1933-04-17 — Page 9

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1933

MORE SENSATIONS IN MOSCOW TRIAL

OLEINIK'S STARTLING

EVIDENCE

MONKHOUSE'S COUNSEL ASKS VARIOUS TECHNICAL QUESTIONS

THORNTON EXHAUSTED BY

QUESTIONING

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, April 16.

OLEINIK RESUMED HIS EVIDENCE AND SAID HE

TO

IN AN AMERICAN WAS RUSSIAN BORN, EDUCATED

ENGLAND UNTIL SCHOOL AND LATER WORKED IN 1915. HE SAID

HE RETURNED THAT WHEN RUSSIA HE MET MONKHOUSE AND WAS EMPLOYED AT A SALARY OF SIX HUNDRED ROUBLES PER MONTH TO KEEP A SEPARATE AC- BUT WAS INSTRUCTED COUNT IN A LONDON BANK IN QASE HIS HOUSE WAS SEARCHED.

HE HE DENIED

WAS PREPARING TO ESCAFE TO ENGLAND, ALTHOUGH HE ADMITTED HE FEARED DIFFICULTIES CONNECTED WITH SABOTAGE. HE SAID THAT MONKHOUSE AND THORNTON TOLD HIM NOT TO MENTION THE DEFECTS IN METROPOLITAN

OF THE INTERESTS

THA VICKERS MACHINERY IN -FIRM.

GIVE THE NAMES OF OLEINIK OFFERED TO THE BABOTAGE GROUP," INDICATING THEY INCLUD. ED OTHERS THAN THE ACCUSED, BUT THE PROSECU- TOR TOLD HIM TO GIVE FACTS ONLY OF SABOTAG- ING OF WHICH HE KNEW.

SPIED FOR THORNTON

OLEINIK SAID, I WAS CONCERNED WITH NORD- WALL IN SABOTAGING THE DON BASIN, AND I SPIED FOR THORNTON IN THE FACTORY FOR MILITARY MATTERS,

MONKHOUSE, WHEN CALLED

ON ΤΟ COMMENT.

SAID HE WANTED TO SHOW THE COURT SOME DOCU- MENTS.

JUDGE ULRICH SAID LATER,"

MONKHOUSE THEN SAID THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT TRUE AS DID THORNTON.

THE COURT ADJOURNED EARLY UNTIL THIS EVEN- ING TO CONSIDER A SERIES OF TECHNICAL QUES- TIONS SUBMITTED BY MONKHOUSE'S COUNSEL, KOMO- DOV, WHO IS ASKING, INTER ALIA, HOW A PIECE OF METAL COULD GET THROUGH THE GRATINGS OF A TURBINE AND WHETHER THE EXPERTS OF THE COMMISSION WERE AWARE THAT THE SAFETY AR- WORKED RANGEMENTS OF THE TURBINE HEATERS

AND WHETHER THE BREAK SATISFACTORILY ABROAD DOWN IN THE TRANSFORMER REGULATORS COULD BE CONSIDERED SERIOUS SINCE

WORKING, THE TRANSFORMER GROUP (WAS

STATION THER THE TURBINE AT IVANONO PASSED GOVERNMENT TESTS AND WHETHER THE COM- MISSION REALISED THAT A CERTAIN TURBINE OF THE FIRST MOSCOW. STATION WAS NOT SUPPLIED BY METRO. POLITAN VICKERS?

on

EIGHT HOURS

LATER WIE-

HAD

OTHER QUESTIONS WERE DISALLOWED BY THE JUDGE AS THEY CONCERNED THE FIRM OF METRO- POLETAN VIÖKERS AND "IT IS THE INDIVIDUALS AND NOT THE FIRM THAT ARE ON TRIAL."

PROSECUTIONS CASE ENDS

Oleinik in concluding his evidence Monkhouse, questioned Mlle. Kutu- said ho

to. refuse zova. Thornton jumped up and said W.Os unable sabotago because Thornton was so he wished to make a statement "I kind. He added that when I was signed under pressure after long way to the Far East questioning and it was suggested my

confessed everything Thornton asked for information that if I about the movements of troops but would be all right and if not I these reports had no interest to would be no use to the Soviet or Metropolitan Vickers so I believed to England. Then I was so tired Thornton and Nordwall were work- and brow-beaten that I signed the ing for some other organisation. deposition which whs dictated in This statement was extracted by Russian." Thornton added that he interrogation and appeared to dis had not been tortured, concert the prosecution. The Court then adjourned until the evening.

