Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-24

many "shamefully abused and exploit ed" the protection of the United States by secreting in the German legation at Bucharest. after the American gov ernment had taken charge of Ger nany's affairs at the Rumanian capi- tai, quantities of powerful explosives for bomb plots and deadly microbes with instructions for their use in da- vealed today by Secretary Lansing.
 It was another of the series of Mr. Lansing's disclosures of German in- .trigue, made public without comment in the same manner as the Non Lux burg telegrams which have brought Argentina on the verge of war with Germany, the Won Eckhardt letter from Mexico City and the Von Bern Storf telegram asking the foreign of flee for authorization to spend s50,00O to influence congress.
 The latest story is told in q report to the state deuartment from William Eation, at Bucharest. and a letter from Foreign Minister Porumbaru. of Ru- mania.
 Boxes Found Buried.
 Parcels and, boxes taken into the German consulate at. Bucharest with display of great precautior aroused the suspicious Of the Rumarian gov ernment. On August 27, 1916, the eve ming 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 diplomatic mission on it's departure from Bu- charest. the Rumanian authorities la ter ordered the police to find and eX- anime their contents. The police ! with American Minis | ter Vopicka. then in charge of German l interests, who reluctantly assigned | Secretary Andrews to observe the | search. The boxes were found buried l in the garden of the German legation. |
 MT. Andrews report says:
 Boxes of Microbes.
 Upon my return from the examina- ton fhich resulted in the discovery of | the explosives and of the box of mi crobes, both of which the legation ser wants admitted having placed in the | garden, the former confidential ageAt Of the German minister, Dr. Bernhardt, who had been left with the legation at the German minister's request to assist in the .care of German inter- 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 than this boxes of microbes were con- tained in the legation and insinuated that they would have been found even in the cabinets of dossiers which I had sealed.
 fDr. Bernhardt also stated that all these objects had been brought to the German legation after legation lad accepted the protection of Ger of the servants. A similar confession was made to the minister 1y this man.
 "The protection of the United States and exploited. In this instance. at east, the German government cannot lave recourse to its usual system of lenial
 51 Boxes Taken from the Garden.
 Fifty one boxes were taken from he ground in the garden. Fifty of. hem contained each a cartridge filled nononitrotoluene, among the most powerful explosives known, one-f1fth 'f each being sufficient to tear up a ailroad track. In the other box were ions of the microbes of anthrax and islanders. It bore a seal showing it anne from the German consulate at <ronstadt, Hungary, and inside was aying:
 Microbes for Cattle. It
 "Enclosed four phials for horses f md four for cattle. To be employed -5 formerly arranged. Each phlal IS f uff1cient for 200 head. To be intro ; uced, if ossible, directly into the anil ! nals' threats; if not, into their fodder. ' Please make a little report on the i, uccess obtained there; in case of good ' esults the presence of Mir. Kostoff : or one day here would be desirable
 Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom- anied his letter with documents to , rove the origin of the boxes and their 
 Violated All Rules of Neutrality.
 "It has been possible to prove in an way" he said. that be- ore our declaration of war to Aus ria Hungary, when observing strict eutrality and keeping up normal re- ( attons with the German empire, the | ersonnel of the German legation, vio- I ating all rules of neutrality and all 8 uties of diplomatic missions, intro- c uced clandestinely considerable quan- ties of a nextremely powerful ex- c losive and cu1tivations of microbes r estined to affect domestic animals r i,, <,f