File No. 701.6271/9
The Minister in Roumania (Vopicka) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 10, 9.10 a. m.]
343. On October 4 the Foreign Office demanded permission to [search] garden of German Legation, interest of public safety, alleging presence of explosives. I protested on principle, stating that the necessity for visit must be proved by the Roumanian Government, and sent Andrews to accompany the prefect of police. Fifty one-pound tins of high explosive with fuses were found buried next the street, as well as a strong box containing six large tubes of cultures of the bacilli of the horse disease, glanders, which is communicable also to men. The servants who buried the boxes have testified that they did so under instructions from their superior diplomatic officers. Department will receive despatch with full account. A German left at our Legation in care of German interests privately informs me that other explosives exist buried in cellar of German Legation. I am not notifying Berlin of these events.