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BERNARDS' OF HARWICH
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SOVIET PROSECUTOR'S BITTER TIRADE AGAINST BRITISH JUSTICE
AMAZING OUTBURST
IN MOSCOW TRIAL
M.P.'S CRITICISM_QUOTED IN COURT
VICKERS EMPLOYEES TO MAKE FINAL STATEMENTS TO-DAY
MOSCOW, TO-DAY.
SCATHING DENUNCIATIONS OF BRITISH JUSTICE. WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS BEING "ONE LAW FOR THE POOR AND ANOTHER FOR THE WEALTHY," WERE MADE BY THE PROSECUTOR, M. VYSHINSKY, WHEN HE COM- MENCED HIS LENGTHY SUMMING-UP AT THE CONCLU- SION OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE TRIAL OF THE SIX BRI- TISH EMPLOYEES OF METROPOLITAN VICKERS YESTER- DAY EVENING,
The accused, Messrs. Alan Monkhouse, Charles Thornton, William Macdonald, John Cushny, Charles Nordwall and A. W. Gregory, who listened composedly to the speech, are charged with military and political espionage, sabotage and bribery,
ternal affairs."
our in-
President Von Hindenburg's "Steel-Helmets," allies of Chancellor Hitler's Nazi Storm Troops, mar- ching through Berlin in the Grand Parade March preceding the recent General Election. of spectators thronged the route and cheered the efficient militia. (S. & G.)
ITALIAN PILOT MISSING
Forced Down In Remote
Part of Burma?
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED ON RANGOON ROUTE
Rangoon, To-day,
Vyshinsky commented upon the remarks made in the House of Commons on April 5, by Mr. C. M. Patrick, the Conservative Member for Tavistock, Devon, in which the latter, describing a Russian court trial he had attended said that the Court was an "organ of class war.”
In spite of the many festivities blow to them. We will not. allow of the Easter holiday, the Court anyone to Interfere in opened at 10.15 a.m. yesterday and the proceedings continued until
the Soviet Court because it was a There is no news of the Italian 11.40 p.m. Spirited verbal duels class Court. The British House of airman Signor Robbiano, since he between the prisoners and the pro Commons member, Mr. C. M. Pa-left Calcutta on a hop to Victoria secutors marked the proceedings, trick. had said that he was Point at 10.30 p.m. on Friday. It short bearing until the evening ashamed to see Judges smoking and is feared that he was forced down to consider a series of technical that they had to sit on a hard seat in some remote part of Burms. questions submitted by Mónk-fat a trial in Russia.
The Court adjourned after a
Capitalists, he said, did not like
house's counsel, Komodov, who "The difference between our Court asked, inter alia, how a plece of and the British courts, according metal could be inserted through to Britain, is that theirs is just not the protective grating of a tur-jours." he said. bine.
Many of the questions were dis- allowed by the Judge. M. Ulrich,
on the ground that they concern-
'British Accused Insulted
The Court.'
M. Vyshinski quoted Karl Marx.{ ed the Company and not the pri-jaaying that in English courts there
soners.
Only the speeches of the defence and the final state. ments of the accused now re- main to be heard, and it is expected that the trial will be concluded to-day. The verdict, however, is not ex- pected until to-morrow
At the resumption of the trial at 7.15 p.m. yesterday, the Court was packed, some spectators standing, when all seats were filled.
Wireless messages from Akyab, Saigon, Bangkok and Victoria Point report that there is no sign of him.
Flying conditions have been very had since he left Calcutta, with rain, wind and severe thunderstorms pre- ceding the monsoon. The Dutch west-bound mail] was one law for the rich and an plane yesterday reported thun- other for the poor. He said that in derstorms all the way from India, "the same third degree me- Medan to Rangoon. thods were used as in the case of
Lieut. Baillie Stewart, the officer of Signor Robbiano left Lympne
"We have the only true jus- tice in the world," he declared.
M. Vyshinski asserted that Monkhouse and Thornton had tried to insult the Court by abeying the orders in the White Paper," but had been un. able to prove ill-treatment.
Mrs.
WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COTTON FALLS
New York Exchange Estimates Drop of 4,000,000 ~Bales.
New York.
current
New York Cotton Exchange ex- perts to-day estimated! that the world consumption of all cotton
789,000 baleras growth for the amounted to NAN 20,635,000 bales last season.
Prospects of foreign consump Lion have been reduced by 1,000,-- 000 bales.
