Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-06
GERM ANY ABUSED
US. PROTECTION
Secretary Lansing Reveals
New Plots.
TEUT0N MINISTER ADMITS ALL


lon,secretary Reveals In New Dis.
closures
How Germany "shamcfully abused
and exploited" protection OF the Unit.
I'd States by secreting in the German
legation at Bucharest, after the Amer.
lean government had taken charge OF
Germans affairs at the Rumanian
capital quantities Of powerful explo-
sivos for bomb plots and deadly mi
crobcs. with instructions for their use
In destroying horses and cattle, was
revealed by Secretary Lansing
This story Is told in report to the
state department from William Whit
Ing Andrews, secretary Of the legation
Mt bucharest. and a letter from for
eign Minister Porumbaru, Of Ruma.
MIA.
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display Of great prccaution aroused
the suspicious Of tho Rumanian gov
crnmont. On August q, 1916, the
evening prior to the date Of Rumn-
MAS declaration Of war; some Of the
cases were taken to the German le.
CATION, located In n different building
from tho consulate. Convinced that
tho boxes were not taken away from
tho legation by the German diplomatic
mission on It's departure from Buchar.
est, tho Rumanian authorities later
ordered the police to find and examine
their contents. The police commune
Gated with American Minister Vopic.
ka. then In charge OF German inter.
ests. who reluctantly assigned Score
tary Andrews to observe the search
The boxes were found buried In the
garden Of the German legation.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
Upon my return from the examinn
ton which ,esultsd in tho discover
OF tho explosives and Of tho box oil
microbes, both OF which tho legation
servants admitted having placed In
the garden, the former confidential
agent Of the German minister, DR.
Bernhard. who had bccn left with the
legation at the German minister's re
quest to assist in the care OF Ger
man interests. admitted his knowledge
Of the explosives placed in tho gar
don; told me that moro wore In the
garden than had been found; that q
still larger quantity had been buried
in the house Of the legation. and that
still worse things than this box o!
microbes were contained In the lega
ton, and insinuated that they would
have been found even In the cabinets
OF dOssierS which I had sealed
"Dr. Bernhardt also stated that all
these objects had been brought to the
German legation after our legation
has accepted the protection Of German
interests, which agreed with the state
ment Of the servants. A similar con
fession was made to the minister by
this man.
1.-THE protection of tho United
States was In this manner shamefully
abused and exploited. In this instance
at least, the German government can
not 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 filled
with trinitrOtoluenc saturated with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, among the most
powerful explosives known, one-ffth
OF each one being sufficient to tear up
n railroad track. In the other bon
were bottles Of liquid found to be cul.
tivations of the microbes OF anthrax
and CHAMBERS. 1t bore a seal showing
It came from the German consulate
at Kronstadt. Hungary, and inside
was found n typewriter note in Ger.
man, saying:
"Encloscd four phia,s for horses and
four for cattle. To he employed rs
formerly arranged. Each phial Is sui.
ficient for 200 head To be lntroduc.
ed, II possible, directly into the ami.
mails throats; If not into their fodder,
Please make little report on the sue.
chss obtained there: in case OF good
results the presence of Mr.. Kostoff
for one day here would be desirable. ="
Gets 16 Years For Killing Child.
William Shannon, the twenty.
oncyear-old youth who on Juno
"a, shot and killed Leonore Saylor,
the threo-ycar-old daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. Robert Saylor. at Sandy Ridge.
went into court at Bellefonte. Pa,
and entered p'ca Of murder Of the
second degree and was then scntenc.