Evening star., 1921-08-28


to say: "The Washington people are
very much excited about Won Papen
and are having q constant watch kept
on him. They have no evidence
against Count B. (Bernstorf?) or
Captain. B; E." Boyd was q bit
to Won Papen. There was plenty of
evidence, a. he was to ind out within
q very abort time. against both Won
Bernstorff and himself. "a
Ono of the ambitious schemes of
Won Papen was the military invasion
OF Canada by German reservfsts. To
accomplish this he caused q ca0 to
be sent out for reservists to meet at
New York city and other stated
points. where organizations would be
perfected and preparations made for
the proposed invasion. the purpose Of
busy with fighting within the domin-
ion that sending troops to France
would be out OF the question.
At*A
THE response to his call for re-
=. servists elated Won Papen. Hun
dreds OF Germans gathered at the ap-
pointed places. Among the most en-
thusiastic were several United States
secret service agents. From the most
promising applicants. those who
could furnish the most unimpeach-
able credentials. he selected a number
whom he invited to meet with him at
conferences held at the German Club.
whore plans for the forthcoming in
vasion were discussed. Again the
secret service agents contrived to be
among those present They were very
helpful to him in the formulation Of
his plans-most excellent plans. but
Canada was not invaded by German
,Thers is NO doubt, from Facts gath
cred by federal authorities, that the
INVASION actually was planned. and
allowed to develop tR6kes would have-
been = serious attempt made to in
vAde our northern neighbor with
troops mobili1ed ON United States soil
Hundreds Of thousands Of rides and
stored by the Germans for the arm
ing Of their forces These war stores
were discovered by detectives at New
York. Chicago and various places
along the border.
According to. the plan Of campaign
outlined by Won Papen and his adj
vtsers q force Of approximately 150.-
900 men were to have heen mobiltzed
and organised into six sections. The
first two sections we're to have as
first was to sieze the welland canal
and destroy 1t; the second would
march on Wind Mill Point: the third
was to have gatherSa at Wilson, N. Y.
and from there advance on Port Hope.
Canada; the fourth would have pro-
Kingston; the Nth, mobilizing At a
point near Detroit, would have landed
near Windsor with the intention of
taking that city; the sixth section.
more powerful than 'others. was
signal was given and launch an at
tack against Ottawa. the Canadian
capital. A similar plan, involving the
use Of about the same number Of re-
servists. was discussed for the in
never was worked out In such detail
as was the Canadian enterprise.
A revolt OF Hindus against the Brit
tsh rule In India was another German
scheme which the busy Won Papen
was asked to work out, using the
erations. According to detectives who
kept in touch with DEVELOPMENTS
along this line. the Germans had done
some preliminary work among the
Hindus even before, the war began.
No sooner was tho. e.dghting under way
than q flood. Of German money began
to pour into Hindu pockets The pre-
limtnary conversations, it, is said,
were held in Berlin. It was there that
Shanghai and San Francisco were de-
Hindu-German conspir4torA. Three
yeare were to be given over to prep
arations, and in 1ei: the Diamond
Jubilee Of the Indian mutiny." which
occurred in 1857, a general uprising,
was schedules to take place: Various
groups of. Hindus sailed from San
Francisco for the Philippines. taking
quantities Of money and arms think
, Ing IT would be easy to- go from there
to India without having to answer
embarrassing questions from customs
and port authorities. Two ships. the
schooner Annie Larsen and the steam.
er Maverick, both of American reg
] tstry. though owned by q German
naval officer. were chartered by the
East Indian revoluttoniste..te3 carry
by the United states government and
was found to be laden, with arms and
ammunition. The Maverick. with a
similar cargo and a considerable num-
ber of Hindus aboard to superintend
its; disposition POI. and use IN Indie, got
when 1t arrived at Batavia, upon in
formation furnished. by the United
States secret intelligence.
=. +'* ,s.:
QUITE naturally the German gov
~ uOlHlu& IA6
fate Of the Hindu conspirators. It's
part was to, furnish money for the
purchase Of some hundreds of thou
sands of rifles and milliens Of rounds
Of cartridges and to deiiver-tAem to
certain groups Of: Hindus., .which .un-
dertook to distribute them among the
native tribes OF India for use against
the, British. . = Y :. so 81
In its inception It swss a:apsrisctly
legitimate war move Tie. manner Of
fensible. for the United States. which
at that time was neutral and sim
cerely desfrons -of remaining so, was
used as q base Of operations, The plot
failed because Of the marvellous eff
fciency of the American secret serv-
ice. which vone Papen regarded SO
contemptously. The leading Hindu
ccnspirators.were brought to trial at
San. .FranciAco. One talked too freely
and was killed while doing se ipsthe
crowded courtroom by couepaH1on,
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