LOU GEHRIG
GIVES YANKEES
5-4 VICTORY
LUCAS FAILS CARDINALS
Thousands
VISITS TO ROME · MAY RESULT IN
NEW ALLIANCES
Trips Of German And
Austrian Officials.
| ITALY-GERMANY- AND AUSTRIA- HUNGARY PACTS
The announcement that Chancellor Engelbert Dolfuss has left for Rome aroused ex- cited conjectures In AustriaN and German political circles. The chancellor's sudden decision to visit Premier Mussolini while
VITAL DISCUSSIONS
IN WASHINGTON AR
STATESMEN TO CONFER ON WORLD PROBLEMS
WAR DEBTS, TARIFFS AND SILVER
QUESTIONS TO BE SOLVED
of
World interest will be centred on Washington in the course the next few days when President Franklin D. Roosevelt will hold a series of conversations with leading statesmen from Britain, France and Canada. Momentous results are expected from the informal con- ferences which will deal with the major problems facing the world.
The British Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and the French delegate, former Premier Edouard Herriot, sailed for the United States on Saturday. Invitations have been accepted by Germany, Italy, China and Japan, whose delegates will arrive later in the month. The conversations will deal largely with war debts, and will also act as a preliminary meeting to the forthcoming World Economie Conference.
Inter-Governmental debts, the silver question and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's disarmament plans are being discussed preparatory, to further discussions between Mr, Roosevelt and the debtor nations. Japan, in view of her particular position after her notification of se cession from the League, is now more favourably disposed toward the impending meetings in Washington than when the project was first proposed.
New York
President Roosevelt regards Canada as the likeliest country with which, to negotiate reci → procal "" pacis, which would
serve as a model for subse quent agreements elsewhere, These pacts would include agree. ments regarding tariffs and the limitation or control of wheat pro- duction.
Mr. R. B. Bennett, the Canadian
Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen Premier, will visit the White House and Herman Georing, minister soon after the arrival of Mr. Ramsay without portfolio, of Germany are MacDonald.'
Argentina will be asked to join at Rome was viewed in some quar in the proposed wheat pact and it
President Roosevelt.
World Champions Beaters as another development of
the movement toward closer union is hoped that it will be possible, to and credit policy, exchange diff- Philadelphia.
culties, the level of prices and the between. Italy and Germany and include Soviet-Russia in it. |between Austria and Hüngary, The Gold Standard. Įmovement of capital. War debts,
and reparations Central Europe has been seething
specific tariff The conversations between Sir rates are excluded. Congress no for weeks, with tension between Ronald Lindsay, the British Am-voted $40,000 for American parti Italy, and Jugo-Slavia and their bassador, and Mr. Cordell Hull, the cipation. respective'allies and friends and a Secretary of State, are now definite- revival here of the "anschluss" cry ly stated to have included ques- for union with Germany.
counter.
with the gold Einstein Will
Go To Madrid
Renounces German Citizenship.
Madrid.
New York. To-day. aerodrome on April 9 in an at- Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees' the Seaforth Highlanders, who was tempt to establish a new England-star batsman banged out his third recently imprisoned on charges Australia flight record ̧- lunder the Official Secrets Act.
--Reuter-homer of the season yesterday to
tions connected Must Revise Treaties. standard, the silver problem and give the Yanks Victory over Phila- GIRL BITTEN BY
The bonds of the little Entente shipping subsidies, delphia by 5 to 4 in a stern en-Rumanin, Czechoslovakia and Jugo- Mr. Hull has not pressed for an CHOW DOG.
slavia have been strengthened, immediate, return to the gold stan- The Giants were engaged in a there is a Fascist ascendancy in dard by Great Britain, on which Victim In Hospital.
tie with the Dodgers, the game be-Germany, a dictatorship of the con- The foreman of the Experts
ing called off in the fourteenth tre in Vienna and a still echoing the United States had previously! Committee read the answers to
Mareto of 154, Johnson
innings on account of darkness. hue and cry over an arms shipment insisted, but it is reported that Sir Monkhouse's questions, declaring,
Monkhouse had at first lied about Road, in a report to the Police last
Lucas, the St. Louis Car-
from Italy, ostensibly to Hungary. Ronald Lindsay agreed upon the dinals' new pitcher, cut a inter alia, that a piece of metal the length of the interrogation and night, stated that while her daugh-
All these spell to diplomats and need for estabilisation of currency. Dr. Albert Einstein, world fam- could penetrate the protective had then apologised. M. Vyshin-ter was playing on the foot path out-
sorry picture against the Cin- Journalists in this "listening-post| It is understood that Mr. Hull did ous physicist who renounced his screen and wreck a turbineski hoped that the Court would pay side the house, a chaw dog, owned
cinnati Reds, and the 1931
of the Balkans" a hastening of the not agree with the British complaint German citizenship because of the Tests had shown that the turbine no attention to please, the crimin-[by Mr. Saito of 74 Hennessey Road,
World Series Champions were time when revision of the with regard to United States ship wave of anti-Semitism in that coun failed to reach the standard of els, Monkhouse, Cushny and Thorn attacked the girl and bit her in the
overwhelmed by 7 to 0.
post-war treaties must be serious-ping subsidies. the guarantee.
ton, with regard to their treat right cheek.