Giving evidence on the resump tion of the Court, Monkhouse denied espionage, but admitted de- feste to the Zoulovka turbines be- 'Cause the arrangements were in- sufficient and defective bearings at Moscow but they were not serious. The break downs at Baku had boon repaired as were also the break downs at Zouierka and Cheliabinsk which were not dangerous,

Vishinsky began to read Monk- house's deposition, but Monkhouse interrupted and said he retracted the deposition which he made when he was tired after eighteen hours questioning.

The prosecution's case has ended.

Dramatic Incident.

There was a dramatic incident while Nikolai Komodor, Counsel for

Vyshinski then asked, "Which of you Englishmen now in Moscow tight you to tell that lie?" Thornton replied that nobody had, Vyshinski retored "I know whs

did."

They

times on

Thornton further said, questioned me many March 12, I was exhausted. Also on the 13, 14, 15, and 16, but I did not deny the document of March 13 until the trial.

Kutuzova's Evidence.

· Kutuzova adimitted the full con- tents of the Indictment and de clared that bribery transactions were entered in Thornton's diary nid sent to England.

Four other Russians confirmed this, but Thornton denied it

Kutuzov said her relations with Thornton and MacDonald good and said she first noticed their

woro

activities at the end of 1970. bat cuid not stop them as she had

ziven her word and could not break

it.

INDIGNATION AT COMMONS DEBATE

GERMAN GOVERNMENT

PEEVED

· [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

BERLIN, April 15. THE German newspapers as well

as the Government; are...nger. ed by the House of Commons

Litvinoff and his wife were pre- | speeches. sent Court this evening.

No Pressure Used.

Vyshinski declared that Thornton and Monkhouse had not been sub- jeeted to pressure, The Jog Book of the Prison at Labinnka showed that Thornton was questioned for twenty hours with intervals for

The Nazi press has not yet made! comment beyond a beading reading "Aggressive speeches by Chamber lain and Churchill."

MACDONALD LEAVES CAPTURED BRITISH

FOR U.S.A.

Đ

KING'S MESSAGE OF GOOD WISHES

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

LONDON, April 18, HM the King sent a message to Mr. Ramany MacDonald prior to the Premier's departure for Southampton this morning en route to Washington, wishing him success in his conversations with President Roosevelt.

Mr. MacDonald, before his de The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung parture stated that he hoped the refers to "disgraceful speeches"

visit would strengthen the mutual and urges the Government to com- goodwill between Britain and bat the untruth of the statements; America and also find new ways of and also bear in mind the neces- co-operating on the difficult task of meals, Mankhouse for nine hours sity for taking into regard foreign removing the abnormal world dis-

| with intervals.

Morkhouse explained that he had o watch when he entered his cell after breakfast and when he came ut he asked the officer the time. He was told it was two in the Morning He apologised if he had made a mistake.

The Court rose at 11.40 pm, all the evidence is finished and only speeches for the prosecution and defence and the final statements of the accused remain to be heard be- fore the verdict is given.

Another Sensation.

Moscow, April 15. Another sensation was caused at the re-opening of the metropolitan Vickers employees' trial this morn- ing, when Monkhouse jumped up and said that he wanted to make a declaration. The Judge stopped him, but not before he said that he had been cross-examined for 18 hours and had shouted, "this trial is a farme-up.”

Aftor hearing the evidence of Sukouroutchkin yesterday, I wish to testify that the trial is based on the evidence of terrorised Rus- sinne, he added.

opinion.

The Nationalist organ, Borsen Zeitung, anys that it is impossible to find among any nigger people of the British Empire, a more in- complete comprehension of Ger- many and the National Revolution. Germany has hitherto let others live and now is at last to begin to live herself, even if it does not suit Sir Austen Champerlaint and his like, the newspaper adds.

tress.

his daughter, Miss MacDonald, and Mr. MagDonald accompanied by the economic experts, were seen off from Waterloo Station by Lord- Londonderry, the American Charge D'Affaires, and a large crowd of well-wishes.

