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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933

THE MOSCOW TRIAL CONCLUDES

IMPRISONMENT FOR THORNTON

AND MACDONALD

Three Other Britons Banished: A. W. Gregory Acquitted

„ÍTEROVAR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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Moscow, April 19.

THE VERDICT. IN THE” MOSCOW TRIAL" WHICH WAS EAGERLY AWAITED ALL OVER THE WORLD WAS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN IT WAS STATED THAT ALL THE ACCUSED WITH THE EXCEPȚION OF MR. A. W. GREGORY WERE FOUND GUILTY,

THE JUDGES RE-ASSEMBLED AT 12.55 A.M. (MOSCOW TIME) AND AS M. ULRICH DELIVERED HIS. SPEECH IN UNHURRIED, EVEN TONES, THE WHOLE COURT ROSE AND REMAINED STANDING. THE SPEECH CONSISTED

· LARGELY OF A RECAPITULATION OF THE EVIDENCE, BUT THE PRESIDING JUDGE CONTENDED THAT THORN- TON WAS THE CHIEF INSTIGATOR OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED AND THAT MONKHOUSE WAS CONCERNED WITH HIM. A DEATHLIKE SILENCE MARKED THE CLOSE OF THE SPEECH. THE Pprisoners STOOD WITH BATED BREATH IN THE SAME PLACES THEY OCCUPIED DURING THE WHOLE TRIAL.

MR. C. I. THORNTON WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND MR. WILLIAM MACDONALD TO TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

MESSRS, MONKHOUSE. NORDWALL AND CUSHNY WERE SENTENCED TO EXPULSION FROM RUSSIA, WHILE GREGORY WAS ACQUITTED.

OF THE RUSSIANS, ZARIN, WAS SENTENCED TO IM- PRISONMENT FOR EIGHT YEARS, KRASHENNINKOFF POR FIVE YEARS, KOTLYAREVSKY FOR EIGHT YEARS, GUSEFF FOR TEN YEARS, MADEMOISELLE KUTOZOVA FOR EIGH. TEEN MONTHS, LEBODOFF FOR TWO YEARS, LOBANOFF FOR TEN YEARS, OLEINIK FOR THREE YEARS AND SOKOLOFF FOR EIGHT YEARS.

THE MILDNESS OF THE SENTENCES CAUSED A SUR PRISE AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT SUCH SEN. TENCES IN THE PAST HAVE OFTEN BEEN COMMUTED:

IT WAS LATER ANNOUNCED THAT AN APPEAL IS TO BE LODGED AGAINST THE SENTENCES IMPOSED UPON THORNTON AND MACDONALD..

MESSRS. MONKHOUSE, NOROWALL, CUSHNY AND PROBABLY GREGORY WILL LEAVE RÚSSIA TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), METROPOLITAN VICKERS WILL STILL BE REPRESENTED IN RUSSIA BY NINĘ MEN, WHO, PENDING INSTRUCTIONS, WILL CON- TINUE THE FIRM'S BUSINESS AS USUAL,

APPEAL. TO BE LODGED

announce

The sentence upon Monkhouse, forthcoming it may be necessary to Nordwall and Cuthny imply that consider taking the measures for they must leave Russia within three building awaiting the days from 1.25 a.m. to-day (Wednes ment of their fate. day) and before leaving the Court fy guarded cars, were also in the they were asked to sign a document which the Government is fully

equipped.

to that effect.

It is now understood. that they

will leave at 10.45, p.m. on Wedne day accompanied by Gregory.

Comments Unwise.

NO PLACE FOR AMERICANS!”

·COMMENT ON MOSCOW TRIAL

[RECTNK'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

NEW YORK, April 19.

ITALIAN AIRMAN'S

CHINESE TROOPS WITHDRAW

FATE

BODY FOUND OFF THE COAST OF BENGAL

BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF DR. ROBBIANO

(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY)

was

JAPANESE 'PLANES BOMB LUANCHOW

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PERSIA NOT CONTENT

WITH PRESENT TRADE TREATY

(THROUGH BECTER'S AGENCY.]

