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DRAMATIC VERBAL DUELS IN MOSCOW TRIAL

GERMAN PROTEST:

TO BRITAIN

COMMONS CRITICISM OF

HITLER REGIME

BERLIN CIRCLES DISPLEASED

Berlin, Apr. 15.

Sharply critical references in in the British House of Common on Thursday evening to the Hit- ler regime and its activities have annoyed official circles in Berlin.

Witnesses

Firm Denial of Russian Allegations MUSSOLINI

By All British Accused Except MacDonald

The German Ambassade in Lon- Mr. Alan Monkhouse, insot, the don has Qeun instructed to losge a chief representative of Metro. rotest with the British Govern-politan Vickers in Moscow, Mrs. ment against the statements about Menkhouse was Germany..

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Particular objection is taken the declaration by Sir Austen

Sir Anston Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill.

speaking to him by telephone when the main pic

was taken,

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HOLIDAY

STRANGE CHANGE IN MacDONALD

RENEWS "CONFESSIONS” AFTER · ADJOURNMENT

DOLGOFF "BRIBE"

MOSCOW, APRIL 14.. EFFORTS BY THE PROSECUTION TO BRING HOME THE CHARGES AGAINST THORNTON, ONE OF THE SIX ENGLISHMEN ACCUSED OF MILITARY ESPIONAGE AND WRECKING ACTI- VITIES, FORMED THE FEATURE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF THE HEARING. Thornton vigorously defended himself. He declar-

the Soviet Government's solvency in view of the large credits advanced to them by his firm.,

FOOTBALL ed that his main interest was information bearing on

FEW UPSETS IN BIG LEAGUE

ARSENAL'S GOOD WIN

London, Apr. 14.

M. Vishinsky showed surprise and suggested that this admission tallied with the Soviet accusations.

Nordwall and Gregory were drawn into the charges in the course of the hearings, both firmly denying the allegations.

Sir Esmand Oway, The British Ambasador (left) and Mr. Thorn. ton, one of the accused.

JUST

FRENCH AVIATRIX IN SHANGHAI

CAPITAL FLIGHT FROM HONGKONG

Shanglui, April 14. - Mademoiselle Maryse Hiltz arrived here from Hongkong at three o'clock this afternoon. She will leave for Seoul to- morrow on her way to Tokyo

if the weather permits.

Reuter.

Shanghai, Apr. 15. Mdle. Maryse Hiliz hopped off to Seoul at 6,10 this mor- ning-Reuter."

Dirt Track

Not a single visiting team in "WHAT I WROTE WAS ALL NONSENSE" Rider's

the first and second divisions garnered full points from the

Chamberlain, who said: This is no time to talk of concessions to a country where. It is crine to favour peace or to be a Jew.

Winston Churchill also Good Friday programme in Eng- The drama of Thursday morn-¡questions from M. Roguinaky, the Mr. shocked the Hitlerites by saying Fish league football, and only ing's proceedings did not conclude Assistant Public Prosecutor, who wth MacDonald's withdrawal of his was seeking to prove that Thornton that if Germany was given full two managed drawn games. inflitary equality general The Arsenal thoroughly beat plea of guilty and dental of sug-received aceret information through European war would be in sight. the Wednesday at Highbury in gestions that he gave Thornton In- MacDonald, who in turn obtained.

structions for wrecking.

it from Gusev, Thornton was then called and Thornton.said: “I do not think It is intimated that German the most important the of the day,

and Chelsen helped themselves said he had made a faise admission I asked the engineers for secret in-1 atticial circles are displeased because out of the

in prison because he had lost his formation. I do not remember is Sir John Simpn, the Foreign Scoring four times against Leices

1 asked Gusey or not." courage". robuke theater. cretary, did not

Asked when he regained it. he speakers.---Renter,

In the second division,

Stoke, said “At 6 pm.. on April 4th"-- leaders dropped present

two when released on bail. points at Charlton, whilst the After the President of the Court CHINA NATIONAL Ss could only draw with Ply-had endeavoured unsuccessfully to mouth at White Hart Lane. persuade MacDonald to revert to his

CONGRESS

TO BE HELD IN JULY

relegation zone

MACDONALD ACCUSES

THORTON.

