The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-15

eVlQeEce were flodled by the proSecu-
ton in the same way. Thornton at
one point stated that his admission
about his interest in military infor-
nation had been suggested" to him
by examining State Attorney Rogin-
sky, now acting as assistant prosecu-
tor. Chief Prosecutor Vishinsky
asked Thornton to describe the
method used in suggesting" his. con-
fession. The defendant remained
silent, unable to support his prepos-
ferrous assertion. Regarding other
admissions about the English spy Or
ganization in the U. S. S. r. directed
by Richards Thornton said that he
had been so upset that he had not
cared what he was confessing.
Admits Essential Points
The Prosecutor, then analyzing
Thornton'S statement, obtained from
him the admission that the essential
points were true The statement was
very business-like and concrete Civ
ing exact data concerning the num-
Der of Metro Vickers. employees in the
U. S. S. r., and the part played by
each in the work of espionage and
Wrecking. The classification Of
Metro-V ickers employees, as to, their
spying and wrecking activities, was
shown by the prosecution to tally
exactly with the facts, thus proving
that Thornton had perfect presence
of mind when he made his statement.
Despite his brazen denials of earlier
admissions, Thornton failed in his
attempt to repudiate the essential
parts of his previous testimony; and
admitted that he had been gathering
secret information, including military
data, and that he had been paying
money for it.
Woman Secretary Confesses
Among other defendants giving ev-
dence which confirmed the spying.
plotting and wrecking activities Of
Metro Vickers employees acting under
instructions from ex-intelligence off,
Ger Richards, was Kutuzova, the only
woman defendant in the case. She
had worked for six years as secretary
in the Metro Vickers Office at Mos
COW. and testified about her close
personal relationship with Thornton.
Monkhouse and Thornton had dis
cuSSed in her presence their sabotage
plans and espionage work. She was
at all times in touch with their Grim
inal anti-Soviet activities and was
worried about possible consequences
to Thornton in case these activities
came to light. She had assisted in
carrying out some of the routine
work maintaining secret communica-
tions between Thornton, Monkhouse
and their agents. She told in Court
about Thornton making entries con-
corning his secret work in notebooks,
which were then transmitted to Rich
ards in London. These entries con-
tanned information about espionage
and wrecking activities, and the sums
of money paid out by Thornton for
this work.
Guided From London
Yesterdays proceedings revolved
about wrecking and spying carried on
by Metro Vickers employees and their
agents in only one power station the
Zlatoust; but already the trial re-
veals picture of dastardlv counter
revolutionary plotting and sabotage
guided from London by the man who
had directed spying operations during
the British intervention against the
Workers Republic, and who is now
directing Metro-Vickers affairs in the
Soviet Union. The trial thus far
reveals the despicable moral stature
of Macdonald and Thornton and to
some extent Monkhouse - at once
plotters and towards. braZep In their
attempt to deny truth, and clumsy in
their methods of concealing facts.
When arrested they thought 1t best
for them to tell the whole truth. but
apparently, encouraged by. the Brit
ish bourgeois press and diplomacy
taking them under its wing, these
INSCRIPTIONS and cowardly men took
up an attitude of bravado, and shame
lessly proclaimed themselves as liars,
as persons devoid of courage and
manliness. BY their own admission
they are despicable creatures doing
the bidding of their superior, q man
who played an active part in inter-
vention against the Soviet Republic.