European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday april 21, 1986british lawmaker sums up political Cost of Libya raid by Judy Sarasohn staff writer Heidelberg As americans consider the consequences of the . Retaliatory air raid on Libya a conservative member of the British parliament asked an american University seminar in Heidelberg to think about the implications from the British perspective. There is a political Cost of backing you up Julian Critchley told a University of Southern California seminar saturday. He represents Aldershot the major military District in England and he is vice chairman of the United kingdom conservative defense committee a party organization. Critchley originally was to speak thursday on nuclear weapons in Europe As part of the University s school of International relations seminar on deterrence. But his arrival was delayed and his speech was changed because of the debate in England Over prime minister Margaret Thatcher s permission for the United states to Fly its f 111 aircraft out of bases in England. The raid was aimed at damaging Libya s Moa mar khad Afy s ability to sponsor terrorist activities against americans . Officials said. The question of the . Government was not whether or not an attack by the americans upon Libya was Wise or unwise but whether or not we should permit the use of British bases Critchley said. Thatcher did agree to the use of the bases where . Air Force units Are stationed because of Alliance Solidarity and because of american Aid to the British in their fight for the falklands he said. Thus we Are in the difficult position in that we Are obligated to defend not Only our own part in the raid but the raid itself Critchley said. However he said in private our reaction would have been we would rather the americans did to in fact do  in the end mrs. Thatcher had the overwhelming sup port of the majority of the conservative party he said. But he noted that support for the British government was not necessarily support for president Reagan. A poll after the raid he said indicated that 71 percent of the British Public was against the use of the bases. The political consequences go Well beyond terrorism Critchley said. Viewed from Britain he said it has for the first time helped to make the return of labor government to Britain a Prospect to which we have to pay very serious  a labor government would negotiate the removal of the bases Critchley said and that would have serious consequences for nato strategy. The american attack on Libya whatever its justification makes our task of defending the . Bases. Very much harder than Ever before because that is going to be a major election Issue he said. Critchley said America was probably Correct in its impatience with its european allies because of the Lack of a european response to terrorism. He said the varied inter ests of european countries makes it difficult to develop a joint response. There is no easy alternative that i can postulate Critchley said. It is very difficult to see a reaction which might have satisfied Public opinion but not go As far As you yourself have  Rome celebrates 2,739th birthday Rome a tens of thousands romans poured out in Balmy weather to Mark the 2,739th anniversary of the founding of their City by the legendary Romulus. Pope John Paul ii also noted the City s birth in his sunday Blessing from a window of his apostolic Palace apartments. Addressing More than 40,000 pilgrims and tourists the pontiff said april 21 is a Day worthy of being  the City that has lived 2,739 years alone in the world justifiably deserves to be called the eternal City not simply because of its ancient origin but also because of the singular tasks god has assigned to it in his plan of redemption the Pope said. Tens of thousands of people Many of them women and children took part in a Marathon through the historic Center of the City which was closed to traffic in the morning. Several thousand people took part in a cycling race in another part of the City while traffic police organized special events to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the traffic Force with band concerts and exhibitions in major squares. At Rome s olympic stadium thousands of soccer fans waving the yellow and red flags of Roma one of the City s two teams packed into the stands hours be fore Kickoff. Roma tied at the top of the standings with Turin s Juventud in the italian title race was to face Lecce later in the Day. Loot reportedly financed Marcos Sydney Australia up a Sydney newspaper re ported sunday that deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos tried to sell 2,000 tons of Gold before his downfall much of it Booty of japanese occupation forces during world Warll. The sunday Telegraph said Marcos apparently double crossed japanese invaders of the Philippines helping them stash their plunder in a Cave but then taking it for himself when the occupiers beat a Hasty Retreat at the end of the War. Marcos used the Gold to finance his Rise to Power it said. The newspaper reported that Marcos middlemen in Manila and Singapore tried to sell the 2,000 tons of Gold Worth nearly $22 billion in Australia As late As sept. 27, 1985, but the stockpile was too big for any australian  there was no Prospect of offloading that much Gold on the australian Market so we struck up a Deal with an Arab consortium put stationed in London the newspaper quoted an internationally connected australian broker As saying. This consortium was just starting to get the Ball rolling with Marcos simply codenamed the big Boss by Middle men when the martial Leader was overthrown by president Corazon Aquino on feb. 25," the newspaper said. It said . Andrew Tan who is believed to have close connections