Fatal Fall

AUSTRALIAN KILLED

· IN DENMARK

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Hereived. April

PLAN

EXPLANATION BY SIR JOHN SIMON

AMUSED BY HINT OF HYPNOTISM

"London, Apr. 13.

The four-Power Pact

tions between Mr. Ramans Ma

Donald and Signor Mussolini

formed the subject of an import-

ant statement by Sir John' Simon to-night, during a debate foreign affairs.

Referring to. Signor Mussolini's proposals; Sir John Simon under- took to lay papers when the 'neces- sary leave to adopt auch a course

Dr. L. Robiano, who has resumed

his flight to Australia.

FIRM NOTE TO SOVIET

NEW MANCHUKUO DEMANDS

was obtained from those with RAILWAY CRISIS

whom the Government had communicating.

been

DEVELOPMENT

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The Government. he said, -had made no comments or entered Into

Harbin, Apr. 14. any agreement of any kind. They! wanted, by consultation and co- Manchukuo has lodged a operation, to deviso a plan by which formal demand for the im the risk of opposing blocs between one nation and another would be

minimised.

HIGH-SOUNDING NAME.

mediate return to the Chinese Eastern Railway of locomo. tives taken into Soviet ter- ritory.

It was not the intention that

Future developments of the dis these Powers should combine and pute are uncertain. The Soviet ap attempt to impose their will on any pear to be conciliatory up to a point of the lesser nations. The object but speculation is rife regarding in view was to try to select certain response to the Intest demand. questions which might arise in The Moscow Government have Europe and secure collaboration already indicated their willingness on them, especially in the economic to comply with the request for the fields.

withdrawal to the U.S.S.R of the Sir Joli declared regarding the Soviet Customs and officials from "so-called Four Power Pact," that Manchull and Suifenho, which háca such a high-sounding description been Russian Customs poluts since was inùpplicable to the Rome con- the construction of the C.E.R. versations and the whole idea that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and himself were hynoptised into agree ing to the rough draft of Signori Mussolini's Plan WAS complete moonshine.

NOT COMMITTED,

he

·NOTE PRÉSENTED.

Following Moscow's announce- ment of willingness to return, when possible, the C.E.R. wagons taken Into Soviet territory, together with the refusal to return the loco- motives to Manchukuo, the Foreign They examined the documents Ministry of Manchukuo presented Aarhus, Denmark, Apr. 18. with care and attention but did not the Soviet Consul-General at Har Tragedy attended the interna-commit themselves to un agreement with a Note demanding the im tional dirt track race meeting here He gave an assurance that the mediate unconditional return of MacDonald was then again called.to-day, when the Australian crack Government had no intention of all C.E.R. locomotives.

Kreat The opinion is held that if the He stated bluntly that is collected rider, Con Cartwell, fell from his combining with the other

Powers to Impose their wills on Soviets call a strike or lockout, or information thrugh Gusev, which chine and was killed.

"Tiger" Lewis of the Malay other peoples.

hedge regarding the demand, Man- plea of guilty, the court adjourned. he transmitted to Tornton.

Archipelago, who collided with Mr. George Lansbury complained chukuo will seize the Chinese Rail- Thornton declared that This adjournment, during ceived no military information from sent somersaulting over his handle-of foreign affairs, had been silent

he Cartwell's overturned machine, was that Sir John Simon, in his reviewway-Reuter which MacDonald left the court MacDonald. The only information in the hands of his Ogpu guards, he received was that which was of bars and was taken to hospital suf-regarding China and Japan. He fering from concussion of the hoped the Foreign Secretary would was followed by a change in his interest to Metropolitan Vickers.

brain-Renter

take an early opportunity of deal- behaviour which was remark-

ing with the matter.--Reuter and ed by all observers.

British Wireless.

AGAIN ADMITS SPYING. :.

he was again

. BRENTFORD FORGE AHEAD.

