The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-07
CREA GERMAN PLOT
IN HAWAII REV EALED
Intrigue Went on Under Very
Noses Of Officials, Diary
Reveals.

Honolulu T. H., (by maily Revela-
tions recently by the naval Intelligence
bureau gave to Hawaii the first ink
ling OF the vast scope of German in
atrlgue and plotting carried on right
under the noses Of government, civil.
military and naval officials while tho
German gunboat Geier and German
merchantmen were interned IN Homo
lulu shortly after the world war broke
out.
Based on the diary OF Capt. Karl
Grasshof. commander OF the Geier, the
revelations are an expose Of the yio-
lation of all principles OF interna-
donal law and a disregard for the
hospitality and refuge extended by a
neutral nation.
p Japanese cruiser was lying in
Wait outside the three-mile limit to send
the Germans to the bottom If they
vontured outside the harbor.
Centertng on the gunboat Geier
Ihe conspiracy was notable chiefly for
tined TO work up enmity between japan
and America. the Geier's wireless being
worked constantly, though she was in
termed. to carry orders from agent to
agent, to listen In on official govern
nent communications and to plot to
Dend home German interned sailors by
means OF forged passports.
eernstorff 10 in Diary.
The names OF Bernstorff, former am
eassador; Captain Boy-ed and Won
Fapen, sent home by Washington be-
oause OF their pernicious activities and
numerous secret agents Of the German
espionage system figure prominently
e the diary. The plot stretched from
washington to Shanghai, Manila, and
Hong Kong.
1. That an attempt was made to get
nen Irom the Geier home to Germany,
oy use OF forged passports.
That A. v. Kircheisen, quarter
master on the steamer China, known as
GerInan secret service agent Kilt car
RED orders and information to and from
san francisco and the Orient.
8. That the Geier's wireless inter-
copied government messages and filed
them away for reference using her
wireless in violation Of the internment
regulations
f. That desperate efforts were made
Dy the Germans to start trouble be-
tween Japan and America by the dis
termination Of false rumors, calculated
however to cause feeling Of suspicion
on the part Of the United States to-
ward Japan. One rumor concerned the
purported dispatch Of a japanese army
OF 100000 to a Mexican seaport.
Tried to Brighten Ally.
o.. The deliberate attempts also were
made to give rise to the belief that Ger
mans IN America We're planning an In
vasion of Canada, evidently with the
intention of frightening tie Canadians
into Keeping their armies at home. The
Honolulu consulate was Instructed to
spread this story.
g. That following the sinking OF the
Lusltanla preparations were made by
the interned Germans to disable their
ships, believing war was imminent and
IN 1act the Geier did destroy her guns
because Bernstorffs message not to do
20 arrived too late
z. That Boy-ed in a message from
Washington ordered the Germans to
spread the story Of a German submar-
Inc operating in the south seas, false
hood calculated to brighten Paciric
coast shipping men.
Captain Grasshof. following the dis
covery Of his duplicity, was examined
by military court and held in soil
tary confinement until his removal last
summer to Fort Douglas, Utah.
One item the diary revealed was an
attempt to stir up trouble for the Bit
Ism IN China. Another reference was to
1000 rifles buried in the environs Of
Manila"