Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
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MAVERICKS
VISIT, Charge
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master Of the vessel, was known as
Shorty. Hart collected a commission
for selling the boat, for selling oil and
other things He had interest in the
boat and the arms and ammunition.
Lieut. Won BrinCken and Ram
Chantlra shipped five Hindus who were
to sail on the Maverick under Persian
names, being signed on as walters at
81 a month. These walters were the
only passengers and the only ca1go be-
ing Gadar literature, a few picks and
shOvels, $4,000 of German money and
empty oil tanks. Bley-Jebsen and
Sauerbeck were in charge Of the ar
rangements in Los Angeles. Jack
Starr -Hunt was employed as purser.
Capt Nelson was in. command. He
died on the voyage.
The vessel then went to San Jose
Del Cabo and from that port cleared
for Java. She went, however, to the
Socorro Islands, where she waited for
the Annie Larsen. Some three weeks
had elapsed and the Annie Larsen did
not appear She went back to San
Diego, anchored outside the three-mile
limit and Nelson went ashore. There
he communicated with the German
consulate in San Francisco and was
instructed to go to Hilo. The vessel
arrived in Hilo in June, 1915, Nelson
being instructed that King George
would be the password used by Ger.
man agents and any person using such
password was to be considered a
friend. Captains Elbo and Dinant of in.
termed German vessels at Honolulu and
H. A. Schroeder of Hackfeld & Co.,
had been sent down by Rodiek, the
German consul:
Ships Fail to Meet
"The Maverick was supplied with
funds for both herself and the Annie
Larsen, which she was to meet at John
son Island.
THE Annie Larsen, being still con.
fined at HoQuiam, Washington, the two
vessels did not meet and the Maverick
went to Batavia. where she remained
until a few weeks ago, since being
reported to have been lost on the high
seas. Starr.Hunt was arrested In
Singapore by the British and was sub
sequently brought to the United States
and will appear as witness. Some
of the Hindus have been arrested and
prosecuted by the British and one will
appear here as witness This ends
the voyage of the Maverick"
How Germany plotted on a world
wide basis to stir up a revolution in
India was told fully by Attorney Pres
ton. The consular agents of Germany
in all parts of the world were used.
The Berlin Indian Committee, an. ad-
junct Of the foreign office, takes rank
as the directing head of all the plot
tiers, he said.
California, as the dwelling place Of
many Hindus. was naturally the fielG
for operations in this country.
Preston stated that the government
had evidence that Germany was pre-.
pairing to. help the Hindu revolution.
lists for many months before war was
declared against England,
Money Handled in S. +.
Har Dyal, former professor of Hindu
philosophy at Stanford University, who
fled to Germany after he was exposed
as an anarchist, was named as the
man who conceived the revolution and
who collected the first funds in this
country for the propaganda. He was
at work against England for years be-
fore the war. His work was taken off
his shoulders by German directed Hin.
du agents.
Ram Chandra, succeeding Har DyaI,
became the chief plotter in California.
When Berlin assumed charge Of the
revolution and started to carry the
thing through with German efficiency,
the German consulate in San Francis.
co. became the San Francisco head
quarters. Wilhelm Won Brincken was
appointed as the agent to deal with
Ram Chandra and other Hindus. Vice
Consul e. II. Van! Setback supplied
funds. Robert Capelle had 100000
Of German money to handle in this
matter. Capt. Fred Jebsen was one
of the men who. sought to arrange t.
get arms and ammunition to the Dor.
ders of India, In Burma, where the first
blow was to be struck.
That Germany's plot failed appears
70 have been due to the failure to
get arms and ammunition through.
Something happened" to each of the
three loaded ships started from United
States shores.
Interesting portions of Attorney
Preston's statement follow:
"A Berlin Indian committee was
formed as an adjunct of the foreign
office and Hindus we're sent from this
city and other parts of the United
States at the expense of the German
government to India to promulgate
the doctrine of revolution. It was
planned to scatter literature of a sedi-
tious nature to the native troops, the
distribution to be made by aeroplane.
Work Among Prisoners
"Barkatullah, on trial here, was
sent to work among the Hindu SOL
diers who had been captured in Ger
many to create disfoyalty among them
and to promise them freedom if tSey
agreed to take up arms against Eng
land. -,
The committee was to assist and
advise how to obtain recruits, to aid
in sending out missions and the allot-
ment Of funds and to issue instruc-
tons to the Indian revolutionaries
throughout the world.
Zone of the earliest measures taken
by Berlin was to provide leaders Tor
the New York Center to work in con-
junction with German agents in the
west.
c.