GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1920, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

THE EX-EMPEROR CARL. By Telejraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. London, April 19. The Daily Mail's Budapest correspondent reports that the ex-Emperor carl has returned and is staying at the Royal Palace as the guest of the Governor. He wishes to discuss the claims of his son Otto to the throne. —United Service.

GENERAL STRIKE IN SILESIA. Berlin, April 19. The miners, iron and steel workers arc joining the general strike in Silesia owing to the action of the French authorities, who threaten that if the strike is effective they will permit Polish troops to cross the frontier. —Ans.N.Z. Cable Assn. MESSAGE TO MARS.

New York, April 19. Two separate attempts are being made this Week under Government supervision to talk with Mars. Professor David Todd, of. Omaha, proposes to flash a signal from a balloon at a record altitude. Frederick Milliner will attempt to pick up the m.|;teric|is mirsngcs by wireless telephone.—Renter Service.

FRENCH GENERAL ON TRIAL. Paris, April 1!). The trial lias begun of General Fourniervillo, Colonel C'harlier and five other officers charged with surrendering Maubege.

ROUGH WEATHER IN AMERICA.. New York, April 19Storms and blizzards are exceptionally severe this winter in the middle West.' Twenty persons have been killed. MISSIONS IN EAST AFRICA. Received April 20, 7.30 p.m. Capetown, April 10. A Wesleyan Conference meeting at Grahamstown decided to make a careful survey of the whole of East Africa with a view to {he establishment of missions in conjunction with the Methodist churches of America, Canada, and Australasia.—Reuter Service.