THE MOSCOW ARRESTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21920, 4 April 1933, Page 7

THE MOSCOW ARRESTS

CONSIDERATION BY CABINET AMBASSADOR IN LONDON (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, April 2. Sir Esmond Ovey arrived in London to-day and will report to the Cabinet sub-committee to-morrow, after which the full Cabinet is being summoned to deal with the situation. Meanwhile in Moscow an Embassy official is allowed to converse with the imprisoned engineers in the presence cf the prosecutor (M. Vishinsky). All assured him that they were receiving plenty of food and exercise, but Gregory made a typically British complaint, being impatient to return to the rolling mill ho is erecting at Djcrjinsky, “before the Russians mess it up.” MONKHOUSE AND NORDWALL. BOTH TO STAND TRIAL. MOSCOW, April 2. (Received April 3, at 5.5 p.m.) Monkhousc and Nordwall have now been officially informed that they must stand trial. They are charged with military and economic espionage, bribery and sabotage. EMBASSY AT MOSCOW. STAFF BUSY PACKING. LONDON, April 3. (Received April 3, at 8 p.m.) The Daily Mail says that while Sir Esmond Ovey is conferring with Mr Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon most of the British Embassy staff at Moscow are occupied with packing.