Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-09-27
SHAMEFULlY ABUSE
PROTECTION GIVEN
OoiNGs OF GERMANS IN UNITED
STATES DURING AUGUST,
1916.
Powerful Explosives and Microbes
Seereted on Legation at Bucharest
for Destructive Use In United States
Of Lives and Property.

for Destructive Use In United States
Of Lives and Property.
Washington. How German y
"shamefully abused and exploited"
the protection of the United States
by secreting in the German legation
at Bucharest, after the American gov
ernment had taken charge Of Ger
many's affairs at the Rumanian cap.
ital. quantities Of powerful explosives
for bomb plots and deadly microbes.
with instructions for their use in de-
stroying horses and cattle, was re-
vealed by Secretary Lansing.
1t was another Of Mr.. Lansing's Sc
ries Of disclosures OF German intrigue,
made public without comment in the
same manner as the Won Luxburg tel
egrams which have brought Argen-
tina on the verge of war with Ger
many, the Won Eckhardt letter from
Mexico City. and the Won Bernstorff
telegram asking the German foreign
office for authorization to spend $50,
600 to influence Congress.
The latest story is told In a report
to the state department from William
Whiting Andrews, secretary OF the le-
cation at Bucharest, and a letter
from Foreign Minister Parumbaru, Of
Rumania
Suspicious Aroused.
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display OF great precaution aroused
the suspicious Of the Rumanian gov
ernment. On August 27, 1916. the
evening prior to the date OF Rumanias
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 its departure from Buch.
Arrest, the Rumanian authorities later
ordered the police tof1nd and examine
their contents. The police communi.
Gated with American Minister Pop
icka, 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 Of the German legation.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
upon my return from the examl-
nation which resulted in the discovery
of the explosives and the box OF mi.
crobes, both OF which the legation SER
wants admitted having placed in the
OF the German minister. DR.. Bern
hradt, who had been left with the le-
CATION at the German minister's re-
quest to assist in the care Of the Ger
man interests, admitted his knowledge
OF the explosives placed in the gar
den; told me that more were In the
garden than had been found. that a
still larger quantity had been buried
in the house of the legation and that
still worse things than this box OF mi
crobes were contained in the legation,
and insinuated that they would have
been found even in the cabinets OF
dossiers which I had sealed
"Dr. Bernhard also stated that all
these objects had been brought to the
German legation after our legation
had accepted the protection Of Ger
man interests. which agreed with the
statement of the servants. A SINH
lar confession was made to the min
lister by this man.
"The protection OF the United States
was in this manner shamefuily abused
and exploited. In this instance. at
least, the German government cannot
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 a cartridge filled
with trinitrotoluene saturated with
Observation-Disclosures, among the most
powerful explosives known. one fifth
OF each being sufficient to tear up a
railroad tract In the other box were
bottles of liquid found to be cultiva-
tions OF the microbes Of anthrax and
g1anders 1t bore a seal showing II
came from the German consulate at
Kronstadt Hungary, and inside were
found a typewriter note in German
saying:
For Horses and Cattle.
Enclosed four phials for horses and
four for cattle. To be employed as
formerly arranged Each phial is suf-
ficient for 200 head To be introduc-
ed, n possible. directly into the ami
mails throats; II not. in their fodder.
Please make little report on the
success obtained there; in case Of
good results the presence OF Mr.. Kos
toff for one day here would be desir-
able.
Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom-
panied his letter with documents to