European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday. June 1,1987 a plea and an unsatisfactory response moslem cleric urges re ease of All captives Britain denies Deal made to free envoy Beirut Lebanon a Lebanon s most influential Shi Ilc moslem cleric called saturday for the release of All for eign hostages because we arc duty bound to help Hose in the wrong even if they Are not  sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah made the remark in a Sermon at West Beirut s Birel Abed mosque on the Occa Sion of fit a moslem feast marking he end of Ramadan the holy fasting month. Fad Fellah is the spiritual guide 0 the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god. Hezbollah is believed to be an umbrella group for smaller underground factions holding most of the 24 foreigners mining in Lebanon. Shi Ilc moslem clerics including fad Lallah have made several other fruitless Public appeals for the release of the hos tages some of whom have been held More than two years. Among those missing is anglican Church envoy Terry Waite who turned 48 sunday. Waile disappeared in mos Lem West Beirut on Jan. 20, 12 Days after he arrived seeking to negotiate the re lease of . Hostages. We have to release innocent Kidnap victims. Because god wants us to do Justice to others before doing it 1o our selves Fadlallah said. We demand the release of innocent Kidnap victims be cause we reject injustice to others with the same vehemence with which we reject injustice to  Fadlallah did not mention by name the hostage holders or the captives. About 1,500 worshippers gathered at the mosque for his Sermon. He pledged to spare no Effort to secure the release of palestinians jailed in Israel and lebanese detainees at the Khiam detention Camp in Israel s self pro claimed Security zone in South Leb anon. Groups that have claimed the abduction of foreigners include the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. It holds three american professors and an Indian teacher who were seized at Beirut University College Jan. 24. It has demanded the release of 400 Arah prison ers in Israel in return for the professors. Israel has refused to consider the Swap. The United Stales said it  pressure Israel to change its stance. London a the foreign office denied saturday an iranian news report i hit a Deal was struck to win the release of Edward Chaplin the British Diplomat beaten and detained overnight in Iran. We do not make deals under duress or in response to blackmail said a statement issued by foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe. Howe termed Iran s response to Brit ish requests to explain iranian actions during pm incident totally unsatisfactory an iranian newspaper carried a front special court was hurriedly convened in the Northern City of Manchester. I said that to influence Iran to free Chaplin that court quickly ordered the release on bail of iranian vice Consul Ali Qassemi. Qassemi is facing charges of shoplifting resisting arrest and reckless driving. Iranian authorities act used police of torturing Qassemi. The British govern ment dismissed the allegation and said the police deny  s car was stopped in Tehran on thursday while he was driving with his wife and two Small children. He was beaten held overnight and released Fri Day but iranian news reports said the release was temporary. They said it is Likely he will face charges although no specific accusations have been made. The abductors later were identified by an iranian news Agency As members of the revolutionary Komi leh an internal Security Force. Christopher Macrae head of the Brit ish interests Section in Tehran was Ura Monad saturday to the foreign ministry. He was asked to explain what the ministry called the illegal arrest and torture of an iranian Diplomat by British police according to a report on stale run Tehran radio monitored in London. The foreign office disputed Iran s assertions that Qassemi had full diplomatic immunity Britain Felt he had immunity Only White going about his official a Utica the foreign office added that the arrest of Qassemi is a Mailer for the courts which arc Independent of the govern ment Chaplin was reported to be resting at Home with his wife and children sat urday. May Rains flood Southern China 156 people die Beijing up floods in Southern China have killed at least 156 persons and loft hundreds of thou Sands homeless since Early May in one of the region1 worst deluge in a decade the China daily newspaper said saturday. Overall More than 1.43 million people have Bee affected the newspaper said and damage has been estimated at $130 million. The newspaper said disastrous storms have lashed Southern Guangqi province since the beginning of the month killing at least 42 people and swamping 138,250 acres of Farmland in the Fertile Rice growing Region. The torrential rain has affected some 28 counties inthe province. It has destroyed 4,509 houses and 179 Bridges and damaged 2,497 water conservation projects the report said about 120 Miles of River embankments also have been swept away by the floods. The newspaper gave no additional details of the Luangsi deluge but said life is Back to Normal in most areas of neighbouring Huangdong province which was hit by one of the Region s worst floods in a decade. Some areas of Huangdong were hit with More than 3.3 feel of rainfall. A three hour downpour on May 26 dumped More than four inches of ram in Hen Xian county flooding 14 of its 22 townships the paper reported soldiers have evacuated More than 470,000 people from Hen Xian county where about 750,000 acres of Farmland were flooded. At least 114 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured the newspaper said. Huangdong authorities have sent Relief supplies and funds to local people Xinhua news Agency said. Building materials and fuel arc being shipped to the disaster stricken  it said troops have been mobilized to repair roads and water supplies. Local officials have refused to answer foreign re porters questions about the floods. A spokesman forthe government disaster Relief Center in Canlon the capital of Huangdong province said he had no information about the disaster. The floods in Southern China coincide with the country s worst Ever Forest fire which has killed about 200 people in northeastern Fielon Jiang province since May 6, an East Berlin Border guard snaps a photo of demonstrators pasting census forms on the Berlin will. Census protesters go to the Wall Berlin a anti census protesters sat urday plastered the Berlin Wall with More than 20,000 questionnaires for West Germany s Popula Tion count conduced last month West Berlin police said. Police could not intervene because the Wall dividing this East West City stands just inside communist East German territory. East German Border guards leaning Over the top of the 14-foot Concrete Wall photographed some of the protesters but did not attempt to arrest anyone. A West Berlin police spokesman said the demonstrators mostly Young leftists pasted the Blan questionnaires onto the Wall along a stretch of Sev eral Miles. There were no arrests or disturbances. The West German government has warned it will impose heavy fines against citizens who refuse to fill out questionnaires or ruin the forms. In the Northern port City of Hamburg mean while about 300 anti census demonstrators re leased Gas filled balloons with Blank questionnaires attached to them police said. Again no arrests or incidents were reported. A nationwide Boycott movement Ted by the leftist Green party has hampered the head count in sever Al Large cities including West Berlin. Census foes contend the count Wil violate privacy jaws the census. West Germany s first in 17 years began in mid May and was officially completed on May 2i, census Day. But Many people have yet to return questionnaires to authorities