European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine it trying to keep France at a distance by Mort Rosenblum associated press a n ambitious French   of lame Corsica. Ilia fractious mile Island of Beauty and blood lend1. Has produced official optimism bul nothing anyone can Call Victory. The pan government s representative in Corsica Paul Bernard claimed in an interview that the Cors Carr have rejected so Paralis and  " then he added As an afterthought. It is a big problem Here " for Many Cor cans that is the height of understatement Jean Pierre Arrighi. Lor example spoke in the capital. A Accio Lor the corsican people s parly a Small leftist party with close ties to a largest separatist movement the French colonizers Here Are at the level they were when taking Over the Middle East As unwanted occupiers people Hare will sabotage their colonialism and they cannot Stop the steam from escaping " separatists poll less than 10 percent in elections do an average of two bombs a Day Lor the past Lew years deliver a Clear message and Many who oppose violence or Independence still prefer keeping France at a distance the French Flag has flown Over the Island since 1769 when Louis Xvi nudged aside the genoese Genoa could not hold Corsica but neither could Aragon Pisa. Lombardy. Byzantium. Carthage. Dome or Phoenicia past governments used Corsica to Mainland France As though a 100-mile 160-km Channel of Mediterranean was a bridged River. But in 1982. President Francois Mitterrand gave it a special statute with a regional Assembly and investment incentives. This year. Paris pledged one billion francs $850 million for projects designed to create jobs improve skills and generally freshen a stagnant Economy. An official predicted solid Progress when Young corsican find they can escape the two clans which have controlled the Island Lor generations by dispensing or withholding travors. But a Range of corsican interviewed saw to a signs the clan Are losing ii in Tnp vendettas Are i is i Cly to end in bloodshed As in the old Days but feuds Are deep and t it Pierre  Qiju inhabitants Only 160,goo Are corsican ant thu i 33,600 Are Continental frenchmen and there Aie 39.900 lore Iii is or corsican in three is Over 60 cach year a null on tourists come to the Island outlying the devout with their Beach non attire swarm my Over the cobblestones of ancient  redoubts and speeding up the Normal Pace of life on the Way to the postcard  Village of san a Lonmo. Someone has scrawled on the rocks in red paint Francais donors. French go Home. The stars and stripes Page 13