The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-09-27
NEW 0UTRAGES ARE Barred BY
SECRETARY LANSING

Bernstorff telegram asking the Ger.
man Foreign Office for authorization
to spend $4,000 to influence Congress.
From Two Sources.
The latest story is told in a report
to the State Department from William
whiting Andrews, Secretary Of the
Legation at Bucharest and a letter
from Foreign Minister Porumbaru. OF
Roumania. Parcels and boxes taken
Into the Germany Consulate at Buch.
Arrest with display OF great precaution
aroused the suspicious OF the Rouma.
MAN Government. August 81. 1916,
the evening prior to the date OF Rou'
manias declaration OF war, some OF
the cases we're taken to the German
Legation. located in a different build.
ing from the Consulate.
Convinced that the boxes we're not
taken away from the legation by the
German Diplomatic Mission on It's de.
parture from Bucharest, the Rouma.
MAN authorities later ordered the 20.
lice TO find and examine their con.
tents.
Boxes Found Buried In Garden.
The police communicated with
American Minister vopica, then in
charge of German interests, who re.
luctantly assigned Secretary Andrews
to observe the search. The boxes
were found buried In the garden OF
the German Legation.
Mr.. Andrews's report says: 4.
Upon return from the examination,
which resulted in the discovery Of the
explosives and OF the box of microbes,
both OF which the legation servants
admitted having placed in the gar.
den. the former confidential agent OF
the German Minister. DR.. Bernhard.
who had been left with the legation
at the German Minister'S request TO
assist in the care OF German interests,
admitted his knowledge of the explo.
siyes 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
contained in the legation. and insin.
uated that they would have been
found even in the cabinet Of dossiers
which ! had sealed.
Protection shamefulIy Abused.
"The protection OF the United States
was in this manner shamefully abused
and exploited. In this instance, at
least, the German Government can
not have recourse to its usual system
OF denial"
Fifty-one boxes we're taken from the
ground In the garden. Fifty contained
each a cartridge filed with trinitroto.
luene. saturated with mononitrotolu.
enc. among the most powerful explo-
sives known. one-ffth OF each OF one
being sufficient to ear up a railroad
track. In the other box were bottles
Of liquid found to be civilizations OF
the microbes OF anthrax and CHAMBERS.
II bore a seal showing It came from
the German Consulate at Kronstadt,
Hungary. and inside was found a type.
written note In German. saying:
Enclosed four pitfalls for horses and
four for cattle. To be employed as
follows: Each phial is sufficient for
300 head To be introduced IL posi-.
BILE directly into the animals throats:
II not. into their fodder Please make
n little report on the success obtained
there. In case OF good results the
presence OF Mr.. Kostoff for one day
here would be desirable"
Documents Are Included.
Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom-.
banded his letter with documents to
prove the origin OF the boxes and their
contents.
1T has been possible to prove In an
undisputable way" he said. that be-
fore our declaration OF war TO Aus.
tria-Hungary. when observing neutral
ity and keeping up normal relations
with the German Empire. the person
mel OF the German legation, violating
all rules OF neutrality and all duties
Of diplomatic missions, introduced
clandestinely considerable quantities
OF an extremely powerful explosive
and civilizations of microbes destined
10 infest domestic animals. and In con.
sequence susceptible OF provoking ter.
rible epldemics also among the humas