Breatford went r long way in) their effort for promotion," by | winning at Bristol, whilst Nor. wich and Reading were being de- feated and Exeter held to a divi- sion of points by Clapton Orient. The defeat of Hull and the Nanking, April 13. .. The Central Executive Committee success of Chester has opened up of the Kuomintang this morning new championship prospects in approved and promulgated regulathe northern section. Incidental- tions governing the extraordinary ly the Crewe-Barrow match, to National Congress which will be have been played at Barrow, was questioned as to whether he ad- decided at Crewe, the Enster: held on July 1st.

fixture having been

The C.E.C. this morning consi-Monday dered the organisation and election brought forward.

On resumption

of delegnics procedures, the Ex- Results as cabled by Beater are. EVERYBODY'S

amination of delegates' credentials

and organisation of the Congress Secretariat.

FIRST DIVISION.

Arsenal

The Congress has been tenta Blackpool tively, fixed to last seven, day--| Cheisen Neuter.

BRITISH AMBASSADOR Wolres

GOING HOME

4 Wednesday

3 Blackburn

4 Lelcenter

2 Huddersfield

1 West Brom.

2. Derby

1 Birmingham

2 Middlesbrough

Liverpool Manchester C.

Portamouth Sunderland

SECOND

Burnley Charlton Chesterfield

1 Stoko

Furlough for Sir Francis Fuhum

Lindley

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Apr

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Grimsby Lincoln

Notts Forest

Port Vale

Southampton Tottenham

DIVISION.

1 Oldham

1 West Ham

1 Preston N. E

Bradford

0 Bradford C.

3 Manchester C.

2 Millwall

It was noticed that Mr. Peitze Chen, a son of Eugene Chen, was one of the spectatrs in Court.

he said.

Asked to dofine spying, he said it consisted of the discovery of official secrets' in an illegal way, and he added:

"now any that what I signed was untrue. It was written under moral pressure after a long interro- gation.".

THORNTON'S DEPOSITION. Later, Thornton said he wished to retract the word "secret" from the deposition he signed in Lub yanka Prison on March 13, in which he alleged that he and Monkhouse DOING IT collected secret information,

Vichinsky asked if Thornton de- The latter passage was read from xired to commit acts of wrecking the deposition to the effect that the and sabotage. whole, of the British personnel of

Thornton; replied: I alwaya Metropolitan Vickers had been built; never destroyed." gradually drawn into the spying system.

BRITONS ARRESTED IN. LITHUANIA

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THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).'

1 Coventry:

1. Southend

1.Brentford

1 Watford

2 Exeter:

Aldershot Brighton' Sir Francis Lindley, the British Triatul C. Ambasandor, is aniling for, home Cardiff to-morrow aboard the Empress of Clapton 0. Russia, via Canada, on six months' | Crystal Pal furlough..

| Gillingham-j Viscount Ishii and Mr. Fukai uro Luton leaving Tokyo for Washington on Queen's P. R. May 4 and will arrive there, on May THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). 21.----Kenter.

Carlisle Chester

Charged with the theft of cotton Darlington Doncaster, waste, file and bensine, from the 200

Gateshead A.P.C. North Polat, Installation; an Ge emplafco pleaded guilty before Mr. Hartlepool Wynne-Jones ht the Central Magis-Southport ;- tracy this morning, and was fined Creme $20 or 28 days' jail.

Tranmere

Mandeld

4 Norwich

A Reading

6 Swindon

1 Bristol-R.

5 York

2. Rochdale:

1. Walsall

1 Wroxham

0 Stockport

2 Rotherham

1 New Brighton

2 Half

2 Harrow

0 Bamsley

0

tic literature, have been, re leased on condition that they leave the country within three. days-Routdr.

mitted espionage and replied in low tones in the affirmative. He also stated that the collection of the in

formation involved was nuggested By Thornton and that he presumed

Thornton admitted writing but said he wanted to retract the whole of it.

"When I wrote it, it was all the same to me what I wrote. It is all nonsense."

BRILLIANT DUEL.

In the concluding stages. Thorn ton-engaged In a brilliant duel with the prosecution. He faced the

FARM BILL

AND THE SILVER

DEMOCRAT LEADERS

· IN OPPOSITION

New York, April 14. Efforts to include currency in- flation and silver provisions in the Administration's Farm · Bill no destined to defeat according to Democratic leaders.

