Evening star., 1933-04-17
JAIL FOR ) bR|T0NS
.|MPENDS IN RUSSIA
Prosecutor Fails to Demand.
Death Penalty-Gregory
: to Be Acquitted.
Continued From First Page.)

tivitieS, ViShinsky continued cryptlcauy.
Your conspiracy has been revealed
...cre but you also must be accountable
to London for you also VIII ne a1 a1es1
IThornton former and present mill
tary spy"
(! The prosecutors words were inter-
preted by spectators as meaning that
Macdonald and Thornton would re-
ceive prison sentences and that possibly
; the remainder of the Englishmen would
be given lighter punishment.
1 Referring to MacDonald's confession,
! to which the prisoner stuck throughout
1.-THE proceedings, Vishinsky declared
Macdonald was much more courageous
than Thornton" who repudiated nus
.original admissions.
! Macdonald collected spy tnlormatlon
flor Thornton; through Gusey he organ.
/ ized the sabotage and paid the bribes," "
said Vishinsky. But he Is cleverer
than the others who tried to save their
. faces before their chiefs"
Charging the information these men
. collected was not connected with the
business of their firms, the Metropolitan
Vickers Company of England, Vishlnsky
added "it was of another character:
! 1T was spy information as under
istood by our law" he said.
! Defense Speeches Tonight.
] In a f1ve-hour conclusion to his sum
nation. which was begun last night,
.:the prosecutor heatedly berated fve OF
the Britons, openly accusing Thornton
. and Nordwall OF being agents OF the
. British Secret Service.
{ Vishinsky inspired Cushny to MAKE
AN angry but shortlived retert to his
sharp thrusts. Described by tne
prosecutor as an experienced spy. VINO
had confessed collecting Information
hut refused to explain his activlues,
Cushny. his face pale with rage.
i,mned from his seat in the prisoners
dock and flung back at Vshinsky IN
Russian:
II did not confess"
Murmurs of surprise swept the
court room at this unexpected oe-
fiance of Soviet Judicial procedure, put
Judge Vassili Ulrich, using an eiev,
trio bell instead OF the Crtnooox Saye, t~a
;employed in other countries. qmeteo tne
disturbance. Cushny resumed his seat
and the prosecutor went back 70 MS
attack. .,,,oht
Nine defense attorneys speak t0iusns,
and tomorrow the defendants Will nave
: a chance to make final statements ne-
fore the court retires for the Vefoict'
damages suffered by machinery IN
five important Soviet electric statlons
resulted from an organized plan OF de-
struction and concealment, the prosecu-
tor said. ..u.
and consecutive wrecks" IN electr1cai-
. energy equipment installed py the en-
gineers. such as motors. generators,
transformers, turbines, boilers ana coai
o,et lvQn0V0.
Baku and Moscow.
"Fiye-Year Sabotage Plan"
: Quoting lengthily from a report by
the commission of Soviet experts VINO
investigated the damages, the proeecu-
tor said:
THE English defendants may say
the damage was caused by lack OF care,
hut they know the real reasons. There
/. was a deliberate plan for Intentional
wrecking of these stations. There was
no carelessness here. It was nothing
but evil, conscious work Of sabotage.
e The damages to which he referred
as "a veritable five.year plan OF sAbot-
age" occurred at various times between
1928 and 1882 at different stations.
He pointed out that the Moscow sta
ton suffering damage served not only
the Kremlin, the government bullolngS
section, but important steel, cement ana
rounding regions.
Vishinsd asked IN a tense voice:
why did the sabotaging group con-
centrate on this plant? Because 1t had
great importance in connection with
: our war industry. Similarly. the
sZlatoust staten served a munitions
plant and it also was important.
Macdonald ordered the disabling OF
the boiler at Zlatoust according to q
systematic plan" Vishinski added.
The prisoners expect to hear their
fate tomorrow night or wednesday.
Prosecutor Lashes Britain.
Vishinsky in winding up his case
described the trial OF the Britons as q
great class war between international
forces, different worlds and different
ideas and principles"
He lashed the actions Of the British
government since the men have been
arrested and ridiculed the views OF for
eign countries on what constituted
crimes.
The prosecution took a thrust at
capitalistic countries in comparing
ideas of wl%at constitutes bribe.
Our ideas of bribes are different
from those in foreign countries, where
the theft of bread is a>crime and the
theft of a whole railroad is rewarded
with the title Of Senator" he said.
!. From the point Of view Of English
-eitizens, small gifts and evening parties
are not crimes. Let Monkhouse.
Thornton and the others distributing
bribes to attract Soviet citizens on their
side against the Soviet Union say that
this is no gift. The responsibility OF
the foreigners Is not so great as the
but you (speaking to the British prison.
ers) must realize you also will be held
accountable for your actions"
: He said, however, that the Russians
stdeserved more serious penalties" than
the British prisoners.
Raps House Of Commons.
Vishfnsky arraigned critics Of the
Soviet government in the British House
of Commons and called them enemies"
They are hysterical and have lost
must understand that the abject and
.insolent demand Of imperialists has met
resistance from a country of free peas
ants and workers" He referred to Brit
ish attempts to have the men released
from the charges.
. Thornton, Monkhouse and Cushny
said they could not be charged with
espionage when they had only collected
information dealing with the firms in
sterests. We know what espionage
means, and we demand that every for.
Ieigner understand the term as 1t Is un-
llderstood under Soviet law.
} 1--WE have to thank England for one Of
our interpretations-the 1911 state Sc
'crets law, and also its law Of 1920 de.
-tining the collection Of secret informa-
ation as directly against the safety Of the
state. Thornton knows English law
svery we'll as a former and present mill
stary spy.
I'VE know the punishment accorded
to spies in England" he went on.
s'"Thornton knows this also"
The prosecutor asked II the British
House Of Commons would explain the
ssthird degree methods used In Stew