Rain held up three games-Pitts-ly considered by the chancelleries ment.
The girl' was immediately treated burgh v Chicago in the National, of the old world. by a Japanese doctor, and later sent and Boston v. Washington and to the Government Civil Hospital. Chicago v. Detroit in the Ameri-position to the revisionist cause are the subjects, to be considered, in connected with Princeton Univer
can League. The dog was sent to the Kennedy
the Little Entente nations, France, the forthcoming conversations sity and lecturing. The following were the results their "big brother," and Poland, would be restoration, of the price Dr. Einstein, the discoverer of formed like them from the scatter of silver and control of wheat aur the relativity theory, is now 64 ed-places of the world war puzzle, pluses.
"(Continued on" Page 12.)
There was negligence in cor- recting blade, defects, and
the commission noted that one of the turbines in the Moscow Power Station was not supplied by Metropolitan Vickers,
At this stage, Monkhouse jumped up and said that he was not satisfied with the answers to his list of ques- --- tions. If the guarantees were unfulfilled, Arcos ought to have been notified.
M. Roginsky, Assistant Prose- cutor, said that they were not
Russian Prisoners
Denounced.·
M. Vyshinski denounced the Town Slaughter House for observe of yesterday's games;~~ ** Russian prisoners, Ollenix and Kution." tuzova as being among the most detestable of our enemies,”...).
He said that the Eussian accus- ed were natural sabotaguers, but they must not be pardoned although sabotage was quickly being stamp- [ed out In Russia.
The crimes of Monkhouse and Thornton had been too disgusting.” They were worse than the Eus-
trying the Company but its emaian prisoners, he declared. ployees.
Monkhouse replied that most
of the answers were directed against the Company and not
against the accused.
ESPIONAGE DEFINED FROM '
́ENGLISH DICTIONARY,
The definition of espionage was M. Vyshinsky, the Prosecutor, read to the Court from an English then began his summing up legal dictionary by M. Vishinski which is expected to last for five who stated, "We have an exact de hours.
finition: of espionage corresponding with the English definition?: He Reading from bulky notes, he de- pointed out that those sacking in-
"A. Class Court.”
formation regarding the political.
"Our enemies have tried to press sentiment of the people were not
too hard, and, I hope that the guilty of espionage. # result of the trial will come kam
(Continued on: Pagu”
FIGHTING STILL New York
CONTINUES
Attacks At Peitaiho And Changli.
Peking, To-day. Fighting is report ed to be going on in and the Peitaiho a Changli regions.
Japanese plan are active in ing operations and are thus, hastening the Chinese with- drawa Reuter
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'Always in the forefront of, op-
MR. ROOSEVELT CUTS HIS SALARY
15 Per Cent. Reduction,
Washington,
Silver And Wheat.
Mr. Hull indicated that among
The tariff question is ex- pected to overshadow other, Issues, Mr. Roosevelt favour-
ing general lowering of pre-
sent trade barriers in an effort to stimulate recovery.", He is reported to have ready a request to Congress to lower
American duties' by a general: 10 percent. reduction and for power President Roosevelt cashed his to negotiate reciprocal agréementa first pay check as President to-day with other nations.
and returned to the Treasury dfteen """: The move to restora... the price
try, accepted an invitation to-day to become a member of the facul ty of the University of Madrid.
He is now in the United States,
years old. Two of the activities in which he has been particularly{{n- terested, the pacifist movement and Zionism, have helped make him
lose favour with the new regime of Chancellor Adef Hitler,
ROBBERS FAIL TO FORCE DOOR.
Second Attempt At Salon Des Modes,
Mr. Murkovich, manager of the
per cent of the amount, the same of silver might have the effect of redaction he ordered for government disarming congressional advocates Salon Des Modes, Hankow Road, workers and the krmy and navy un- of remonetization of the metal, made, a report to the Police late der the economy billské Speaker Henry- TI
WiThe old salary was 375,000 a year recently, allver" was a matter lark of the PW.D. whils $6,250 a month, Now, by Mr. International action and wortvate motor the No84 Roosevelt's voluntary action, it is for congressional action.
where Hill-Bonds peer- Canal $63,800, - The economy bill enacted
hinese, buy ride it his request also reduced the
andanstained injuries to
leries of ators, repre and cabinet members
"that an to force