The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
GERMANY ABUSED
u. S. PROTECTION
Secreted Quantities of Powerful Explo-
sives for Bomb Plots and Deadly Mi
robes in German Legation at Buch-
Arrest After United States
Had Taken Over Ger
many's Interests.
many's Interests.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 25.--How
Germany "shamefully abused and exploit.
ed" the protection of the United States
by secreting in the German legation at
Bucharest, after the American govern
ment had taken charge of Germany s
affairs at the Rumanian capital, quanti-
ties of powerful explosives for bomb
plots and deadly microbes, with instrue-
tions for their use in destroying horses
and cattle, was revealed yesterday by
Secretary Lansing.
1t was another of the series of Mr.
Lansing's disclosures of German intrigue
made public without comment in the
same manner as the Won Lnxburg telc-
grams which have brought Argentina on
the verge of war with Germany; the Won
Eckhardt letter from Mexico City, and
the Won Bernstorf telegram asking the
German foreign office for authorization
to spend $4,000 to influence Congress.
The latest story is told in report to
the state departmet from William
Whiting Andrews, secretary of the le
CATION at Bucharest, and a letter from
Foreign Minister Porumbaru of Rumania
Parcels and boxes taken into the Ger
man consulate at Bucharest with display
of great precaution aroused the suspi-
cions of the Rumanian government. On
Aug. 27, 1916, the evening prior to the
date of Rumania's declaration of war,
some of the cases were taken to the +,
German legation located in a different !
building from the consulate. Convinced |
that the boxes were not taken away |
from the legation by the German diplo-
matte mission on its departure from /
the Rumanian authorities
later ordered the police to find and ex-
anime their contents The police com
municated with American Minister Vo-
picka, then in charge of German inter
ests, who reluctantly assigned Secre
tary Andrews to observe the search. The
boxes were found buried in the garden
If the German legation.
Secretary Andrews Report.
Mr. Andrews report says:
Upon my return from the examina
ion which resulted in the discovery of
he explosives and of the box of mi
robes, both of which the legation ser
ANTS admitted having placed in the
arden, the former confidential agent of
he German minister DIR. Bernhard, who
ad been left with the legation at the
ierman minister's request TO assist in
he care of German interests, admitted
is knowledge of the explosive placed in
he garden; told me that more were in :
he garden than had been found; that :
till larger quantity had been buried in .
he house of the legation; and that still /,
yorse things than this box of microbes /,
'ere contained in the legation, and in :
inuated that they would have been
,und even in the cabinets of dossiers
-hich | had sealed.
"Dr. Bernhardt also stated that all
lese objects had been brought to the 6
erman legation after our legation had ,
ccepted the protection of German in p
rests, which agreed with the statement :,
the consul. A similar confession was !,
ade to the minister by this man. n
"The protection of the United States d
as in this manner shamefully abused r
I'd exploited In this instance, at least, -
e German government cannot have re- \,
urse TO his usual system of denial" =
Fifty-one boxes were taken from the (,
ound in the garden. Fifty of them con . :,
ined each cartridge filled with trini- E
otoluence saturated with mononitro- n n
luence, among the most powerful ex r. =,
osives known. one-fifth of each of one - J,
ing sufficient to tear up a railroad ~ -
ack. In the other box were bottles i'
liquid found to be civilizations Of the - -
icrobes Of anthrax and glsnders. II =
re a seal showing il came from the
,rman consulate At kronstadt. Hun
~. and inside was found a typewritten
te in German, saying: az
Enclosed four phials for horses and
nr for cattle To be employed as for
,rly arranged Each phial is sufficient Ia
: 200 head. To he introduced. II pos Ia
,le. directly into the animals throsts; Be
not. into their fodder Please make SCI
little report on the success obtained N,
res in czse of good results the pres in
se Of Mr kostoT for one day here -,
uld be desirable IRA
Foreign Minister Parumbaru sccompa- La
4 bis letter with documents to prove fro