GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

HUGE AEROPLANES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Berlin, Jan. 4. Fokker is building aeroplanes capable of carrying sixty passengers. The machines weigh 30,000 kilograms, and are iquipped with six motors. They can attain a speed of 120 kilometres, and are provided with sleeping berths and smoking rooms under the planes.—Times.

LOANS FOR EUROPE. London, Jan. 5. American financiers are not awaiting tho ratification of the Peace Treaty, but are busy in Germany arranging credits preparatory to a great trade push. Copenhagen, Jan. 4. A New York banker, interviewed in Berlin, said Austria and Germany would share largely in proposed big loans for Europe for which America's official sanation was not needed. It was a case of business men lending 'for business purposes. The money v-onld be useaTile for the purchase of foods and raw material —United Service.

THE BULGARIAN DYNASTY. London, Jan. ">. According to Berne advices from Sofia 40,000 people participated in an antidynastic demonstration. They attacked the royal palace. The police repressed the disorder, a hundred casualties re-sulting.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. Mexico City, Jan. 4. Two villages, Teaceio and Coutzlan, were destroyed by the earthquake, with heavy casualties. —ArgusMexico City, Jan. 5.

The earthquake shock affected ten States. Tt destroyed two villages, and several hundred deaths are reported. The effects of the quake were felt 500 miles distant. At Orizaba, 18 miles southeast of the volcano Citlaltpetl, a theatre crowd became panic-stricken and many were injured while attempting to escape. Many dead are reported at Vera Cruz. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COMMUNIST LEADER ARRESTED. New York, Jan. 5. Gergorv Weinstein, an associate of Maartens, the Soviet Ambassador, was arrested on a. deportation warrantWeinstein is the leader of the Russian Communists in the United States. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.