European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 15.1987 Taiwan s president decrees end to 38-year martial Law world today Taipei Taiwan a president Chiang Ching Kuo tuesday decreed the end of martial Law imposed by his nationalist party 38 years ago when it fled to this Island after communists took Over Mainland China. The official Central news Agency quoted Chiang slaying in a decree that martial Taw would be replaced at Midnight by new Security measures approved by the legislative Yuan Taiwan s highest lawmaking body. We arc looking at the government s next move cautiously dissident Leader Kang Ning Hsiang Toldie associated press. The political environment is still largely unclear martial Law was imposed in 1949 when the nation Alist government and about 2 million supporters fled 10 Taiwan after losing a civil War to the communists on the chinese Mainland. Martial Law has been a mainstay of the nationalists authoritarian Rule. Chiang first announced last october thai he would lift martial Law which barred the formation of new political parties and allowed civilians to be ined by military courts on sedition and other charges however in remained in effect while replacement Security measures were drafted. Enforcement of martial Law has not been strict in recent Yean. In september dissidents formed the democratic progressive party which went on to receive 21.6 percent of the Vole in december legislative elections. Under the new Security measures passed by the legislative Yuan last month new political parties arc permitted but they must be anti communist and Back the unification of Taiwan and China. The provision is aimed at discouraging the Independence movement supported by Many native taiwanese who comprise 85 percent of the Island s 19.5 million people. Both the nationalists and communists maintain they arc the sole legitimate government of China the democratic progressive party has proposed a plebiscite to let taiwanese determine their future. Ship suspected of carrying aliens seized taken to Canadian port Halifax. Nova Scotia a a freighter suspected of delivering 174 illegal aliens to Nova Scotia was escorted Back to Halifax a the coast guard which seized in 125 nautical mites on Canada and arrested its three crewmen. The three men were scheduled to appear tuesday in provincial court to face charges of violating Canada s immigration Laws. The men who were not identified were the Only people aboard the freighter when in was seized monday night. The freighter a Melie registered in Chile and sailing under a Costa rican hag. Entered Halifax Harbor about 10 . Monday linked to the coast guard ship Wil Liam by a 1,000-foot Cable. The weather beaten Bluc and rust coloured freighter docked under Light Security about an hour later. Two other men arrested sunday at Halifax International Airport also were charged in the Case. Police identified them us Rolf Nygren 46, of Sweden the owner and Captain of the Anilie and Jasvir Singh 36, of Coventry England. The two men were pipe Clad to enter pleas tuesday to charges of aiding the illegal entry into Canada of Balbinder Singh one of 174 people discovered Earl sunday morning in a fishing Village in Southeastern Nova Scotia. The group of 173 men and one woman claimed to be sikhs who left India by ship on May 20. But Ca Nadian authorities later discovered belongings the group left behind in the Village indicating that they May have come from Western Europe Many of the men who arrived at the Village wore turbans. Czechs decide to put eateries in private hands Prague Czechoslovakia api the slate will lease out restaurants and Small shops to Pri vate operators from next year As part of an at tempt to end government subsidies to state owned eateries. Rude Provo said tuesday. Reporting on measures approved monday bythe ruling presidium of the communist parly rude Provo also said incentives for Stair i catering establishments to improve the level of catering and the achieved economic result willbe organizations such As farm cooperatives Are to be allowed to engage in catering in the inter est of Competition. Rude Provo said. From Jan. 1,1988, individual citizens assisted by family members will be Able to obtain licences to run restaurants or Small shops under a rental arrangement with the stale it said. Rude Provo did not specify what the rental arrangements would be. Italy averaging 10 quakes or tremors daily in july Rome a it. Teen a seismic Summers far for Italy with an average of 10 Tremon or quakes a Day since the beginning of july officials say. The latest was a series of 10 temblor that struck through the Early morning hours sunday around the far Southern City of Cosenza in the toe of the Boot shaped italian Peninsula. The National Institute of geophysics said the strongest of that series sunday measured 3.3 on the Richter scale of ground motion with no damages or injuries reported. The Peninsula is riddled with faults from lop to Bottom and averages some ground movement three times a Day according to the Rome based National Institute of geophysics. That average has climbed to 10 times a Day since july 2, it says although most of the earthquakes have not exceeded a Richter 3 measurement. Parliamentary visitors eighteen year old Sunol Ortiz left of Lor Nln Ohio us John Durlin 17, of Cir Roel tad., oct Najr lawmakers Chain during their Lour monday of the Appolo German parliament in Bonn. They Are unions Aboul 150 us students who tit visiting German As part of an Exchange program. Court Grants request to extradite soccer fans London up Britain s highest judicial panel monday overturned a lower court decision and granted Bel Gium s request for the extradition of 26 English soccer fans to stand trial for a stadium Riol two years ago that killed 39 people. The fans can still file an Appeal to Britain s Home Secretary Douglas Hurd in an attempt to Block extradition and a defense attorney said such an Appeal would be made. British Legal observers said that if Hurd allows the extradition the fans could be Send to Belgium within weeks. Belgium welcomed the unanimous Rul ing monday by the five judge panel from the House of lords. It decided to set aside an april ruling that blocked Bel Gium s bid to extradite the fans to stand trial for manslaughter in the May 29, 1985, soccer riot in Brunei Belgium s Cysel stadium. Fans of the Liverpool soccer earn Many of whom had been drinking heavily rampaged an hour before the euro Pean champions cup final match against Juventud of Italy Wai due to Kickoff. The rampage prompted an attempt by hundreds of fans to flee the crowded stadium. In the ensuing Stampede a Wall col lapsed and 39 people were crushed to death 34 of them Juventud fans including a 10-year-old boy. Juventud won the game which kicked off two hours late. 1-0. Police in Belgium and Britain pored Over videotapes of the riot and 16 English fans alleged to be ringleaders in the Stampede were arrested. Belgium opened extradition proceedings against them last year. Swedes lob grenades of site foreign sub thought trapped Stockholm Sweden Topi the military threw grenades into Waters where a suspected foreign submarine is believed to have been trapped for two weeks but they received no indication that they hit the intruder the commander of the submarine search said tuesday. Col. Sunc Larsson said an unspecified number of grenades were lobbed at an object in the Tore Inlet in Northern swe Den 40 mites from the finnish Border to Force to the surface what authorities be Lieve is a foreign submarine. Larsson declined to elaborate on the observations that brought about the Shel Ling. Patrol boats and helicopters searched the restricted military area but found no evidence of an intruder swed ish radio said
