European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 israeli official quits Over peace talk stall Jerusalem a a Cabinet member is re signing because the government is paralysed by Divi Sions Over a proposed Middle East peace conference. Communications minister Amnon Rubinstein of the Liberal Shin i party said he believes his Resig nation Wilt Aid a bid by foreign minister Shimon Peres to topple the coalition government he said the move could persuade other Peres allies to resign. Feres demanded Early elections last week after the Cabinet became deadlocked Over a plan for an Intima tonal peace conference. His leh of censer labor party favors israeli participation in the conference. The right Wing liked bloc of prime minister Yitzhak Shamir opposes such a conference maintaining thai Israel would be isolated and pressured to yield territory in wilted in Hie 1967 Arab israeli War. The Peres plan Calls for an International conference to precede direct negotiations Between Israel and its Arab enemies. Labor Leaden say their party lacks the parliamentary support to bring about Early elections. Peres said hit week that 59 legislators in the 120 member parliament support Early elections. A simple majority ii needed to change the election Date now set for october 19a. We Donl think we should leave the Field to Force Early elections said Energy minister Moshe Shahal a Israel s changing Borders Huml no Ami n or no to Coupon o atm b last Mia Osun cud i Wroth to it Tamo Manl so Oak porn 1d7 them in Jim item sinn to 18s2 Man d in Tenn Ctm to my labor party member. Peres who is on a four Day visit o the United states had no immediate comment on Rubinstein decision. Shamir said he regretted Rubinstein s move and considered it unjustified Israel radio reported. Deliberations to decide who will succeed Rubinstein could fuel another government crisis. Under he coalition agreement Peres can replace Rubinstein with an other labor supporter but the new minister needs inc approval of the government and parliament. The coalition government was formed after National elections in july 984 yielded no decisive results for either party. Rubinstein told a news conference sunday he expected his resignation to win his party j approval. Explaining his decision Rubinstein said the israeli government has become a two headed monster. I do not think a government can function Long like  he also said he objected to liked promises made to Small religion parties in connection with the who ii a jew controversy. The religious parties Franl the government Loback their Contention that Only people who converted according to Uriel jewish Taw can be called jews. Liked legislators said Friday they would support the demand by the Ultra orthodox shas Patty on the who is a jew Issue. Rubinstein an opponent of clerical influence in government said the snap party is trying to blackmail the silent majority of israelis who oppose such legis lation. Pope Pius Xii linked to anti Hitler plot Rome up1 Pope Pius Xii the world War ii pontiff who has been accused of failing to denounce nazism took part in a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler experts said sunday. Reacting to reports in the italian press . Jesuit historian the Rev. Robert Graham and italian foreign minister Chulio Andretti confirmed ainu made by Cambridge University professor Owen Chadwick in his Book Britain and the Vatican during the second world  Chadwick s Book has been out for some time it received press attention in Italy this week because of a new Edi Tion. The Book claims Pius Xii helped a group of High ranking German officers in an attempt to overthrow hitter and negotiate an honorable surrender with Britain in 1940. Basing his account on foreign of fice documents and private diaries Chadwick Taid the Pope agreed to act is the Channel of communication be tween the officers and the British government and discussed the matter with Britain s envoy to the holy see sir d Arcy Godolphin Osborne but the plan was then discarded. The wartime pontiff head of the roman Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958, has been accused by other Histo rians of having failed to denounce nazi atrocities and use his Power to fight Hitler. There Are people who consider Pius Xii Miller s half brother. That s absurd Graham said in a Telephone interview. The Pope committed himself to the Anli Hiller plot Graham said. It was terribly dangerous for him but he agreed to be the Contact Man Graham said the Pope took another grave risk in the spin of 1940, when acting on information he received from Germany he warned Belgium and the Netherlands that they were about to be invaded. Andreotti in a front Page article published by the Rome daily ii Tempo also backed Chadwick s account. Andreolli pfc said a statement published feb. 11, 1946, in the Vatican newspaper l Ossery Tore Romano con firms Pius ill s involvement in the plot against Hitler. The foreign minister said there would be More material on the Case on file in the Vatican archives had the Pope not burned a Large portion of his private records during the War As a pre caution. Pop Pius Xii at Vatican City 13 years after the end of world War ii. Central american wars9 ecological Impact stressed managu., Nicaragua a wars in Central America Are destroying the Region s natural resources and diverting funds from social economic and environmental projects thai could improve the lives of ils people scientists meeting Here said sunday. The group of about 100 scientists from Centra America the United setts and other countries closed the three Day first Central american environmental action conference with a Call for creation of a commission to study the extent of environmental damage com the wars. We know the devastating ecological Impact the War in Vietnam caused and we Are facing powerful evidence that the armed forces of the United Stales Are preparing the ground for another disaster like this in Central America Robert a. Rice of the san Francisco based environmental project on Central America said in a paper presented at the Confer ence. He said the bombing of villages farm Fields and forests in Al Salvador is unprecedented in the Region. The salvadoran army he said has used Daisy Cutter bombs of the Type used in Vietnam to Clear forests. He added hat napalm and phosphorous bombs and Large fires have burned Downpipe and Oak Woods. Military roads bases and airfields Cut through forests of Honduras Guatemala and Nicaragua he said. In Guatemala the armed forces have destroyed fore cultivated Fields livestock and at least 440 villages in the past five years displacing i million peo ple and leaving Barren land that is largely unusable due to erosion. In the Jungles of the Northern Guate Mala Panhandle of Paten the army is culling forests in ils counter insurgency Campaign thereby reducing wild animal populations he said. Citing a report from a honduran government Forest service he said . Honduran joint military Maneu vers known As Cabanas 86, destroyed 10 per cent of the Pine forests in Savannah near the Border with Nicaragua. In Nicaragua More than 75 employees of the National resources Institute have been killed in attacks by .-backed Contra rebels the past three years Caus ing the government to abandon Large reforestation projects he said. He said  operations by the sandinista army which have expanded rapidly in recent years also dam age the environment. The increased militarization also affects Aid for areas not in conflict. Quoting a study by biologist Danie Janzen of Floc University of Pennsylva Nia he said thai . Private sources pro vide at least 30 percent of the funds used in Costa Rica s extensive National Parks system but he added these sources Are drying up because the donors Are afraid to invest in an area destabilized by  the Mililani Alion he added also diverts attention from the people from concern for Public Well being 10 the in Teress of the War. Economic funds that could support social and environmental programs Are channelled toward the growing armamenlism.1 "