European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday August 25, 1988 raging Granny in custody a military policeman takes a member of the protest group raging grannies into custody tuesday at a noose Bay on Vancouver Island British Columbia. The group held a demonstration against the testing of what they claim Are nuclear capable anti submarine weapons at the Bay. Authorities arrested six protesters. The Greenpeace ship Vega which dropped the Granny off at the protest is shown in the background. World today soviet officials permit protests recalling Hitler Stalin Baltic pact by the Washington Post Moscow tens of thousands of demonstrators with the obvious approval of soviet authorities poured into streets of cities along the Baltic coast tuesday to mount a landmark protest against these Cret pact Between Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler that resulted in the 1940 soviet takeover of the three Baltic republics. In the lithuanian City of Vilnius 100,000 demonstrators took part the official news Agency Tass reported. Dissidents there said the turnout was 200,000. According to other activists reached by phone 40,000 joined the two hour protest in Riga Latvia while10,000 gathered in Tallinn Estonia. Thousands of others joined protests in smaller bal tic cities sources said. The protests featured the most open display of nationalist sentiment in the Baltic in years with Long banned Baltic flags flapping in the wind and crowd singing old National hymns. The demonstrations were held on the 49th anniversary of the signing of the soviet German non aggression pact which effectively ceded the three Independent Baltic states to Moscow in return for soviet acquiescence in the German invasion of Poland. Until two weeks ago details of the pact were kept from the soviet Public. In an important decision Early this month an official estonian newspaper published excerpts from the protocol. The article was reprinted tuesday in an official youth newspaper in Latvia sources previous demonstrations of Baltic National ism that were clandestinely planned by dissidents tuesday s rallies bore the earmarks of official Blessing. By sanctioning tuesday s protests communist party officials in the Baltic seemed to be granting a major Concession to disgruntled activists throughout the Region. As recently As last fall demonstrators were threatened with jail terms and loss of jobs if they too part in rallies. Yet in tuesday s protests some party officials were among the participants. One possible reason for official approval of the bal tic demonstrations could be the negative experience of the mass protests in soviet Armenia last Winter landfall. Red army troops finally were brought in to put Down the demonstrations at that allowing the Baltic demonstrations to take place a Western Diplomat in Moscow said the part is obviously trying to take the lid off the pot before it boils popular soviet poet gets her name in the stars Moscow a a Distant asteroid has Bee named after Anna Akhmatova one of Russia s Best loved modern poets who was unable to publish during most of her creative years because of official disapproval pravda said wednesday. The communist party newspaper said soviet scientists requested the International planetary Center in the United states to Grant the name in Honor of the poet s 100th birthday. Akhmatova was born in 1889 and gained Fame for her works inspired by the style of Alexander Pushkin before the 1917 bolshevik revolution. Her husband fellow poet Nicholas go Milch was executed by the bolsheviks in 1921, and officials frowned upon her work from then until 1940. She was rehabilitated during the world War ii years but lost favor again in 1946 and was expelled from the soviet writers Union for Bourgeois Akhmatova regained favourable status in 1959. She died seven years later. Greeks sending treasures to tour australian cities Athens Greece a Greece said tuesday it will finally Send to Australia an exhibit of archaeological treasures after receiving an official pledge its title would not be changed. Government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos said the show will go adding that details would be arranged through the australian embassy Here. Greece last week said it was cancelling the trea sures of ancient Macedonia tour because Australia asked for the word Macedonia to be dropped. Australian officials Here said the Large yugoslav Community in Australia could be offended by the title. The geographical Region of Macedonia is now split Between Greece Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The archaeological finds Are to tour four australian cities from october. Iran Turkey renew talks on Oil pipeline project Ankara Turkey a iranian Oil minister go Lauriza Aghazade arrived wednesday for talks with turkish officials on a proposed crude Oil pipeline and Turkey s Oil purchases from Iran. An Oil pipeline to pump iranian crude to a Mediterranean terminal in Turkey has been under consideration for years. Premier Turgut Ozal signed a protocol agreement on the planned 1,116-mile pipeline with iranian Premier Mir Hussein Musavi when he visited Iran in March. However when the sides could not agree on the financing of the estimated $4 billion construction Cost the project was shelved. Turkish officials said a new formula for financing May be found in the upcoming talks now that Iran is Likely to be eager to increase its Oil sales for reconstruction efforts following the end of its 8-year-old War with Iraq. Burmese capital hit by largest protests in 26 years Bangkok Thailand a authorities in Burma lifted martial Law an ordered troops from the Center of the capital wednesday As hundreds of thou Sands of anti government protesters marched through Rangoon a Western Diplomat and news reports said. It was the third straight Day of mass protest against Burma s one party government and the largest since military Rule was imposed in 1962. State run radio Rangoon said presi Dent Maung Maung was to address the nation wednesday night. The Western Diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said wednes Day s demonstration attracted from Sev eral Hundred thousand to up to 1 Mil lion people in Rangoon a City of 3.5 million. They were marching and chanting Down with socialism and we want democracy he said. Another Western Diplomat also speaking on condition of anonymity said that Maung Maung went wednes Day to see former Leader be win who resigned july 23 after 26 years of authoritarian Rule and that it appeared be win still was pulling strings behind the scenes. Radio Rangoon in a broadcast monitored in Bangkok said Maung Maung signed decrees lifting martial Law i Rangoon and prime a town 150 Miles North of the capital. Both took effect at 1 . An order signed by Brig. Gen. Myo Nyunt the Rangoon area commander withdrew the military administration from the capital an hour earlier it said. Former Leader Sein Lwin imposed martial Law on Rangoon aug. 3 following anti government demonstrations. Newin imposed it on prime july 22 after mobs destroyed houses and shops there. There were no reports of violence i Rangoon As demonstrators led by Stu dents and Buddhist monks gathered inthe morning outside Rangoon general Hospital the main rallying place since troops shot medical personnel there Dur ing earlier rioting. Diplomats said demonstrators marched from the Hospital along Mer chant Street past the . Embassy an along two or three other main streets. The protesters marched for five or six hours then dispersed peacefully after Aung san Suu Kyi daughter of Independence Leader Gen. Aung san addressed them at the Hospital. She urged Calm and discipline and non violence to bring about democratic Rule a Western Diplomat said. They recalling for Friday to possibly be the big Gest Day Ever a general strike and huge demos. An asian Diplomat said Aung san Sukyi called for a United front against the government and a rally by 1 million peo ple to demand full democracy. She lives in England with her British husband and is visiting her Mother in of thousands of people across Burma took to the streets from aug. 8 to aug. 12 to protest the Transfer of Power from strongman be win Torsein Lwin widely hated in Burma for ruthlessly suppressing with Security forces left by official count 112 people dead and 267 wounded in Rangoon alone. But Diplo Mats say hundreds of people May have died in the protests before Sein Lwin s resignation aug. 12 after just 17 Days i Power
