New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-24
Report OF Andrews

Mr.. Andrews's report says:
upon my return from the examina-
tion which resulted in the discovery OF
the explosives and Of the box Of mi
crobes, both Of which the legation SER
wants admitted having placed in the
garden, the former confidential agent
of the German Minister, DR.. Bern
hardt. who he'd been left with the lega-
tion at the German Minister'S request,
to assist in the care Of German in
terests, admitted his knowledge Of the
explosives placed in the garden; told
me that more had been left with the
minister; 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 microbes we're
contained in the legation. and insinuat-
ed that they would have been found
even in the cabinets of Dossiers. which
| 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 German
interests. which agreed with the state
ment of the servants. A similar con-
fession was made TO the minister by
this man.
"The protection OF the United States
was in this manner shamefully abused
and exploited. In this instance at least
the German government cannot have
recourse to its usual system of denial"
Fifty-one Boxes Dug Up
Fifty-one boxes were taken from the
ground in the garden. Fifty of them
contained each a cartridge filed with
trinitrotoluen, saturated with mono
nitrotoluene, among the most powerful
explosives known, one-ffth Of each of
one being sufficient to tear up rail
road track. In he other box were
bottles of liquid found % be cultiva-
tions of the micrO0es Of anthrax and
glanders. 1t bore seal showing 1t
came from the German Consulate at
Kronstadt, Hungary, and inside was
found a typewriter note in German
saying:
Enclosed four phials for horses and
four for cattle, to 5e employed as
formerly arranged. Each phial is suf-
ficient for 200 head To be introduced,
IL possible, directly into the animals
throats; If not, into their fodder.
Please make little report on the sue
cess obtained there. In case of good
results. the presence Of Mr.. Kostoff for
one day here would be desirable"
Documents Submitted
Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom-
panied his letter with documents TO
prove the origin Of the boxes and their
contents. He said:
There can hardly be any doubt about
the way by which these substances
were introduced into Rumanian terri
tory. The very stringent police meas
ures at all frontier stations taken by
the royal Rumanian government since
the outbreak of the war and contlnu-
ally made stricter since prove su.ti-
ciently that these explosives and
microbes cannot have reached this
country otherwise than by diplomatic
courier"
THE royal government makes il its
duty 20 protest against these criminal
practices, and especially against the
use of the microbes, an Illegal weapon
and certainly worse than poison, the
use OF which was formally forbidden
BY the Fourth Convention Of The
Hague. as we'll as against this viola
tion OF the duties and Of the loyalty
which international law imposes upon
diplomatic missions as an exchange
for the privileges which are guar