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MT. EVEREST CONQUERED

HOUSTON EXPEDITION- MAKE SECOND TRIP

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGESOY:)

PERNEA, April 19.

TEHERAN, April 18. ECONOMIC conference has Government and is daily roviewing out by the Houston Expedition in bsen established by the Forslan A SECOND succesful flight over Mt. Everest has been carried

three-and-a-quarter hours. the course of a trip which occupied

Pere Soviet trade relations.

The Ministar for Posts and Tele;

PRIPING, Apr. 19, EXCEPT for a small body of

cavalry, all Chinese troops A have withdrawn to the right hank . CHITTAGONG, April 19.

of the Luanho, according to official. Chinese roports It is declared that ed to be that of the Italian an enemy cavalry attempted to airman, Dr. L. Robbiano,

cross the river at a point where the graphs who is presiding, declared found on Charbadu Island, off the water is low, but were driven off that the Persian Government is not Coast of Bengal, to-day.

by artillery and machine-gun fire. Soviet Trade Treaty and suggested

content with the present Persian-{ Luanchow was visited by ten various modifications, upon which Japanese aeroplanes yesterday, e leading merchants have mat cording to Chnese despatches, bomb- await the result of the proposed April 14, but as there had been no

ing various parts of the City, while newe of him since, it was feared four Japanese Aeroplanes circled cancellation of the treaty." that he had been forced down at round Tangshan, flying low and the merchants' proposal.

The conference is now discussing some remote part of Burma, possib.cattering handbills, but no bombe ly in the jungit.

were dropped.

IN discussing the Moscow Trial, THE body of a European, belfey.

the New York Herald-Tribune states that, if resident agents of a great British engineering firm under full diplomatic protec tion enn he terrorised and rushed into gaol like Moujiks to make a Red holiday. Ruaals is no place for Americans,"

parties spent their time of wait- ing playing cards, and throwing dice, or reading books,

The British accused and the offi- cials of the British Embassy seem. ed to be impatient as they waited in a special room behind the Jud- ges' stand. The Russian prisoners, who arrived from prison in heavi.

Counsel's Speech, Counsel for Thornton made a good impression in his final speech when he said that Thornton denied that he sought anything but "Economic information but un- fortunately had no proof of his denial." His counsel wns there- fore put in a difficult position," but nevertheless considered, it his duty to support him.

Counsel then cast doubt on the evidence of the other accused against Thornton pointing out that wrecking is no new crime in. Russin" and it was unnecessary, therefore, to assume that the Russians guilty of wrecking were under Thornton's control.

"Economic Information" Insofar as Thornton's own ad- missions were concerned, Gregory was as much a culpable authority as himself and yet the prosecution was not proceeding against him. Counsel then discredited Mdile. Kutuzova's wreckage story and suggested the unlikelihood of Monk- house and Thornton planning wrecking." He alluded to the prosecutor's reference to English law on espionage, pointing out that it was directed against collection of information in military areas and

It will be remembered that Dr. Robbiano left Calcutta for Victoria Point at 10.30 p.m. on Friday,

Wireless stations have been ac tiva in efforts to trace his where- abouts, but neither Akyab, Saigon, Bangkok or Victoria Point were able to report any sign of him,

Flying conditions in the area are extremely bad. Sines be left Cal cutta, heavy rains, strong winds and savere thunderstorms have been- Prevalent, the usual preliminaries surprising, therefore, if the airman to the monsoon.. It would not be had met with a mishap..

A Dutch westbound mailplane on April 18, reported thunderstorms all the way from Medan to Ran goon,

SILVER MARKET

(Frin Qur Own Correspondent)

LONDON, AT. 19. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS

THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY;.

