schroeder, who declares his con.
science is clear" was at work today
Rodiek is q naturalized American
citizen a9d has been pHomiAent in
Honolulu business life for years.
The local q. S. attorneys office
points out that the plot in question Is
not Of German origin, but that it had
its inception prior to the outbreak o:
the war with the U. S. The activities
began among well-educated youny
Hindu students at Berkeley and Stan
ford and in other colleges and univer.
stiles scattered throughout the Unit
ed States. With the outbreak Of the
war Germany saw a chance to appar
emily weaken England by financia;li
assisting the plot, the aim Of which
was to foment a rebellion in India,
bring it under the control of the Hin.
dus and establish q republican fOrm
Of government