The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-03
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rnder the abnve title ,hs lsnnaaiar
government has Issred n booklet con
talninE heretofore unpublished evi'
1sncs % cermaHy's trrarhery icwsra
Eumania and throwing additional
itrht upon the damnabie plots In
which the kaiser and his henehmen
have been implicated.
II wsn be remembered tina, Ger
many expressed great indignation
when Rumanja. ~ the third Angus,
~ the var renoun~ed her neutrality
toNards the central powers But after
relations had been severed and the
Gtsmsu d~iplofnatlc staff left Bukaress
Il was d~iscoVeref that Germany had
secretly violated her n~1urraliiy TO-
wards Rumania during these two
years ~ peace. II was committed
rlandestinely under the cloak Of
friendship. h instruments Of Il were
The accredited Representatives Of
Germany In the Ramanian capital:
and the hostile acts Of which the
were guilty we're aastarly and devil
isb. Ffsy Internal machines and six
test tubes containing cultures o. the
anthrax md elanders hacini had been
o eyed hy German diplomatic eour-
iers g~exer1pted by their international
privilege from tho scrutiny Of the
HumaniaR pollee) frnm ,he German
consulate At Brasso tKronssadD in
Hungary TO the Herman consulate al
Bucharest. These objects were some
time after the rupture. unearthed Ia
the garden Of the German legation. in
the presence u a member Of the
United States legation and Of the
Rumanian project OF police.
For some time prior to the break
between Knmania and the central
powers the Rpmanian government
M been attracted by certain ac,ivi-
ties % the German consulate az
nuknrest. which seemed 20 Il suspic-
ious. on several occasions packets
and cases had been introduced with
a multitude OF precautions n the
consulate. and had not Issued from n
again before tho declaration OF war
~ August. 1916. when a number OF
them were transferred 10 the German
legation. which at Bpkarest occupies
a separate position situated at a con-
siderable disiEnce fram the consulate
ia question. The Rumanlan authorities
satisfied themselves that the suspicious
cases had rot been taken Away. on
their departure, By the German diplo-
matte staff, and that consequently
they must stil remain on the legation
premises. The project OF police Of
Bucharest was ordered TO take the
necessary steps 10 cov the eassa
in question ana FOR the examination OF
their con'snis. The search was coa-
Quoted in the latter Of September and
the first part Of October. 1915.
When the German diplomatic staff
left Bucharest they left a porter and
a servant in charge Of tho legation
premises as caretakers. Upon being
questioned by the Rumanlan officials,
they stated that just prior TO the de-
parture OF the Germans they had been
ordered 10 burn the flags and any
thing else that might be lying round
loose. When the attention Of Herr
Won Rheinbaben, councillor OF the ie-
cation. was called to these boxes
which were In a basement room. he
stated thai they must be buried. The
porter and the servant assisted al
making the interment. They did not
know what the cases contained, but
were told. they said. 70 handle them
with great care.
DiRglnr az n place In the garden
the Rumanians unearthed 90 Bick
ford cords. with charges, and Then ''
metal boxes Of an elongated rec
mnguisr form. Their excavations al
another spot produced "a q OF rec
t8ngulsf form. wrapped In white pa
per. and bearing in red wax the seal
OF the imperial German consulate -
Kfonstadt This latter box bore ana
inscription In writing
BY KINGS MEssENoER' VERY
SEcRET' Not TO BE THROWS
EUKAREsT
For Herr Kostou
~ his Ponour
Tho colonel military aitach' 10
mo Imperial Buisnran Embassy
M Bucharest.
Herr samarsien
made the box. above . laver ~
cotton wool. there was a typ"vritiou
note IN German. ~ follows:
Herewith Z tubes for horHes and
..aa .attIe Eof uNe ~ directed.