Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-09-26
LANSING IS STILL EXPOSING
German Plots and mtrigucs-ENplo.
sivcS and Germs Stored.

Washington, Sept. 23.-How Ger
many "shamefully abused and ex-
plotted" the protection Of the United
States by secreting in the German le-
cation at Bucharest, after the Ameri-
can government had taken charge Of
Germany's affairs at the Rumanian
capital, quantities Of powerful explo-
sives for bomb plots, and deadly mi
crobes, with instructions for their
use In destroying horses and cattle,
was revealed to-day by Secretary
Lansing.
1t was another OF Mr.. Lansing's
series Of disclosures of German In
trigue, made public without comment
IN the same manner as the Won Lux
burg kilograms, which have brought
Argentina on the verge Of war with
Germany, the Won Eckhardt letter
from Mexico City and the Won Bern
storff telegram asking the German
foreign office for authorization to
spend $4,000 to Influence Congress.
The latest story is told in a report
to the State Department from VIM,
w. Andrews, secretary of the lega-
tion at Bucharest, and letter from
Foreign Minister Parumbaru, Of Ru-
| mania.
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display of great precaution aroused
the suspicious Of the Rumanian gov
ernment. On August 81, 1916, the
evening prior to the date Of Ruma-
mas declaration Of war, some of the
cases were taken to the German le-
cation. located in a different build
Ing from the consulate. Convinced
that the boxes were not taken away
from the legation by the German dip
lomatic mission on it's departure
from Bucharest, the Rumanian au-
thorities later ordered the police to
find and examine their contents. The
police communicated with American
Minister Vopicka, then looking after
German interests, who reluctantly
assigned Secretary Andrews to OBJ
serve the search. The boxes we're
found buried in the garden of the
German legation.
What Report Says.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
upon my return from the eXami1
nation which resulted in the discov-
cry Of the explosives and Of the box
OF microbes, both Of which the lega-
tion servants admitted having placed
IN the garden, the former confiden-
tial agent Of the German minister,
DR.. Bernhardt, who had been left
with the legation at the German min
ister's request to assist in the care Of
German interests, admitted his
knowledge Of the explosives placed
in the garden; told me that more
were in the garden than had been
found; that still larger quantity
had been buried in the house Of the
legation, and that still worse things
than this box Of microbes were con-
tained in tt G legation, and insinu-
ated that they would have been found
even In the cabinets Of dossiers
which l had sealed.
DIR. Bernhardt also stated that
all these objects had been brought to
the German legation after our lega-
tton had accepted the protection of
German interests, which agreed with
the statement OF the servants. A SINH
lar confession was made to the minis
ter by this man.
The protection OF the United
States was in this manner shamefully
abused and exploited. In this in
stance, at least, the German govern
ment cannot have recourse to it's
usual system OF denial"
Fifty-one boxes were taken from
the ground in the garden. Fifty Of
them contained each cartridge
hlled with trinotrotoluene saturated
with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS among
the most powerful explosive known,
one-hfth OF each one being sufficient
to tear up a railroad track. In the
other box were bottles of liquid
found to be civilizations Of the mi
crobes OF anthrax and glanders.
For Horses and Cattle.
1t bore seal showing IT. came from
the German consulate 1T Kronstadt,
Hungary, and inside was found a
typewriter note in German saying:
Enclosed four phials for horses
and four for cattle. TO be employed
as formerly arranged. Each phiaI
Is sufficient for 200 head. To be in
troduced, If possible, directly into the
animals throats; If not, in their fod-
der. Please make a little report on
the success obtained there; in case
of good results, the presence OF Mr..
kostoff for one day here would be
desirable"
Foreign Minister Porumbaru ac-
companied his letter with documents
to prove the origin of the boxes and
their contents.
ut has been possible to prove in
an indisputable way" he said, that
before our declaration OF war to
Austria-Hungary, when observing
strict neutrality and keeping up nor
NAL relations with the German En-
pire, the personnel Of the German le-
cation, violating all rules OF neutral
tty and other duties Of diplomatic
missions, introduced clandestinely
considerable quantities of an ex-
tremely powerful explosive and cul-