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amongthemJodhSinghandHerambaLalGupta,organizedanop-
erationsendingrevolutionaryagentsfromtheUnitedStatesto In-
dia.SinghhimselfwenttoSiam,butnotbeforehehadstoppedfor
instructionsin Berlin.TheotheragentsincludedAlbertH.Wehde
(who headedthisfar-flungprojectandposedas acollectorofart
objectsandjewelrymerchant),MaxSchulze,andGeorgPaulBoehm,
aformerGermansergeant.AccordingtoBernstorff'sreports,Wehde
plannedto go to CalcuttatosupporttheIndianrevolution,while
Schulzewouldgo toBangkok,andBoehmtothePunjab.Thegroup
intendedtoshiparmsto a baseofGhadriterevolutionariesinthe
junglesofnorthernSiam;fromtheretheGhadriteswouldinfiltrate
theBurmesemilitarypolice,whichincludedsomefifteenthousand
SikhsandPunjabiMuslims,andusethemtoinvadeIndia.
WehdeandhiscohortslefttheUnitedStatesbytheendofApriL
InShanghai,theCentralOfficefortheIndianRevolutionexpected
themtoarrivefirstinManila,wheretheCentralOfficehadpur-
chasedweaponsandloadedthemonasmallship,theHenryS.
However,Bernstorffreported,thesuspiciousAmericanauthorities
inthePhilippines,whoseneutralitydidnotextendtoencouraging
Asiannationalism,refusedtopermitthevessel to leave.Therefore
theWehdegrouplefttheweaponsinManila,mainlytoconcealthe
purposeoftheexpedition,andboardedtheHenryS.whenitheaded
southonISJuly.Ittookonamysteriouscargooffthecoastof
Borneo,butshortlythereafteritdevelopedengineproblemsthat
quicklyterminateditsjourney.WehdesomehowreachedShang-
hai,wheretheCentralOfficefortheIndianRevolutionhiredhim
forothersimilaractivities;BoehmandSchulzetraveledtoJakarta
andcontactedlocalGermancirclesthatincludedtheHelfferich
brothers,EmilandTheodor."
TheGhadritebase inSiamfaredequallybadly.ThelocalGerman
consul,Dr.Voretzsch,andhischarged'affaires,Dr. Erwin Remy, es-
tablishedwiththeassistanceofthePekinglegationaheadquartersin
thejungleneartheBurmeseborder.However,althoughahundred
GhadritesarrivedtherefortrainingfromCanadaandChina,theplot
toinfiltratetherevolutionariesintoBurmamisfired.Theoperation
sufferedfrompoorinformationaboutthepoliticalsituationinIndia,