I with gold..

AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT

HINKLER'S COUSIN STARTS OFF

Port Darwin, Apr, 14. Mrs. Harry Bonney, in cousin Fof. Bert Hinkler the famous Australian aviator, took off at 660 a.m. to-day in a flight to England.

Her first hop is from Port Darwin to Koepang.—Reuter. ;

SIG. ROBBIANO CONTINUES.

Calcutta, Apr. 14. Signor Robblano, the Italian

The amendments offered include airman, loft for Victoria Point, that of Senator' Huey Long's, au Burma in continuation of his charges more and more firmly thorising the purchase of G$100, England to Australia flight ut while Monkhouse straightforward 000, 000 of silver against which 10.30 to-night- ty dented guilt of any crimes excurrency will be issued on Whel- The airman, who is attempting Monkhouse said that Thornton'a cept his knowledge that three thouler's Bryanesque plan for remone-Australia, was: forced to land at a record fight from England to, evidence was correct; but Madame sand roubles were handed to M. Kutuzova, the Russian secretary Dolgoff, the President of Electro:tising silver in the ratio of 16 tondlyan, In Persia, owing to petrol shortage, after starting off of Metroplitan Vickers, contra- Import, which he supposed to be in

Sonator Robinson, the Democra- from Lympne on April 8. His plane dieting. Monkhouse, gave other the nature of a bribe given for the Bources from which she alleged advancement of Metropolitan-Vice leader, pointed out that rejec

was not damaged.Reuter tion of such a schepe would not information was received..

kers interests,

He added: "The document I sign mean that the Senate was against

CONVEYANCE OF SABOTAGE PLANS DISCUSSED,

inflation, but that inflation should ed, concerning the bribery of M. be considered separately-Reuter, ILLEGAL OIL Mias Kutozova also alleged that Dolgoff was not written by maɩ **** Monkhouse and Thornton had not SOKOLOFF, AND MONKHOUSE. hesitated to discuss their plans Sokoloff; the other Russian wit- for machine wrocking in her pre-ness, testifed that he did not know MISS BATTEN IN

Monkhouse, with whom he had had FORCED LANDING Thornton then admitted that no dealings: Gusey also anid he

Reneo.

that, other Metropolitan Vickers Mr Richards, the Metropolitan did not know Monhouse A

femployees were implicated."

Vickers, London manager was ple

The case was then adjourned, He also admitted giving instruc-go Interested in information re- Reuter and British Wircicaa. tions for machine wrecking.

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garding the Soviet Union. When

THORNTON UNDER FIRE the latter's past as an inteligened

The case was again adjourned

officer in 1918 was-mentioned, a murmur of Interest-ran through

putil -6 p.m. when. Thoraton was the court, vi again : interrogátédiká

Thornton continuity his, evi

THIRD DAY OF THE HEARING

BREAKS PROPELLOR NEAR KARACHI

Karachi, Apr. 13.

U.S. PROHIBITION BILL INTRODUCED

(Spacial to "Telegraph")" Artaleptoph, Copyright. Telegraphis Min wages Ordinance, 1495. Rieslwed. “April Miss Jenn Batten, the New Zen

Washington, Apr. 14. land giri, flyer made a forced land- The prohibition of transport by: ing at Shah Lekhera in the Las railroad of pipeline of oil predacti THORNTON'S GIFT TO

betina State thirty five miles ed in contravention of State laws DOLGOFFADEN from Karachi,

Fand regulations de the object of “Monami, April 14′′ The propellor of her machine was a Bill introduced to the House of Despite MacDonald's denial of his broken and she is proocoding to Representatives by) Mr. Marland,

yesterday the Judges in Karachi by motor lorry in the morna, Republican representative Continued og Pare49.) Ing-Reute

He retracted all his alleged condendo, dented that members of fessions of spying contained in the Moigopolitan Vickara word, et Indictment

Bagaged in spying activition leyft

collected harmless informàtiön,

Thornton underwent

Rem