T. V. Soong Will Represent China.

NANKING, April 15. The Vossiche Zeitung states that! Mr. T. V, Soong. Finance Minis the debate showed a lack of under- ter and Vice-President of the standing towards events in Ger- Executive Yunn, has agreed to rel

many.

OFFICERS

NOW IN HANDS OF BANDITS

THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

NEWCHWANG, April 16.

JAPANESE INSIDE

GREAT WALL. ·

HEAVY ATTACKS NEAR LANYANG

[TENOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

:

THE Manchukuo Commander at Nowchwang advises the British

PEIFING, April - 15. Consulate that his scoute report THE Chinese continue to give that a large gang of bandita över= | battle all along the line, ac- powered the pirates who were cording to to-night's official com- holding the three British ships unique. officers and zlew several," including the lender, and carried off the three captives,

PLAN TO SEIZE C.E.R.

ALARMING REPORT FROM

MOSCOW

THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, April 15.

A SOVIET report from Moscow states that it has been learned from reliable sources that the Manchukuo authorities ara" plan- ning to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway, paving the way by creat present China at the conversationsing a series of "incidents." The German Ambassador to Lon-i un world economic questions in don, Herr Von Hoesch, was yester | Washington. day instructed to protest to thei Britain, France, Italy, Germany, British Government against the Japan and China will thus he statement about Gormány made in presented at these conversations. the House of Commons on April Mr. Soong Sailing for U.S. 13, when Sir Austen Chamberlain

This Week. declared that this is no time to talk of concessions to a country where it is a crime to favour peace or by a Jew and Mr. Winston Churchill declared that if Germany was given full military equality, a general European war would be in sight.

It is intimated that German off cial circles are displeased because

these speakers

It is admitted that the Chinesa forces suffered a reverse south of Lengkow. They have been obliged to retreat to a new position, but they are preparing counter- attack in the vicinity of Chienan- haian.

Along the Hsifongkow front, the Japanese reached Lanyang, five miles inside the Great Wall alter terrific infantry attacks which were followed by heavy shelling. Kupei- kow remains quiet.

North China Situation Stil Critical. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

NANKING, April 18. Mr, Liu Chung Châu, Viet Foreign Minister who returned to the Capital to-day after some time in North China, is sceptical about Japanese assurances that the pre seat military operations will not be extended beyond the Luan

River.

Moscow, April 15. Mr. Li said that the situation Manchuria is resolved to seize in North China is still critical the Chinese Eastern Railway as and added that preparations are recording to information worthy of being made to resist a possible attention in Japanese circles, de Japanese attack against Charhar. clares the special correspondent or the Soviet organ, Investia, - from China.

SHAGNAL, April 16. Mr. T. V. Soong is leaving for the United States on April 18 or 10 attend the Washington Confer- cure on world economic matters. after 8 weeks' stay in Washington, He will be returning to China Duting Mr. Soong's absence the Ministry of Finance will be place

The Presiding Judge, Judge Sir John Simon did not rebukee under the charge of Mr. Chou

Ulrich, said that the case finish to-morrow.

would

Another batch of "Confessors" to sabotage were called for the pro- secution to-day.

German Determination. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

BERLIN, April 18.

Lin.

CHINA'S POLICY SETTLED

Wang

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

He states that various grounds CHINWANGTAO EVACUATED for conflict are being artificially created in order to prepare the way for this coup, and adds, that is proposed to organise, during the as these grounds are insufficient, it second half of April or on May 1, provocative acts, such as the de- struction of bridges, water towers,

etcetera.

TIENTSIN, April 16. CHINWANGTAO was evacuated:

last night by Chinese-trospa and cupied by Manchukuo velum- teers. Foreigners who were holiday-

Control of Electrical Communicationing at Peitaiho are hurriedly re

turning.. (THROUGH · REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CHANGCHON, April 15. An agreement has been signed by which all electrical communica

Krashenainokov, head engineer The evening papers approve of of the Moscow Power Station made the Governinent's protest to Pri [TRROUOR "RESTER'S "AGENCY"] an assertion about the alleged detain fects in Metropolitan Vickers' The Boersen Zeitung is of the CHINA'S attitude at the forthcom-tions between the Kwantung leased plans. He said that he had not opinien that it is now useless to ing conversations in Washing- territory, the South Manchuria reported the defects because he was send a German delegation to the ton has been decided upon at a Railway zone and the rest of Man- ordered not to."

