On resumption at Bow-street Police Station to-ty of the espionage charges against George Hansen. (24), formerly described as a stud-fent of languages, and Wilfred Macartney (29), formerly described jas an Irish-American, who were arrested two weeks ago and accused of collecting information calculated to be useful to a foreign Power and prejudicial to the State, counsel for the prosecution declared that Han-ison, auss Johnson, was a German subject and Macartney, alias. Hudson, was & member of the British Communist Party, while the foreign Power concerned' in the ease was the Government of Soviet Russia, The case was then adjourned.
The matter was first drawn to the attention of the authorities. by an underwriter of Lloyd's, named (George Monkland, whom Macartney had asked to get answers to 13 questions,—Disclosure of these questions, said counsel, would be a tional danger. Mr. Monkland show. ed the document to Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Hall,.r. (Conservative), who communicated with the Government, after which Mr. Monk-land regularly reported to the Gov-
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