The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
new OUTRAGES
ARE Barred BY
SEC'Y LANSING
Explosives Also are Secreted
In Roumania In Abuse of
American Protection
Boxes Containing Deadly Germs Un-
earthed in Garden, to Be Used in
Destroying Horses-Part in Plots
Admitted BY Teuton Minister.

eartheo IN Garoeny 10 BE OSeo III
Destroying Horses-Part in Plots
Admitted BY Teuton Minister.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-How Germany shame
fully abused and exploited" the protec-
ton of the United States by secret
ing in the German legation at Buch-
Arrest, after the American Government
had taken charge of Germany's affairs
at the Roumanian capital, quantities
of powerful explosives for bomb plots
and deadly microbes, with instruc-
tions for their use in destroying
horses and cattle, was revealed by
Secretary Lansing. 1t was another Of
the series of Lansing's disclosures Of
German intrigue made public without
in the same manner as the
Won Luxburg kilograms which have
brought Argentina Oh the verge OF
war with Germany, the Won Eckhardt
letter from Mexico City and the v0n
Bernstorff telegram asking the Ger.
man Foreign Office for authorization
to spend $4,000 to influence Congress.
From Two Sources.
The latest story is told in a report
to the State Department from William
Whiting Andrews, Secretary of the
Legation at Bucharest and a letter
from Foreign Minister Porumbaru, Of
Roumania. Parcels and boxes taken
into the Germany Consulate at Buch-
Arrest with display of great precaution
aroused the suspicious Of the Rouma.
nian Government. August 27, 1916,
the evening prior to the date of Rou-
mania's declaration of war, some Of
the cases were taken to the German
Legation, located in a different build
ing from the Consulate.
Convinced that the boxes were not
taken away from the legation by the
German Diplomatic Mission on it's de.
parture from Bucharest, the Rouma-
nian authorities later ordered the po-
lice to find and examine their con.
tents.
Boxes Found Buried in Garden.
The police communicated with
American Minister Vopica, then in
charge of German interests, who re,
assigned Secretary Andrews
to observe the search. The boxes
were found buried in the garden of
the German Legation.
Mr.. AndreWs's report says:
Upon return from the examination,
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 gar
den, the former confidential agent of
the German Minister, DR.. Bernhard,
who had been left with the legation
at the German Minister'S request to
assist Il. the care of German interests,
admitted his knowledge OF the eXplo.
sives placed in the garden, told rue
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 were
contained in the legation, and insin-
uated that they would have been
found even in the cabinet of dossiers
which had sealed.
Protection shamefuIIy Abused.
"The protection of the United States
was in this manner shamefuily abused
and exploited. In this instance, at
least, the German Government can
not have recourse to it's usual system
of denial"
Fifty-one boxes were taken from the
ground in the garden. Fifty contained
each cartridge filed with trinitroto-
luene, saturated with mononitrotolu.
enc, among the most powerful eXplo.
sives known, one-fifth of each of one
being sufficient to ear up a railroad
track. In the other box we're bottles
of liquid found to be civilizations of
the microbes of anthrax and glanders.
1t bore a seal showing it came from
the German Consulate at Kronstadt,
Hungary, and inside was found type
written note in German, saying:
Enclosed four phials for horses and
four for cattle. To be employed as
follows: Each phial is sufficient for
200 head To be introduced if possi-
BILE directly into the animals throats;
if not, into their fodder. Please make
a little report on the success obtained
there. In case of good results the
presence of Mr.. Kostoff for one day
here would be desirable"
Documents Are Included.
Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom-
panded his letter with documents to
prove the origin of the boxes and their
contents.
ut has been possible to prove in an
way" he said, that be-
fore our declaration of war to Aus
tria-Hungary, when observing neutral
ity and keeping up normal relations
with the German Empire, the person
mel Of the German legation, violating
all rules of neutrality and all duties
Of diplomatic missions, introduced
clandestinely considerable quantities
of an extremely powerful explosive
and civilizations of microbes destined
to infest domestic animals, and in con-
sequence susceptible of provoking ter
rible epidemics also among the human