Disarmament Conference and says meeting to-day between

chukuo will be brought under joint that if the Anglo-French statesmen Ching Wei and Mr. T. V. Seong,

Japanese Manchukuo control. wish to refuse nations in Europé With this settled Wang Ching just peace and sanction further Wei is returning to Nanking to crime by the Versailles Trenty, night. Germany with, or without, T. V. Soong sails for America on Geneva's permission will continue the President Jefferson on April 16. its way which will lead to liberty He intends to go to Washington by and national unity.

At this stage, Monkhouse inter- posed, acknowledging that certain defects had occurred. Neverthe less, he said, he did not believe that Krasbenninikoy was a sabo- togeur.

"But," persisted the witness, "I believe I am a sabotageur."

Another power station engineer, Zoria, followed Krashenninokov, and accused Thornton of giving him 1,000 roubles for sabotaging,

Thornton listened unmoved by the allegations...

South African's Testimony. Cushny, the 35-year-old, South African, then gave evidence that he went to Russia in 1925 and worked at the Dan Basin. He was then Baku until 1931 with Thornton, who gave him informa tion about the works and made remarks about the political situa- tion, prices of food etcetera.

at

He attributed.. the accident at Baku in 1928 to lack of proper care on the part of the Russians by permitting water to enter the tur- bines. He was not connected in any way with any of the break- downs.

Before leaving the box, in which he gave a convincing display, he

mako said that he wished to

statement.

*

cording to the Soviet law, evidence The judge pointed out that ac must come first. He said that the evidence and summing up would possibly finish to-morrow, when Cushny could make a statement.

·Foreign Secretary's Statement.

LONDON, April 15. In view of the nature of the charges made against the six Bra- tish subjects at the Moscow trial Sir John Simon made the follow- ing specific statement in the House of Commons on Thursday.

"None of these men has ever been

employed dirstly or indirectly in connection with any branch of our intelligence services. None of them has ever supplied any information to any such branch. None of them has ever been paid or promised any reward for such information or has been supplied with any money to obtain it: None of them has over "I attach no importance to the made any report to or on behalf

of our intelligence service... evidence in regard to sabotage "AR the above statements are given againat mo yesterday, this is equally to the Metropolitan & Court of Justice and I turn it Vickers Company itself, down.?!

and "The Company has not, never has had, any connection with our Intelligence Service whatever.

TWfollows that any suspicions entertained or allegations made in any quarter to the contrary effect are in fact without any foundation whatever."

well!"

The Public Prosecutor asked: Do you claim you did your work your work Thornton replied "Most cer tainly. That is what I came to Russia for

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

LONDON, Apr. 13.

FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS

THE LONDON ON

MARKET TO-DAY:

SPOT

FORWARD

Apr. 13 Apr. 12 18

17 18.1/10 17.11/13

MR. EDWARD J. KELLEY NEW. MAYOR OF CHICAGO

[THROUGH BEUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

CHICAGO, April 16.

air from Seattle.

FRENCH AVIATRIX COMPLETES FLIGHT

LANDS NEAR TOKYO ON SUNDAY

Togo, April 10. COMPLETING her flight from

The public and the Governments of the two countries are subscrib ing the required capital.

Hsieh Chieh Shih signed on be half of Manchukuo and General Muto on behalf of Japan.

"Provocative Campaign,"

The paign

"

"

Moscow, Apr, 18.

Unknown persons are distributing pamphlets at Tientsin urging the populnce to support Manchukio,

SCOTTISH CUP FINAL

CELTIC BEAT MOTHERWELL

(THROUGH" REVIER'S AGENCY)]

LONDON, Apr. 15.

provocative Japanese cam-AT Hampden Park, before 90,000 over the Soviet removal of spetitors in fine weather in the.. commented on by Inventia which Motherwell by 1/0, McGrory scored rolling stock of the C.E.R. is sharp. Scottish Cup final Celtic beat

declares that the Russian owner- two minutes after the interval. ship of the locomotives has never been disputed, and says the Soviet public will follow with interest these

attempts of adventurous elements to complicate the situation in the Far East and demands

Japaneer Government and public Paris, Mlle. Hilz landed at opinion to take steps to restrian the Haneda airfield on the outskirts of unbridled adventurers.