SPOT ForWARD

ON

Apr. 19 Apr. 18 18$ 17.15/16 18.7/16 18

HOME FOOTBALL

THROTGR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

that what was considered in Eng-EASTER PROGRAMME ENDS land as economic information, here in the Soviet Union is covered by the law regarding military espion- age. He concluded by stating that outside the Soviet Union the commissions" " were

"' so-called

taken as a matter of course and that the bribes given by Thornton were not inducements to wrecking activities. He urged that these facts be considered in Thornton's favour.

Evidence Suspect Nordwall's counsel pointed out that the adverse description by prosecutor of the chief witnesses against his client discredited their evidence. That evidence was fur regard to the sums that they said ther suspect since, it conflicted in they had received as bribes.

He The Daily Mail hopes that even Nordwall was alleged to have given explained the transaction in which Soviet "justice" will eventually fur coat as a bribe, as one which commute the sentences to deporta- Nordwall lad, considered of no im tion. The Government has handled portance and had therefore paid no the crisis firmly and courageously attention to the details which ac- throughout and should further counted for any contradictions in steps have to be taken, the Cabinet his statement referring to it. He will have the whole-hearted support further pointed out that there was of the nation.

no evidence that information re-

When interviewed by Router, Mr. Alan Monkhouse, together with the others, said that Thornton and MacDonald were marched off from the court-room under guard before

In referring to the relative mild-garding Red army given by Nord. they had time to say good-bye, but ness of the sentences passed on wall was in any way incriminating he hoped to be able to visit them Thornton and MacDonald, the and concluded by at Lubianka Prison this afternoon. News-Chronicle, suggests that pro acquittal.

recorumending Monkhouse, Cushny and Nord- perly approached, the Soviet may wall appeared to be much more de- be induced to

Old Loans commute them, "pressed at the fate of their two Threats, however, would be useless

Cushny's counsel pointed out that colleagues sent to prison than over- and a trade embargo would be there were "no papers connected joyed at their own, liberty, They worse than useless.

'with trial" and the accusations drank their colleagues' health with The Daily Mirror adys the inter- against Cushny were based on M. solemnity.

ruption of trade relations will not Keinov's testimony as to small loans satisfy the British public, but we given by Cushny five years before. must await an official statement of He then turned to MacDonald's and the considered policy of the Oleinik's evidence pointing out Government.

that MacDonald had said he could "presume" Cushny's collecting information and that Oleinik did not claim to know anything of Cushny's activities, although he had been with Cushny at Baku, until he had heard of them from Thornton.

All-Night Walt,

These three, together with Gre- gory, have boon advised by Mr Turner, Metropolitan Vickers' legal representative, not to comment upon the trial as it might be unwise at the present juncture. All they said was that what they needed. Sir John Simon and a number most was twenty-four hours of of high offcials remained at the Bleep.

Foreign Offte all through the even Monkhouse said he did not knowing awaiting the verdict which was who would represent Metropolitan received shortly before midnight. Vickers in Moscow after his depar ture, but he had no reason to sup pose that the trial would affect the business of the firm with Soviet, Meanwhile business would be car ried on as anal pending instruc tione from England.

Immediately after its receipt, the details were flashed by wireless tɔ Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who is now on the high seas prooseding to the United States.

LONDON, April 18. ASTON Villa avenged their de they overwhelmed Newcastle Unit feat at St. James Park when

ed at Villa Park to-day. Everton, F. A. Cup finalists suffered a se- cond defeat in two days when Leeds scored the only goal at Headingley. The Cup Final will be played at Wembley this Saturday, when Man- chester City will be opposed to last year's League champions.

Chelsea gained a valuable point at Leicester and are now in a more satisfactory position to avoid rele- gation.

The following were the results as cabled by Reuter.

