The sun., 1917-09-24
u. S. MADE TOOL
IN GERM PLOT
Germans Buried Microbes at
Legation in Rumania and
Left 1t to Andrews.
SeectL DespdfcA TO TEE Sur

NAbHlNGTON, sept. ES.-lHs S'ate
Department made public tonight official
documents revealing a plot on the part
Of German diplomatic representatives to
create all epidemic OF anthrax and
glanders among Rumanian live stock
and the population itself. II was an
other Of the series OF Mr.. I.ansing'e dis
closures of German intrigue. made pub
lie without comment.
With eight phials Of the deadly mi
crobes found buried in the grounds OF
the German Legation in Bucharest
with directions for the incubation OF
horses and cattle--was uncovered a box
Of high explosives sufficient to destroy
public buildings. bridges. railroads or
other public works.
The information was communicated to
the State Department in message
dated February 2, 1917, by William
Whiting Andrews. Charge dAffaires ad
interim of the American Legation In
Rumania, which at the time of the dis
closures had taken over the interests OF
the German Government in Rumania.
| Mr.. Andrews personally was present at
the exhumation OF the microbes and ex-
plosives and had a part in the interro-
CATION of caretakers at the German
boxes at the direction OF officials Of the
German Legation. He also obtained an
admission from the former confidential
agent Of the German Minister, DR.. Bern
hardt. that he knew of the presence OF
the microbes and explosives.
Worse Finds Possible.
The confidential agent also insinuated
| that had the investigation proceeded
| further still worse things than microbes
| would have been found in the cabinets
| OF documents which Mr.. Andrews had
sealed. DR.. Bernhard added that all
of the objects had been transferred to
| the German legation after the Ameri.
| can Legation had taken over the pro.
| lection Of German interests.
Tho protection Of the United States
was In this way shamefully abused and
exploited" said Mr. Andrews. "ln this
case at least the German Government
| cannot have recourse to its usual system
of denial
Mr.. Andrews included with his com
. municaton 10 the State Department
! formal protest from NJ Porumbaru. the
+ Rumanian Foreign Minister. and eigh
official documents attesting to the re
| suits Of examinations made of the con
tents Of the boxes
Formal Protest Made.
THE Royal Government makes II II.
duty to protest against these crimina
| practices" said the Foreign Minister
''and especially against the use Of mi
crobes. an illegal weapon and certainly
worse than poison. the use Of which was
| formally forbidden by the fourth con
venton OF The Hague. as well as agains
this violation Of the duties and OF the
! loyalty which international obligation
imposes upon diplomatic missions as Ar
exchange for the privileges which are
guaranteed them
The Rumanian officials were able &c
trace the manner in which the objects
OF frightfulness were smuggled into the
country and to determine the officials
involved The microbes and explosive:
were brought into the country by diplo
matte couriers while Rumania and Ger
many still were at peace and vert
stored in the German consulate at Bucha
rest. Before an opportunity had beer
presented for their use Runania declared
war The day before the declaration
the boxes and parcels were transferred
to the German Legation. II was noticed
by the Rumanian authorities that wher
the German Legation departed the mys
terious boxes and parcels were not taken
Investigation disclosed that the care
taker and another servant OF the lega
tion had buried the boxes at the direc
tion and with the assistance of Luciai
Adolph, an attache of the legation
Werner Won Rheinbaben. counsellor, ant
Rudolph Kruger, chancellor OF the lega
tion, now attached to the American lie
cation.
Andrcwa Sees Excavations.
Excavations were made nv the Ru
manian authorities in the presence o
Mr. Andrews. which the Rumanian For
eign Minister Describes as follows
The researches led to the discover,
OF % nifty fuses 'bickford' each tw
meters long, eacA OF them provided wit
a percussion cap made Of two grams O
illuminate Of mercury; (0 nfty boxe
containing each one cartridge envelope
in tin with a German label on It an
filled with one kllogram Of a substanc
which after being analyzed was foun
to be 'trinitrotoluens' saturated wit
mononitrotoluens.' that is to say. hft
cartridges containing in all fifty kilo
grams of the said material, and (3)
, box OF rectangular form bearing I
red sealing wax the seal OF the Germa
Consulate at Kronstadt ,brasao) an
the following inscriptions:
"'For Mr.. Kostoff--by courier--ver
secret--st Bucharest Fragile. For Co
Samargiefr, military attache OF Blu
garis.'
"Cnder this hrst envelope there wa
another one of white paper bearing
red pencil the inscription; Very secre
:: Through the intermediary Of Tela. Fo
: the Military Attacho Colonel von---.'
I THE name had been scratched O,
with an ink eraser: a very attentive e.
animation, however, enables one
. recognize the traces of the letters Hal
:. tin (Hammerstein).
'Tn the inside OF the box above
r layer OF cotton wool the following ws
! found. typewriter:
n "Tnclosed four phials for horses ar
four for cattle. To be employed as 70
i merly arranged. Each phisl Is suffice
Q for 200 head. To be introduced. II po
u sible, directly into the animals throa
= II not, into their fodder Please maj
little report on the success obtain,
there; in case of good results the pre-
ence Of Mr.. Kostoff for one day ne
s- would bs desirable
II "Under the layer OF cotton wool the
= were In all six small white wood
y boxes, each OF which contained a gla
l. phial with n yellow liquid. Exnmn
Y. at the meteorological institute
rt Bucharest 1t was recognized that
u phials contained cultures OF tho miorob
Of anthrax ana glanders,"