Tokyo 4.18 p.m. to-day..

At Seoul,

SEOUL, April 18.

JAPANESE ATTACK

REPULSED

AKROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-

ོ།

Mile, Maryse Hilz, the French BEER WELCOMED IN JAPANESE from the Great Wall

aviatrix, holder of the world's altituule flight record for women, landed here safely, at 6.02 p.m. to- day, 117 hours after leaving Shanghai.

Mile. Hilz. who is making a solo MR. Edward J. Kelley, a civil

engineer and a Democratic flight from Paris to Tokyo in a leader was yesterday elected Mayor Farmán Gnome acroplane left Paris succession to the late Mr. Anton Kong on Thursday evening last of Chicago by the City Council, in on April 1, and arrived in Hong J. Cermark.

niter a 4 days' delay in Hanoi.

She left Hong Kong early fatally wounded when the Italian Friday morning and reached Shang assassin, Zangara, made an athai at 3 p.m. the sam eday. tempt on the life of President Roosevelt at Miami, Florida, February 15. He died on March

6.

The late Mayor Cermak was

JEAN BATTEN INJURED

FORCED, LANDING NEAR KARACHI

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

KARACHI. April 10

on

JEAN HATTEN was slightly in

ed and her machine badly damaged by a forced landing a few miles from here, e

After, fitting a new propeller she

is resuring her flight

Kra. Bonney At Timo. KUTANO TIMO-ISLAND April 16. MRS. Bonney has arrived here.

ALEPPO, April 16, Bertram has arrived here and continues to Athens to-morrow, but has abandoned his attempt to reach Berlin by April 16.

TRIAL OF CHINESE COMMUNISTS CONTINUES

(THROUGH · REUTER'S AGENCY.]

نية

on

NANKING, April 18 THE trial of Chen Tu Hsiu, notorious, Chinese Communist leader hind ten other communista who were arrested in Shanghai some time ago continued yesterday afternoon, when four more of the accused were questioned. All the defendants pleaded not guilty of Communist charges. They denied that they ever joined the Com munist Party. The next hearing will take place on April 20.

The trial opened on April 14

when Chen Tu Helu, the Com

munist leader calmly admitted his connection with the Chinese Com munist Party, saying that he was Seoretary-General of the Trotsky Group, but was expelled from that. Party owing to divergent views. He said that the sim of the Trotsky Group was to liberate the masses from their sufferings.

'AMERICA

PROHIBITION'S FUNERAL IN NEW YORK

New York, April 7-At 1201 a'clock this morning,

& black hearse, followed solemnly by six black-robed pall-bearers, moved up Broadway from the Battery

....

PRIPING, Apr. 18.

continue to drive. wedges into the Luan River region with the ob ject of forcing back Chinese troops. to the right bank.

A Chinese report states that aided by thirty tanks Japanese from Lengkow are pressing on Luanyang.". Official despatches describe the attempt by the Japanese on Satur- Lulung, near Chienan, but they, day to erose the Luan River, af

were repulsed with heavy losses.

In the hearse was a case of "near social clubs, for they had their beer- bear," the only beverage that the despite the decision of the New country's thirsty ones were able to York brewers not to deliver the new drink openly after prohibition be 3.2 per cent, bear until seven o'clocks dame effective

this morning. ARTE

When the hoarsa reached mid- In the Mid-West, where the beer town, the pall-bearers removed the industry centres, there was an ample near boor and pourned it down the supply and cases were sent to New ewers. A band, which followed, York by neroplane and fast ex- then began playing lively marches press. In New York City, the be as, legalised beer had returned to verage sold at prices ranging from the United States.

five cents a glass to whatever the Hotels and night clubs were trafic would bear. The advent of crowded, as were restaurants and bear was joyous but orderly

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