The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-24

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Deadly Microbes in Bucharest Leea
ton, secre tary Reveals in New Dis
closures.
Washington, Sept. 24.-How Ger
many "shamefully abused and eX
plotted" the protection Of the United
states by seTeting in the German
legation at Bucharest, after the Amer
lean governments had taken charge o.
Germans affairs at the RumanlaL
caDital quantities of powerful eXplo
sives for bomb plots and deadly mi
crobes. with instructions for their use
in destroying horses and cattle. was
revealed by Secretary Lansing.
This story is told in a report to the
state DEPARTMENT from William Whit
ing Andrews, secretary Of the legatfo1
at Bucharest. and a letter from tor
eign Minister Porumharu. of Ruma
MIA
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest will
display of great precaution aroused
the suspicious Of the Rumanian gov
eminent. on August p, 1916. the
evening prio" to the date Of Ruma
MAS do laration Of war. some CT the
cases were taken to the German he
CATION. located in a different building
from the consulate. Convinced thai
the boxes were not taken away from
the legation by the German diplomatic
mission on its departure from Buch9r
est. the Rumanian authorities later
ordered the police to find and examine
their contents The police communl
Gated with American Minister Ncp'c
ka then in charge of German inter
ests who reluctantly assigned Score
tarv 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 exam'na
tion which resulted in the discovery
of the explosives and of the box Of
microbes. both of which the legation
servants admitted having placed II
the garden. the former confidential
agent of the German minister, Dr
Bernhardt, who had been left with the
legation at the German minister's re
ouest to assist in the care OF 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 {
still larger quantity had been buried
in the house of the legation, and ina
still worse things than this box O
microbes were contained in the lega
tion, and insinuated that they wolWc
have been found even in the cabinets
of dossiers which I had sealed.
ssDr. Bernhardt also stated that al
these objects had been brought to the
German legation after our legat1ot
has accepted the protection of German
interests which agreed with the STATE
ment of the servants. A similar con
fessirn was made to the minister b!
this man.
The protection of the Uniteo
States was In this manner shamefuliy
abused and exploited. In this instance
at least, the German government can
not have recourse 10 It's usual - On IL
of denial
Fifty-one boxes we're taken from
the ground in the garden. FIFTY O
them contained each a cartridge ftllec
with trinitrotoluene saturated Wltf
mononitrot0luene among the mos
powerful explosives known, one-httt
of each one being sufEaient to tear VI
a railroad track. i The other be-
were bottles of liquid found to be cul
tiyations of the microbes Of ANTHRAX
and CHAMBERS 1t bore seal showlns
If came from the German consulate
at Kronstadt Hungary. and INSIDE
was found typewriter note in Ge-
man, saying:
Enclosed four phia,s for horses ant
four for cattle. To be employed a:
formerly arranged. Each phlal IS SUI
ficient for 200 head. To be intrcduc
ed. if possible, directly into the AMI
mails throats: if not into their fodder
Please make a little report on the sue
cess obtained there; in case of goot
results the presence of Mr.. kostof
Sor one day here would be desirable.