European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes May 1985 protesters demonstrate against reagans visit France a More than peace environmentalists and leftist members of the european parliament demonstrated in a City Square wednesday to protest the visit of president they wore badges saying hands off Central America and no and chanted ant american a French Bruno addressed the crowd in front of the former City Hall and criticized Rea Gans plan to develop a space based missile defense system popularly known As Star he said it is a deception and will not work because it is not possible to protect major american cities he said it would Only tempt the soviets to launch More mis As Escoube other groups chanted slogans calling for popular War in Peru and against the military govern ment in there were protesters against the Khomeini government in Iran and others waved banners that said peace in the Middle East is not possible without the Palestine liberation three British labor party members of the european parliament circulated in the crowd or listened to the German Green party members of the Assembly also were the greens had scheduled their own protest an hour before the main demonstration but cancelled apparently because they were not going to get a big the demonstrators then marched through the Center of Strasbourg and returned to place Broglie and one of the organizers said the peace activists decided not to approach the parliament building to avoid confrontation with Security crowds gathered along the main thoroughfare leading to the parliament in the Hope of getting a glimpse of in the the Leader of the British labor Del Tom said the group had decided to pro test reagans presence in a disciplined he said a suggestion from some of the labor deputies to Boycott reagans speech had been turned Reagan from Page 1 Gorbachev seeking but his Strasbourg speech was critical of Kremlin the speech lacked the harshness of reagans attacks during his first adminis such As in when he referred to the soviet Union As an evil Reagan commended the europeans for their remarkable postwar economic recovery but said Western advances coincided with a huge soviet military buildup and a new soviet willingness to take risks from Central America to left Wing members of the parliament had said they would hold a peaceful display of antinuclear sentiment during the win a labor party member from South had said the demonstration would be dignified but each time Reagan mentioned it brought hoots from the demonstrating parliament protesting in a declaration of said that while they have not forgotten the allies who liberated our peo Ples from the oppression of nazi they do not pretend to forget the decisive role of the soviet Union in the struggle for the liberation of but we must acknowledge that we have sometimes forgotten the Burden carried by Black american the soldiers from the British and French colonies who fought in these it the declaration was from members of the parliaments socialist and Independent Reagan said there is much to be thankful for in the West Prosperity and if we Are to preserve these for our today leaders must demonstrate the same resolve shown by postwar he their Challenge was to rebuild a demo cratic Europe under the Shadow of soviet our in some ways even More is to keep the peace with an Ever More powerful soviet to introduce greater stability in our relationship with and to live together in a world in which our values can Reagan and his arrived in Strasbourg wednesday at noon from a Reagan arrived in the portuguese Capi Tal of Lisbon on wednesday on the final leg of his european air Force one touched Down at 6 at Portela be Day from Page 1 the Day the fighting officially West German president Richard von Wei speaking to parliament in said the defeat of nazi Germany 40 years ago was a Day of liberation for reflecting the mixed feelings in his country about the War Weizsaecker said world War ii had been started by and it brought heavy suffering on the German peo who now see their land but we must not see the end of the War As the cause of expulsion and Bond the cause Lav much More in the begin Ning of the War and in the beginning of the tyranny that led to he said As the chamber broke into he told germans that they Bear personal responsibility for millions of victims of the nazi Reich and for the creation of a hate free free yourselves of hate and strife against american or jew or Radical or Black or said Weizsaecker to a gathering of both houses of but the Shadow of the nations nazi past fell Over the moving speech when several left Wing members of parliament left the chamber in protest at the As a of Hans former Christian democratic Premier of the state of Baden Silbinger was forced to resign from pub Lic life in 1978 when his past As a nazi military judge caught up with him during a libel court the Green party announced a Boycott of a wednesday night ecumenical service in colognes ancient the service was held by Kohl and Weizsaecker to mourn victims of nazi representatives of the Attinato greens travelled instead to a ceremony at the extermination Camp at to saying that the official May 8 events were glorification of the armed brother Hood of other countries also had difficulty deciding How to commemorate the Britain at first had said there would be no special but pressure from the Public and newspapers led to the scheduling of the Westminster Abbey in 200 Young germans took part in a rare displaying the Battle flags of All the French armed forces on the Broad champs German guests mixed among thousands of French wartime reviewed by presi Dent Francois Mitterrand at the Tomb of the unknown Warrior located under the Majestic arc Detriomphe at the top of the elderly most of them wearing rows of world War ii bore the flags of All the free French units that took part in the Normandy landings and the liberation of France in 194445 under Charles de recriminations Between Moscow and Western capitals also erupted As the soviets charged their wartime allies with failure to Send High level representatives to soviet Moscow Warsaw pact allies sent ranking officials to the soviet although there were no Heads of state or government the associated press Reagan and his wife were met by Portu Guese president Antonio Ramalho eanes and his the two presidents then travelled by motorcade through downtown Lisbon to the 16th Century jeronimos where Reagan was to Lay a Wreath in Honor of portuguese poet Luis de the a after the official welcoming ceremony at the the presidential party was to go to nearby Belem where Rea Gan and eanes were to hold in recognition of reagans Busy sched ule during which he stopped in three european there were no further activities planned wednesday a Reagan and his wife were to spend a quiet evening at the que Luz nine Miles Northwest of Central satellites successfully launched French Guiana a the european launcher ariane lifted off tues Day from its Jungle base in French Guiana and successfully placed two telecommunications satellites in orbit above the european space Agency officials the conventional three stage rocket Rose from the launching platform on the East coast of South America at on its 13th european weather May 7 from West attend Antiwar rally by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau chief Nuernberg about people attended an Antiwar rally tuesday eve Ning that focused on the theme of cities levelled by world War h a mishmash of Antiwar symbols was Strung together to illustrate the mayoral delegations from both Eastern and Western european Sites that were destroyed by world War ii bombings spoke about the Folly of War to the generally quiet the rally was held on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the wars a mixed bag of peace Antiwar Star wars Environ mentalists and antinuclear groups Gath ered at the program for a Start at the convention Center in one of the cities devastated by wartime the rally was sponsored by the social democratic from the garishly decorated bunkers on the floor to the conservatively dressed eld ers in the front Row a wide Range of people mayors from Poland Rotter dam in the Netherlands Czecho Slovakia England France East Germany West Germany and Minsk and Leningrad in the soviet Union spoke of the horrors in their cities As 40yearold documentary films flashed on a huge overhead in music by Rock musicians such As Eric Burdon of great Britain and the group Budka from kept the youngsters hopping in the aisles while older listeners waited patiently for the string ensemble from West Germany and ragtime piano group from Czechoslovakia to take the before and after photos of the bombed cities Hung in the galleries ringing the Central Franke Halle literature from Eastern Europe and left leaning groups was for it included a poster showing a gun made of Money shoved into the top of the South american which was modified to look like a another popular poster was one show ing Ronald Reagan with his face replaced by a nuclear underneath was official presidential also on Sale was wine from Algeria red and the red scarves of the communist party could easily be spotted among the vendors in the there were also displays of newspaper and Magazine accounts of How different groups were helping the people of including such diverse projects As prevention of tooth decay and Farmland at one table were petitions for peace in evidence of dissenting positions could also be at one hot pads were on Sale that carried the we pack hot Iron against the demonstrations a spokeswoman for the social democratic party said the rally was a demonstration against any future wholesale destruction of Europe regardless of what country they Are in or the politics our she is no More Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City City Maine Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco temperatures forecast for thursday mostly Cloudy with scattered rain showers 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