FIRST DIVISION

Aston Villa Huddersfield Leicester Leeds

:

3 Newcastle

3 Liverpool

1 Everton

1. Chelsea

SECOND DIVISION Bradford C. 1 Lincoln

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Coventry 3 Aldershot Northampton 2 Torquay Luton

3 Queen's P.B. THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

2: Barnsley Rotherham a-Southport

Halifax

COUNTER-ATTACK ORDERED

IN LUANHO REGION

(THROUGH BEUTRE'S AGENCY]

to

PERSIAN OIL FIELDS

GOVERNMENT SUBMIT PROPOSALS

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TEHERAN, April 18. NEGOTIATIONS between

Mir

PORT ARTHUR

TO BE RESUSCITATED AS A NAVAL BASE

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

Tokyo, April 19. After eleven years Port Arthur is to he resuscitated as a Naval Base on April 20, (to-day).

According to an announcement, It is expected that Rear-Admiral Tsuda, Commander of the Secon Overseas Squadron, will be ap pointed Conimander of the Base.

435 M.P.H.! :

John Cadman, Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and NANKING, Apr. 18. PON his arrival here this morn renewal of the Company's conces the Persian Government for the ing. Mr. Wang Ching Wei,sion have been opened. - President of the Executive Yuan, declared that the authorities have submitted proposals which Sir The Persian. Government have! decided to order a counter-attack in John Cadman is considering. the Luanho region.

The tenor of the proposals are NEW AIR SPEED CLAIMED Mr. Wang Ching Wei further being kept strictly secret, but it is stated that Government leaders have, hoped hors that formulated three proposals to be agreement will be reached.

satisfactory brought up by Mr T. V. Soong at Washington, the nature of which could not he made public for the present.

REBEL. UPRISINGS

IN CHINESE TURKESTAN

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

A

.

ENGLISH RUGBY

COVENTRY'S BIG WIN' (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, April 18. LEADING

to-day's rugby matches saw Leicester, Cardiff and Newport besten fairly decisively. The scores were: Bath

13 Leicester 5 Coventry

PEIPING, April 19. REBEL uprisings have occured in Cardiff

sevoral places in Chinese Newport Turkestan and seven Englishmen have arrived at Kasghar with re- ports that Chinese Turkestan is in

Bry

unsettled conditions, the country being practically denuded of troops,

Foreigners, including Swedish missionaries have left for the Indian Frontier where they will await developments.

THE KUPEIKOW FRONT

JAPANESE RENEW ACTIVITY

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY }

PEIPING, Apr. 10. AN official communique reports renewed activity on the part of the Japanese on the Kupeikow front, over two hundred shells be- iing fired into Nantienmen, & few of miles inside Kupsikow and the Chi- 1. Bese line.

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were interested in the development of the country and that this was no evidence of espionage.

Monk- house, he continued, had denied participation in espionage or ma chinery wrecking, His admission involved a bribe only.

COMPANY'S CONFIDENCE An official statement. has been issued by Metropolitan, Vickers following the news of the sentences on Thornton and MacDonald, and the expulsion of three other of their

Issued soon after midnight, the pany's Directors will hold a meet ing in London to-day (Wednesday)

Interested In Army Counsel then went on to say that the fact of Cushny's large acquaint- unce amongst tussians was no evidence that he was collecting in- formation. There was in particular It is understood that the Foreign military information and in Thorn-

no evidence of his collecting employees. The question of an appeal by the Office all through the hours follow ton's statement he was mentioned statement declares that the Com- Russian employees sentenced is also ing the retirement of the judges to being considered, but no decision consider the verdict kept a direct as supplying political and economic has yet been reached.

telephone line apan to Moscow.

information solely:

London Anxious,

The deported Britons and Gre-

The evening. nowspapers, which It was, however, only natural gory will arrive in London three ordinarily close down at six o'clock that he should be interested in the days hence. The first thing they in the evening also kept their pages Red army as in every other aspect will do will be to interview Metro open awaiting the Router flash of of the Soviet Union. politan Vickers' directors.

the verdict, and Fleet Street was Turning to the fact that Cushny Trial Condemned.

lined with vans waiting to dash, bad refused to answer certain Most of the London "morning! special editions all over London. questions during the examination, papers condemn the trial 路路

