New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Okuma and Terauchi Fig
ure in Hindu Core
spondence
Revolt Against
British Planned
World Conspiracy Is Re"
vealed at Trial in Bern
storf Notes
n.r ri.c Associated Pres.

San iSH4>NlHNfV, tSp. AiS
United States government made public
here day intercepted German dipo
matte correspondence intended to show
how German Vaccinations carried a
band of so-called Hindu plotters into
the private audiences of ministers and
statesmen, and financed lavishly their
aims toward revolution in British
India.
Secret papers introduced by the gov
eminent purported to show that Sir
Rabindranath Tagore, British knight
and winner Of the Nobel prize for
poetry, had enlisted the interest of
Counts Okuma and Terauchi, former
Premier and Premier respectively, in
the movement to establish an indie
pendent government in India. The in
tercepted CORES spondence, however
was indefinite as to the connections be-
tween the Japanese statesmen and the
alleged Hindu conspirators. The name
of WI Ting fang, former Chinese Min
ister to the United States, also was
mentioned in the documents as one of
the persons with whom Sir Rabndra-
nath had obtained a friendly inter
view.
The papers were all introduced by
the government in closing its case
with fomenting revolution against a
friendly power.
Correspondence Dated at Rye
The correspondence, sent on from
Washington, was dated for the most
part at Rye, n. Y, at one time the
summer headquarters Of the German
Embassy. 1t recounted alleged favor
able interviews that Tagore had with
Okuma. and Terauchi; the difficulties
Wa Ting-fang found in acting favor
ably because of the influence of DR..
Sun Yat-sen, former President of
China, and revealed the hitherto hid
den source of Hindu funds.
Most of the messages were in cryptic
phrases. Mystery surrounds the iden-
} tity OF the authors, as only one of them
was signed-that one by Count Won
Bernstorff, former German Ambassador
to the United states-and was ad
dressed to Alfred Zimmermann, former
German Secretary Of State for For
eign Affairs. 1t is known that this
message, as well as others alleged to
have passed between Won Bernstorff
and Zimmerman, went through the
hands of Count Won Luxburg, former
German Ambassador to Argentina.
Pan-Asiatic League Plans
Among the activities which grew out
Of the conspiracy as recorded in the
documents, was the organization of
the Pan-Asiatic League and other asso-
cations, the secret publication and dis
tributlon of thousands of pamphlets
and books to further the ends of the
alleged conspiracy, the proposed pur-
z chase of two Japanese daily newspa-
pers to spread propaganda, the delivery
OF arms to India, the recruiting of
bands of men throughout the world to
|. engage in the proposed revolution and
j enlistment of the sympathies of the
congodos party, represented to be a
strong body OF colored fighting men in
South America.
Throughout the documents runs
tnread OF mystery. Very secret" was
the eading of one message. Others re-
Sister One message related details
OF an attack made on the writer in
Washington. He was struck on the
head and "the blow turned parts of
my body completely white" he wrote.
Publication of the letters, which
arew the name of Sir Rabindranath
INTO the conspiracy for the first time
recalled an attempted attack upon the
hlndu philosopher while he was here
on lecture tour. A Hindu attempted
Z, 10 attack him at a hotel entrance.
hereafter Sir Rabindranath was pro-
Vlded with bodyguard He was re-
ported to have been made the subiect.
N his tour of the country. of accusa-
uons by various revolutionary ele-
ments that he was friendly to the Brit
lsh government. His title was cited az
evidence that he had no sympathy with
revolutionists
/. The identity Of all OF the addresses
IS unknown. Most of the messages
were addressed to II. Eisenhuth, Co
penhagen; Il. Sachse, Rotterdam, and
Il. n. G. differs, at Amsterdam.
! The names of these persons have
never appeared in previous published
reports of diplomatic messages.
Germans Gave Key TO Code
The documents were decoded by
means OF a special diplomatic code pre-
pared by the German Foreign Office,
me key to which was given the State
Department by the German Embassy
before Americas declaration of war.
me defence stipulated that the trans
'ation Of the documents was correct.
IN addition to bringing into the con-
spiacy tae names OF the world re-
nowned men the documents showed,
ehe prosecution contended that the CON
sspiracy had ramifed to all portions of
s1 sae world-into India, Japan, China
aexleo, British Guinea, the West In
ss'es' Africa, Sumatra, Canada, South
'Huesica, Burma and other places
h., some ON OF the documents introduced
~ 'he government follow:
dateo X. Sachse, Rotterdam, under
sWe ssSie OF January 21. 1916, unsigned
printsa rim are going to have pamphlets
America '''T Tbsy e,fSu'ased ,v;i1 q IN and from
cretly" puo''shco Sc
Nav N,o . II, z. Eisenhuth, under date Of
Of isy ~. = 1916. unsigned The interests asv is
bun s0 Of fsgaafse TnEi@ l 81, Yamato Shin
saollshed sua in Kyoto--and the gIodipn, Indipns
era,i"us era i"ueual' but they asked for consid |
n,a.lons noaas on account of finances. If is
sssenssary sss noo to give the committee here
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