The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-24
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ter POrumbaru. Ot iumanla.
Secretly Buried.
Parcels and boxes taken INTO
the German consulate al Bucha-
rest with display Of great precau-
ton arou ird the suspicious OF IN"
Rumanian government. On Aug
usl -, 1916, the evening prior Ia
the date Of Rumania'S declaration
Of war. some Of the cases were
taken to III" German legation. ln.
Gated in a different building from
The consulate. Convinced that tn"
boxes were not taken away from
the legation by the German dip
lomalic mission on its departure
from Bucharest. the Rumanian All
thoritinS later ordered the police
to find and examine their con.
tents. The police communicated
with American Minister NopiCka.
then in charge OF German inter
rStS. who reluctantly assigned
Secretary Andrews tn observe III"
search. The boxes werc found
buried in the garden Of the Ger
man legation.
Andrews Report.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
Upon my return from the eX-
animation which resulted in the
discovery of The explosives and Of
The box Of microbes, both Of which
the legation servants admitted
having placed in the garden. The
former confidential agent Of the
German minister. Or. Bernhard.
who had been left with the lcca-
ton at the German minister's re-.
quest. 10 assist in the care Of Tho
German interests. admitted his
knowledge Of tho 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 Of tho legation: and that
still worse things than this box of
microbes were contained in the
legation, and inSinuatcd thai they
would have been found even in
the cabinets Of duSSirrs which |
had sealrr.
Or. BcrnEardt also stated that
all these ohjec;S had been brought
To the German legation after on?
legation had accepted tho pro-
lection Of German interests. which
agreed with the Statement! Of the
servants. 4 similar confession
was made 10 the minister BY this
man.
The protection Of the United
States was in this manner shame
fully abused and exploited. In
this instance, at least. the German
government cannot cave recourse
to It's usual system of denial"
Fifty-one boxes were taken
from the ground in ,hr garden.
Fifty Of them contained each
cartridge filled with trinitrnto-
luen" saturated with Mnnonilro-
tolucne. among the most powerful
explosives known.
piabolical Conspiracy
In tho other lux wrr" bottles nr lin
I'D found To- h" CIVILIZATIONS If the mi
robes az ANTHRAX ana ElandrrS II hnr,
seal showing II cam" from the tirr
nan CONSULATE ut Kr"nStadt Hungary.
md inside vas found n typ"wriItrn not,
II German. saying:
"lnCl"s"d four nhi:ls fmr horses anC
our for "attl" r" La employed as for
merry arranged. Each phiaI is stuff
lent ono head IT. II" inrrn,Iurrd. i, il
,oSs ill". directly into tn" animals
hr"ntS: If not. int" their fndd'.d. Pleas,
max" NIL" report on tn" SlrrcSS uh
aimed there: in cas-" IT g""d results tn.
'r"ScnC" of MIR. N"Slut for enc day her,
y"nld hr desirable"
Foreign Minister r"rumlaru accom-,
amid his l"it"r with documents I,
'r"vr III" origin uf tn" boxes and their
1T has h"rn possible, l." prove in ar
IndispGiahic WAY" h" said that before
'ur declaration If war IT, AlIStrin- Hun.
AIRY. Wh"n observing strict ncuIrality
md Keeping w normal r"lntinris with
h" German empire. tn" personnel If III.
;"rman legation. Violating all rules al
and All duties Of diploma il
uISSiUmS. introduced rlHud"Stin"lY con,
idrrhhl' Quantities nf nn extremely
'uw"rful "Xrl"SiI" and CIVILIZATIONS 81
nicrnl"% DESTINED To- infect domestic AM,
nal" and in ."nS"Tu"n"c susceptible
,rnN"EinG t"rrihl- "prdin"CS along tn,
human population.
"'Thrrr ran hardly j." any doubt about
II" way ny whirl thrS'. Substances wrr,
Introduced into Humnniau territory; III,
cry s>irin.:'u' r"lm" measures ~ al
'rpnti"r stations taEru 10y III" R"ya
,umanian government since tn" "ui
'rrnk If III" var AMI continually mad
striCt"r since" pro-" sufficiently tina
lI"Sr explosives and microbes could mo-
,nr" rcrrnrd this country otherwise
hHr hy rllp!nEr'tir r"uri"rs.
on tn" "th"" h"uI ihrr" can II" u
l"uhr that tn" :innl "hJ""i "f tn" il
'urtaIiun int" EumHnia MS aS nl",,
h,. ms" 10 which ,h"V ". assigned
Th" explosives and III" mI"r'l"s wrr'
l"stin"d IN II" used in Eunnmia. very
probably IN rIrm' "f peace. From all TIL!
I results tina; in Tim" NJ p"aC" ln"mhrr:
# ia" German l"satInu. covered l.!
heir immunity. prepared in ""nr"r
rith tn" Hul"rrInn l'sniiun tho p"rr"
rH ion az tn" territory "r / neutral An'
friendly stat. # plots directed HGninS