The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-27

where the "pundit" class seeks to
usurp the powet hitherto exercised by
the British raj. "A.
Then the Slim Feiners and disgrunt-
led Iiish saw their chance TO make
trouble for the hated England and they
began gathering money for the con.
spirators. In common with most plots
Of this type the conspiracy came to
nothing until the outbreak of the Great
War Then Germany, seeking for a
weak place in the British empire--the
only foe the kaiserbund really feared
began pouring money into the mort
bund conspiracy, and it took on fresh
life and vigor. Y>... 80. ' Ivy. v.
Secret Service Gets Busy -.
Uncle Sans secret service men were
soon appraised of it's flourishing state,
but until the entry of the United
States into the war they could do moth.
ing. However, last April, the depart
ment of justice eabled to the local au-
thories telling them to get on the trail
of two suspects down here. Neither
of these men was prominent in the
councils of the conspiracy, but they
proved good leads, and the evidence
which was collected here led finally to
the arrest Of Albert Wehde, an art
dealer of Chicago, by Marshal Smiddy.
Incidentally II also led to the dis
coyery OF branch headquarters in
Toxic and q second branch, closely af-
filiated with the Wilhelmstrasse, in
Switzerland. But the trail was still
cluttered up with many things that
held the federal authorities on the
mainland from action, and when Mar
shall Smiddy took Wehde through San
Francisco on his way to Chicago, the
official was forced to spend much of his
time in the Coast city telling the San
Francisco grand jury all that had been
discovered down here Of the conspiracy.
These and other disclosures led the
secret service men Alright, and on July
8 came the formal announcement Of the
indictment of l05 suspects by the fed,
eral grand jury in San Francisco. The
Huns indicted, according to the first
reports included nformer German con.
suls at Honolulu and Manilan, Captain
Won Papen. former military attache at
Washington, aud well known Hindus
in San Francisco aud elswhere on the
mainland. Among the Germans i'm.
plicated are Leopold Miehels, multi.
millionaire of San Francisco, Louis T,
Hengstler San Francisco attorney,
Robert Capelle, agent for the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company,
and the well known criminals Franz
Bopp, former German consul at San
Francisco, +. II. won Setback, former
yice-consul, Hans Tauseher, husband of
the singer, Gadski, Ram Chandra, edi-
tor Of the "Hindustan Gadar", and
other Hindus, .'-....
Then came the further announcement
OF additional indictments, in which ap
pear the names of .fGeorg Roediek j.
and HI. r. Schroeder" This list as
given by the Examiner, and subsequent
lily verified by the Associated Press fol-
lows IN full. The spelling OF the name
" Roedeik /" and the mistake in the
initials of Schroeder, are believed to
have beep errors in the newspaper of,
The sorcalled t'Hindu Plot Case" In
Which Ram Chandra and his Hindu as
sociates, dupes of the Huns, are impli-
Gated, is linked closely, according to
the reports from the mainland, with
the so,ealied Sacramento case" In
some instances the charges are inter,
woven. ;. .... - Y.
The original Sacramento iudict,
ment" charging that in violation OF
the neutrality laws the steamship Sac.
ramento was loaded with supplies for
German warship, and sailed from thi;
port having given q false manifest
was returned two years ago, and il
scheduled for trial in October.
Gases Are interviewer, ..., ..
While investigating the g Hindu plot