European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The courts. Suits filet against the police sometimes produce out of Yourl payments from the Law and Oder ministry which activists depict As tacit admissions of improper poke conduct even when the suits tar court proceedings provide a Lorum Tor witnesses to publicize accusations against authorities with Lull immunity. The aits although censors ban Many works there is soil room Lor Strong protest. A Book called two dogs and Freedom contains drawings by Black children of soldiers finn at township residents. A song by while rack Star Johnny Clegg statutes activists who died in detention. A play at Johannesburg s biggest theater Complex you gun i Stop the revolution included graphic him footage of victims or alleged police brutality. Campus protest. Increasingly the predominantly while English speaking universities have become centers o anti gov Emmen Antr apartheid activity including occasional clashes Between students and police. In october. 20.000 slut inns and faculty at five campuses demonstrated against new regulations Tilch threaten to reduce government subsidies to the schools unless administrators curtail dissent. The press. The major English language newspapers although condemned by some militants As pro capitalism and Overly cautious Ollen run editorials and Sellers Horn readers assailing the government and urging bolder racial reforms. Even More aggressive despite government threats of a Tashuie is the so called alternative press which includes the weekly mail produced Pri Manly by Whites and several publications edited by and oriented toward Blacks. When Bolha urged the press a few months ago to help combat the revolutionary the we Civ mail replied on its front Page we Are Happy to oblige by continuing to expose the injustices of apartheid. By continuing to push or democracy instead of minority churches. Several major denominations including the roman Catholic anglican and methodist churches arc at the forefront of tote Anth apartheid Campaign and often hold services with Strong political messages. Church leaders like anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu a Black. The flex Allan Loesak the mled-r3ce president of world Alliance of reformed churches and Hie Rev. Peter Storey a White who formerly headed Iho Mcleod is Church Are Well known abroad and willing to say things that might land less prominent people in jail. Strikes and Boycotts. Militant Black unions have made Clear that they View so rinks As a form of political protest even though labor saws technically limit strikes to workplace disputes. The ongoing real Boycott although illegal has spread to dozens of Black townships since its Start in september 1964 and has Cost local authorities As much As $300 million. Activists say ins Boycott will continue until the government frees political prisoners and opens negotiations to give Lull political rights Lothe Vot Dess Black majority. The question is not Why we Reluse to Parent but Why the government refuses to listen to our said the Rev. Frank Chikane general Secretary of the South african Council of churches. Publicity campaigns. Sometimes risking government Wrath opposition groups can make themselves heard through press releases and news conferences. Sale meals from Iho United democratic front the largest anti apartheid coalition appear regularly but no longer Are signed its two chief spokesmen have been jailed. One effective Campaign was Spacai headed by the Delaine is parcels support committee a multiracial group in an Elford to we release of detained Black children the Campaign won widespread support abroad and the government although denying that it bowed to pressure has freed virtually All detainees under 17 years old. Dial resistance. White men face Jan terms if they Reluse to Servo in the Mililay. The government no longer discloses statistics on Drall resisters bul those who Are prosecuted sometimes speak out against conscription and tha deployment of troops in Black townships. Ivan Toms a doctor who served in the army for iwo years but has refused to report for training Camps Saj alter his arrest in november. One has to Mako a stand in a civil War. One has to take satire. The country s Best known satirist Pieler Duk us. Built his reputation through slag revues thai lampooned president . Bolha. Among other la gels. Trying a new tactic us recently published a collection of excerpts from Bolha s speeches. One Sample where in the whole wide world can you find a More Jual society than South Africa has to of Germany a Tenne to Fliter a anted women met tils hand in out kit clan a Flat to Lett Kcf Awn Baiman Lime Stltt Manfred Werner new Man for nato by Serge Schmemann new York times t May be Only a coincidence that the Man chosen to succeed Britain s lord Carrington july 1 As nato s Secretary general Wrob his doctoral dissertation on the stationing of foreign forces in Friendly countries. Bul Ihen most of Manfred Warner s career since As a politician fighter Pilot and. For the last live years As West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl s defense minister seems to have been tailored for the task of taking on nato s political leadership in what is Likely to be a critical juncture. With the signing of the american soviet treaty to rid Europe of All medium and Shorter Range missiles and Iho increasing pressures in Washington to reduce american forces in Europe. The Western Alliance will be lacing a fundamental and Complex rethinking of its doctrine and strategy. Among the pressing issues is the soviet preponderance in conventional arms and Battlefield nuclear weapons left behind in Europe after missiles with a Range of More than 300 Miles Are gone. The issues Are All potentially divisive. West Germany on the front line of West and East is considerably Moro Sensitiva about the Short Iange nuclear weapons and the Prospect of reduced american forces than other allies farther Back. As Iho lop political Allicer in the Alliance the military commander is by tradition an american Warner who is 53 years old will be responsible for the delicate dealing and Public relations necessary to shape a new consensus. West Germany a the largest contributor of men and Money to nato after the United Stales. Its critical importance in the process of building a new consensus was the major reason that Washington London and other major allies thought the Job of Secretary general should finally go to a German. Tha fact in itself is something of a Milestone. Though a key member of nato for the last 32 years West Germany because of its nazi past has kept a relatively Low military profile. Bul Kohl has sough for some Lime to publicly stake the place that West Germany s contributions warrant and Washington has been quietly pressing Bonn to assume a More Active role in Western defences. Wow is widely seen As Iho right Man Tor tha Job. Sunday january 10. 1988 the stars and stripes fluent in English and French and hawkish on defense. He is Well connected and is generally described As being respected in All nato capitals. Including his own Lor his expertise and intelligence. That is important because part of his of will be to reassure his countrymen that they Are nol being left in the lurch and part will be to reassure allies who still fear thai the germans Are yearning for Neul rally. Worner was barn in Stuttgart on sept. 24,1934. And he studied Tew in Heidelberg. Paris and Munich. He took his doctorate in International Law at Munich University and worked As a civil servant before being elected to the bundestag in 1965 As a Jouly of the conserve alive Christian democratic Union cd. Having been divorced worn or is married to Eltriede Halwig. A journalist and advertising specialist. He is reputed to have a passion for Hying and since 1966 he has been a Reserve Pilot with Iho rank of lieutenant colonel in the air Force. The major blemish in Warner s career was the scandal in Early 19b4 Over his dismissal of Gen. Gunter Kiessling As Deputy commander of nato on the ground that Security checks had shown the general to be homosexual. The finding proved wrong the general was reinstated and Worner came perilously close to being dismissed As Welense minister. Seeking to Dampen the scandal at the tuna. Kohl publicly conceded that Warner and his aides had Mado mistakes in investigating and dismissing Kiessling Kohl s refusal to oust Worner torn the Cabinet caused a subsequent political uproar. Worner apologized to the general for having incorrectly judged him a Security risk based on erroneous intelligence reports that the officer had patronized homosexual haunts in Cologne. The entire incident has been largely forgotten. More recently. Of liner has often been in the news urging that the West not be tempted to lower ils guard under the influence of Mikhail s Gorbachev the attractive new Leader in Moscow. We need a perception on the soviet ado that they have no Chance to wage either a conventional or nuclear War and res incl it to Europe he has said. Worner has also Boon instrumental in Wesl Germany s search for a new military link with France the idea which is welcomed by Washington has been to make France and West Germany the nucleus of a european defense identify within nato. Page 17