with Marcos son Ferdinand Bong Bong Marcos first Tel exed the offer to the unidentified broker a year ago through a Singapore company. Tan allegedly told the broker the 24-Carat, 999.95 per cent pure Gold was available in 12.5-kilogram bars and had previously been stashed in Hong Kong London the United states Singapore Switzerland Panama and the Netherlands Antilles. Tan who disappeared from the Philippines after Marcos downfall had made two trips to Australia last year once in september and once in october while in route to Malta to meet representatives of the Arab consortium the Telegraph said. According to the australian broker the Arab consortium was asked to deliver a first instalment of $1 billion in person to Manila exchanging it for Central Bank of the Philippines . Treasury notes the newspaper said. The Treasury notes were then to have been swapped overseas for Gold bars at a Marcos Gold vault in one of the corresponding Banks of the philippine Bank the newspaper said citing documents it obtained. The sunday. Telegraph said Marcos apparently in tended to Transfer the Treasury notes to one of his Many overseas Bank accounts. According to the newspaper Tan told the broker that much of the Gold consisted of loot and spoils taken by the japanese army in its sweep through Asia during world War ii. Marcos whose role As War hero with the Mahar Lika the Philippines Freedom fighters has been put under a Cloud helped stash the Gold in a Cave the broker was told said the newspaper. When the japanese were pushed out of the Philippines at the end of the War they reportedly did not have time to recover their carefully hidden Booty. Marcos put a guard on the Cave and then recovered the Gold himself thus financing a four decade Rise to Power the newspaper said. 100 in Hong Kong take flight to see Halley s Comet in style Hong Kong up about 100 people took to the skies on a Champagne and caviar flight to catch one of the last glimpses of Halley s Comet As it leaves the solar system. The passengers each paid $130 to be pampered with alcohol and hours d oeuvres while viewing the Comet that has mostly been obscured by Clouds for the past month. Edward David Halley Gill 10, a direct loth generation descendant of the British astronomer who predicted the Comet s 76-year orbit was one of those aboard the flight. German Shepherd s fear of flying forces japanese plane to land Tokyo a a passenger plane was forced to make an unscheduled Landing when a German Shepherd apparently unnerved by turbulence nearly escaped from its Cage in the cargo hold the Kyodo news service said. The All Nippon airways plane with 23 passengers aboard landed in Nagoya in Central Japan Kyodo said. The plane flying from Okayama in Western Japan to Tokyo continued on its flight after the 88-Pound dog was removed. The dog a 3-year-old male named Rado was travelling with four other German shepherds to compete in a dog show Kyodo said. Direct action claims responsibility for failed attack on French official Paris a the extreme left terrorist organization direct action in a message received by the French news Agency has claimed responsibility for the failed attack on the vice president of the National employers association. The victim Guy Brana escaped unharmed when two men in a Small truck sprayed Rifle fire on his car wounding the chauffeur. Brana was standing in the doorway of his House when the attack occurred and dived to the ground. The text of the statement sent to Agency France Presse did not mention the attack had failed but said Brana was the target because he is through his various functions one of the Central articulatory of the economic and Industrial policy of France in the development of the imperialist global  French designer group expels fashion House for not paying dues Paris a an association representing France s Lead ing fashion designers has expelled the Gres fashion House because it failed to pay $ 14,000 in dues officials said. The House of Gres has ignored our requests to pay dues for some time and by unanimous vote we decided to strike it from our list Pierre Berge co president of the Chambre Syndicate de la couture Francaise said. Meanwhile Alix Gres considered the doyenne of French couture has agreed to remain As co president a position she has held for 12 years said Berge who is Yves Saint Laurent s business manager. A spokesman for Gres said the firm has paid the dues and expects to rejoin the association. Soviet Economy responding to Gorbachev s Calls for growth Moscow a partial figures published for the first Quarter of 1986 showed the soviet Economy is responding to Mikhail s. Gorbachev s Calls for improved growth and efficiency but it is still plagued by lagging Oil production and sluggishness in some sectors. The communist party daily pravda said the Economy grew 6.7 percent in the first Quarter compared with the first three months of last year and a yearly target for 1986of 4.3 percent. Labor productivity also was up strongly 6.3 percent Over january through March last year. Man s death linked to eviction from hotel Home after 60 years Vancouver British Columbia a an 85 year old Man who called the Patricia hotel Home for More than 60 years died because he was evicted to make Way for expo 86 tourists the City s chief medical health office says. Olaf solheim was evicted from the downtown hotel seven weeks ago. I feel that you have to attribute this solheim s death to his eviction said or. John Blatherwick. My staff has been working very closely with this Man said Blatherwick. As recently As five Days ago two physicians from the Vancouver health department had seen him. V we have provided him with All of the medical services that one can provide him with but he did not want to live any longer