A Lengthy Deliberation

counsel urged that this did not travesty of justice, either in lead-

imply guilt and that the fact that. The Judges considered their he could not explain defects end ing articles or by interpretativa vardict for over five house in the breakdown's of machinery would not sardonic write-ups, with the excep-room adjoining the Court. Hun show that he was responsible for tion of The Times and. the Daily dreds of spectators. were pacing to the wreckage. In conclusion, he Herald, which keep strictly to the and fro outside the door ready to neked the court not to condemn rush in when the electric bell, Cushoy in any particular in which The Daily Telegraph, in a loader, signalling the return of the Court, there was an element of doubt states that the Government must use ang, its utmost efforts to procure & com Caviare sandwiches and other

A Bribe Only 'mutation of the sentences. If such other Russian delicacies were con- Counsel for Monkhouse pointed commutation is not immediately umed in the buffet, while many out that all foreigners in Tussia

facts.

The Japanese have not, however, attempted to advance.

results

in

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0 Barbarians

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AUSTRALIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY

SERIOUS, UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION DEVELOPING

Melbourne, Apr. 11-The Arbitra- tion Court to-day heard evidence indicating that serious "unemploy- ment is developing in the dairy in- dustry owing to the restriction of exports to Britain.

Speakers sharply criticised Bri- tain's action in restricting Domin ion dairy products while permitting great dumping of butter and cheese! from European countries.

BY ITALIAN

[TOROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY:)

MILAN, Apr. 19. . COLONEL BERNASCONI, the

head of the High Speed Flying School at Desenzano, Lake Garda, is reported to be claiming that he attained a speed of over 700 kilo- metres an hour (about 435 miles an hour), in a new. machine. The re port has, however, not yet been con- firmed.

IN-HONG KONG :

TO-DAY

MODERATE; FAIR

YESTERDAY'S WEATHEN REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 6.35 P.M., STATED

PRESSURE IS PROBABLY HIGHEST, OVER SOUTH MANCHURIA AND THE SEA OF JAPAN, IT IS RELATIVELY LOW OVER TONGKING.

LOCAL VARIABLE

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AUTOMATIC COOKING

with the

· REGULO CONTROLLED

RATEPAYERS AGREE ALL-ENAMEL GAS COOKER.

TO INSPECTION OF FACTORIES

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

SHANGHAI, April 10. “ At a special meeting of ratepayerg held here to-day, it was unani- mously agreed that the important numendment to the Land Regula- tiens authorising the licensing of inspection of factories by the Shanghai Municipal Council be adopted,

THE NANCHANG OFFICERS

MAY BE EXPOSED TO DANGER

GOVERNMENT ORDERS:

· MILITARY ACTION -- to consider the position arising from the judgment.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] In the meantime, the Company re-affirms its complete confidence. In

DAIREN, April 18. the members of its staff who have THE kidnapping of the Nanchang bsen the victims of this complete officers from the original travesty of justice and who are kidnappers, and other

bandit known to the Company to be men atrocities, have actuated the Man- of the highest integrity.

chukue Government ordering

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RELY MORE ON THE COOKER AND LESS ON THE COOK.

"REGULO " CONTROLLED COOKERS SUP.. PLIED FOR CASH OR ON INSTALMENTS. ASK FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Metropolitan Vickers Directors. thorough combing in the trianguZHONG KONG & CHINA GAS CO., LTD.

two

have no faith in the so-called evf zone in which the brigand chiefs, the alleged confessions, dence produced for the validity of Teng Teh Mei, Liu Tien Wen are

to be found with their At the moment, the Company's thousand followers. one concern is for the men affected and as soon as the legal representa- tives have returned from "Moscow, a detailed statement will be issued by the Company traversing in full the allegations made.

If this means military action In an attempt to round them up, it is feared that the lives of Messrs. Clifford Johnson, W. E. Hargrave and A. B, Blue may be placed in danger.

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