The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
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WARNS WORLD To
DOUBT GERMANY
Proofof Use Of Deadly Microbes
and Hiding Explosives in
Bucharest Help De-
feat Kaiser.
NEW PLOTS IN y. S. SHOWN
Revelations Are Expected to,
Bring Early Declaration Of
War Against Austria,
Kaiser's Ally.
NEW PLOTS IN Y. S. SHOWN

EfENfsTNSsEF5es
Washington, D. c.. Sept. 25.-Public-
" as wielded by Secretary Of State
I4ansing; backed up by the adminiStra-s
lion andsby leaders in congress-. prom
ses tosbe an enemy even more potent
guns in wrecking the ambitions
of Pr~ussianism. The recent disclosures
rom b state department showing
hat Germany secreted5in the German
sgation at Bucharest after$the Ameri-
can government had taken charge of
~aerTnany',s affairs theres quantities OF
exp~losivesSand 3microbessof anthrax and
flanders, coming as they on the
ieeIs Of other revelations Of German
Austrian intrigue and underground
Vaccination in this country, in Argen-
Inc andselsewhere, are certain to have
] profound ~influencesOf public opinion,
sooth here and abroad.
insures Against Peace Plot.
First of all it is clear that in dis
closing these facts the administration
las made it practically Impossible Q
Berlin to enmesh the allies in the fake
peace trap, which IT has set. More
than aver anything emanating from
Germany will have to be backed up,
w strong guarantees before 1T Is con-.
ydereds worth anything. 1t is believed
that in giving out the Bernstorff de-
imand for $4,000 to influence congress
Ina the ~reVelaL1OnS FeldtlIlS 10 LIE
fendish methods OF Germany In using
deadly microbes that Lansing and h
president are determined to make 1t
emphatic to the people Of this country
the world that it is useless to talk
about peace with the. German govern
mentSas new constituted.
One important effect of the revela-
tions is certain to make 1t more than
ever unpopular for men in or
In public life, whether well meaning or
otherwise, to preach doctrines against
the energetic conduct of the war.
Means War on iAustrial
The disclosure as by Senator
King last week that the Austrian gov
eminent sought, along with Germany,
to influence American public opinion by
intrigue, has ~deepened the conviction
felt by many public men that 1T is use
less for this government longer to try
to get along with the appearance OF
peace with Austria, especially at a time
when the Importance of striking hard
blows on the Italian frontEis more than
ever obvious.
washington, D. c., Sept. 24.-While
there is no Indication of what will be
the state departments next disclosure
of German intrigue in America or else
where. it is known that disclosures as
sensational as any yet published are
being held in reserve n may be made
at any time.
Has Names Of Agents.
One OF the things the state depart
ment mas is a list of persons who re-
ceivcd German money in the passport
frauds, the munitions plots and prac-
tically all the other activities of Ger
man intrigue here which took place
between the beginning of the war in
August, 1914. and h entry of the
United States into the conflict. This
list is said to contain scores of names
and the amounts Of money represented
run very high.
To Back Up Evidence.
From time to time the department
also pfobabfy will lake public certain;
evidence to dispose of the deniais- Of
those who have been involved in the
disclosures already made.
German, Discovered, Confesses.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
Upon my return from the exaYni-
nation, which resulted in the discovery
Of the explosives and Of the box of mi
crobes, both of which the legation serv-
ants admitted having placed in6sthe
of the German minister, DR.. Bernhard,
who had been left with the legation at
the German minister's request to assist
in@the car of German interests, adj
mitted his knowledge of the explosives
placed in the garden, 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 1ega-
ton, and that still worse things than
this box of microbes were contained in
n legation, and instructed that they
would have been found even in the
cabinets of Dossiers. which had
sealed.
sDr. Bernhard also stated that all
these objects had been sbroughtsto the
German legation after our legation had
Il 49, Drv, - w..
terests which agreed with the state
ment OF the servants. A similar com
fession was made to he minister by
Germans Can't Deny ii.
1.-THE protection of the United States
was in this manner shamefuAy abused
and exploited. In this instance-at least
the German government cannot have
recourse to its usual system OF denial"
Fifty-one boxes of cartridges were
taken from the ground in h garden.
Fifty OF them contained a acar-
fridge flied with trinitrotolulene. sat
urated with Observation-Disclosures, among
the most powerful explosives known,
one-fifth of each of one being sufficient
to- tear up a railroad track. In the 9th
er box were bottles of liquid, Found to
beDcultivations Of the microbes of an
showing it came from the German con-
sulate at Kronstadt, Hungary, nj In
side was found a typewriter note in
GeE1nan,@sa5ing
Teuton instructions Found.
I'm closed "a psialsi for horses and
four for cattle. To be- employed
as formerly arranged. Each phial is
sufficient for 200 head. 70 be intro
duced. il possible directly into the an
irnals. threats, If not, into sheir fodder
Please make q little report on the sue
cess obtained there; in case OF good
results, thespresenee of Mr.. Kostoff fol
one day here would pc desirable"
German Intrigue Exposed.
Further disclosures OF far-reaching
German propaganda, fntrlgues pio!s
IN thIs country8prior to the diplomatic
breakewith Germany were made today