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	He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Jung \|first=Moon-Kie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e3y8AlqS-HsC \|title=Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii's Interracial Labor Movement \|date=2006 \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|isbn=978-0-231-13534-4 \|pages=19 \|language=en}}</ref> Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.		He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Jung \|first=Moon-Kie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e3y8AlqS-HsC \|title=Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii's Interracial Labor Movement \|date=2006 \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|isbn=978-0-231-13534-4 \|pages=19 \|language=en}}</ref> Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.

	His secretary was involved in meeting the {{SS\|Maverick}} during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=GREANEY \|first=EDWARD \|date=1976 \|title=Hawaii's Big Six: A Cyclical Saga ~~\|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.553.2825&rep=rep1&type=pdf~~ \|journal=University of Hawaii Press\|citeseerx=10.1.1.553.2825 }}</ref> Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August ~~2010~~}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.		His secretary was involved in meeting the {{SS\|Maverick}} during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=GREANEY \|first=EDWARD \|date=1976 \|title=Hawaii's Big Six: A Cyclical Saga \|journal=University of Hawaii Press\|citeseerx=10.1.1.553.2825 }}</ref> Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August 2022}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.

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	~~{{Unreferenced\|biography\|date=January 2007}}~~		'''George Rodiek''' was one of the defendants in the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy Trial]] in [[San Francisco]], 1918.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bernays \|first=Wiener, Frederick \|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1140308694 \|title=German Sugar's Sticky Fingers \|date=1982 \|publisher=Honolulu, Hawaiian Historical Society \|oclc=1140308694}}</ref>
	'''George Rodiek''' was one of the defendants in the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy Trial]] in [[San Francisco]], 1918.

	A former [[Bremen]] [[tobacco]] clerk, Rodiek migrated to Hawaii and took up a position with Hackfeld & Co in 1891. He became a naturalised United States citizen. In 1896 opened the [[Hilo]] branch of the company, and became a director in 1900. He had six children.		A former [[Bremen]] [[tobacco]] clerk, Rodiek migrated to Hawaii and took up a position with Hackfeld & Co in 1891. He became a naturalised United States citizen. In 1896 opened the [[Hilo]] branch of the company, and became a director in 1900. He had six children.
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	In 1903 he built the [[Walker Estate]], in the upper [[Nuuanu Valley]]. Originally this was a two-story home with a series of gardens featuring ferns, rocks, and orchards generally regarded as the oldest formal [[Japanese garden]] in [[Honolulu]].		In 1903 he built the [[Walker Estate]], in the upper [[Nuuanu Valley]]. Originally this was a two-story home with a series of gardens featuring ferns, rocks, and orchards generally regarded as the oldest formal [[Japanese garden]] in [[Honolulu]].

	He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul. Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.		He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Jung \|first=Moon-Kie \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e3y8AlqS-HsC \|title=Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii's Interracial Labor Movement \|date=2006 \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|isbn=978-0-231-13534-4 \|pages=19 \|language=en}}</ref> Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.

	His secretary was involved in meeting the {{SS\|Maverick}} during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]]. Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August 2010}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.		His secretary was involved in meeting the {{SS\|Maverick}} during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=GREANEY \|first=EDWARD \|date=1976 \|title=Hawaii's Big Six: A Cyclical Saga \|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.553.2825&rep=rep1&type=pdf \|journal=University of Hawaii Press\|citeseerx=10.1.1.553.2825 }}</ref> Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August 2010}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.

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	'''George Rodiek''' was one of the defendants in the [[~~Hindu German~~ Conspiracy Trial]], in [[San Francisco]], 1918.		'''George Rodiek''' was one of the defendants in the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy Trial]] in [[San Francisco]], 1918.

	A former [[Bremen]] [[tobacco]] clerk, Rodiek migrated to [[Hawaii]] and took up a position with Hackfeld & Co in 1891. He became a naturalised [[United States]] citizen. In 1896 opened the [[Hilo]] branch of the company, and became a director in 1900. He had six children.		A former [[Bremen]] [[tobacco]] clerk, Rodiek migrated to Hawaii and took up a position with Hackfeld & Co in 1891. He became a naturalised United States citizen. In 1896 opened the [[Hilo]] branch of the company, and became a director in 1900. He had six children.

	In 1903 he built the [[Walker Estate]], in the upper [[Nuuanu Valley]]. Originally this was a two-story home with a series of gardens featuring ferns, rocks, and orchards generally regarded as the oldest formal [[Japanese garden]] in [[Honolulu]].		In 1903 he built the [[Walker Estate]], in the upper [[Nuuanu Valley]]. Originally this was a two-story home with a series of gardens featuring ferns, rocks, and orchards generally regarded as the oldest formal [[Japanese garden]] in [[Honolulu]].
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	He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul. Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.		He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul. Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.

	His secretary was involved in meeting the ~~''[[~~SS Maverick~~]]''~~ during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]]. Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August 2010}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.		His secretary was involved in meeting the {{SS\|Maverick}} during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj\|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]]. Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of the 1930s\|Neutrality Act]] {{Which\|date=August 2010}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[~~Hindu-German~~ Conspiracy]]		*[[Hindu–German Conspiracy]]
	*[[Annie Larsen affair]]		*[[Annie Larsen affair]]
	{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}		{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}

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{{Unreferenced|biography|date=January 2007}}
'''George Rodiek''' was one of the defendants in the [[Hindu German Conspiracy Trial]], in [[San Francisco]], 1918.

A former [[Bremen]] [[tobacco]] clerk, Rodiek migrated to [[Hawaii]] and took up a position with Hackfeld & Co in 1891. He became a naturalised [[United States]] citizen. In 1896 opened the [[Hilo]] branch of the company, and became a director in 1900. He had six children.

In 1903 he built the [[Walker Estate]], in the upper [[Nuuanu Valley]]. Originally this was a two-story home with a series of gardens featuring ferns, rocks, and orchards generally regarded as the oldest formal [[Japanese garden]] in [[Honolulu]].

He was active in the community and by 1916 he was president of the [[Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association]]. He was also a [[Shriner]] and helped organise the Army-Navy [[YMCA]]. In 1917 he was made German Consul. Several German ships were seized by the Hawaiian authorities when their crews prepared to wreck engineering and navigation equipment, fearing a declaration of war. His attempts to have them released were backed up by the Secretary of State, but the Territorial Governor had not released them by the time war was declared.

His secretary was involved in meeting the ''[[SS Maverick]]'' during the [[Annie Larsen plot]] to send arms to revolutionaries opposing the [[British Raj|British Empire]] in India as part of the [[Indo-German Conspiracy]]. Rodiek was later arrested when travelling through [[San Francisco]]. He originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty of a single [[Neutrality Acts of 1930s|Neutrality Act]] {{Which|date=August 2010}} violation. He claimed the matter was simply a business transaction and that he had maintained his loyalty to his adopted country. But before the sentencing, a German naval officer's diary was seized, which placed the Honolulu consulate in an incriminating light. Rodiek was found guilty, and fined $10,000. He subsequently received a presidential pardon, but sold his house and moved to San Francisco.

==See also==
*[[Hindu-German Conspiracy]]
*[[Annie Larsen affair]]
{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}
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