European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 15, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 9 ambassador Mansfield retiring at 85 sex senator fostered asian ties Mike manifold Tokyo a . Ambassador Mike Mansfield a lean Monanan who spent much of his lengthy Politi Cal career promoting better relations Between the United slates and Asia announced monday that he is Wir ing at 85. Foreign minister Sasuke Uno reacted to the Immi nent departure of Japan s much valued Friend with deep regret a ministry official said Mansfield said he would leave Tokyo before Jan. 1, Mansfield a Democrat who set longevity records during his in years As Senate majority Leader and in his ii years As envoy to the crucial Tokyo Post Tot a packed news conference at the american embassy that he and his wife Maureen decided it was time Lor me to resign subject to the will of he president and that has been done Mansfield said Mansfield said he delayed announcing his retire ment plans until after Congress had adjourned until a Resolution had been reached an . Demands that Japan import american Rice and most importantly until after last week s presidential election. Describing bilateral relations As excellent mans Field said the relationship of Japan and the United Prince Charles 40years old has Street party Birmingham. England a Prince Charles celebrated Ilis 4qth birthday monday with a trip to Birmingham for an inner City so real party and the defense ministry promoted him to Royal air Force colonel and Navy Captain. As he crosses into Middle age the heir to the British throne who has no constitutionally defined Job has carved his own role As crusader for the underprivileged and protector of the environment. On the eve of the Prince s birthday one of his close associates Tom Sheb care said Charles is irritated by the news Media s obsession with peddling what he called Tittle tattle and fiction Abo Tcharles private life which he said distracts from the Prince s serious work. Hundreds of Well wishers cheered and Sang Happy birthday dear Charlie when the heir to the British throne arrived in , he received Flowers and two birthday kisses then met with about 20 Young people who have established their own businesses with the help of his Prince s youth business Trust. Later monday he was to attend a glittering Buck Ingham Palace Ball. As Charles was in route to Birmingham the do. Of Csc ministry awarded him the double  ranks arc ceremonial the Prince ended his Active career with Britain s armed services in 1976. Charles chose the Prince s Trust which reestablished in 1976 to help  youths find jobs to organize his Public birthday Cele bration in Birmingham Britain s second largest City. _ after years of being picked on by the tabloid press which has accused him of everything from eccentricity to failing As a husband Charles has recently been lauded As charismatic and a great  birthday Ball was to be attended by 300 guests including members of the Royal family and King Plav of Norway. Prince Charles in new uniform states is stable and a can leave with our Heads Highland our arms  Mansfield s service to the United Stales started when he was 14 and an under age enlisted in the Navy. He stayed in for the duration of world War i. Subsequently he served with the army and later he was with the Marine corps in Asia. Before Mansfield began the first of his five terms As a representative from Montana s first District in 1942,he taught far Eastern and latin american history at Montana state University in 1944, Mansfield w Ssell on a foreign policy Mission 16 China at president Franklin a Roosevelt s request. Prior to his Tokyo appointment he returned to China several times at the invitation of Fth Beijing government. Mansfield s assignment to Tokyo in 1977 made Many japanese Happy because of his prestige in con Gress and his Long advocacy of East Asia s great importance to the United slates. The .-Japan relation ship he often said is the most important to Washington bar  it is our Hope thai we will work together in the  Century which will be the Century of the Pacific Mansfield said monday. Anti nazi plans seen As affecting australians too Sydney Australia a proposed Laws de signed to prosecute suspected nazis living in Australia also May Lead to charges against australian veterans of world War ii a lawyer said monday. Gillian Triggs an expert in International Taw said former australian service members could face murder charges after a newspaper reported on a wartime Mas Sacre by the australian air Force that reportedly killed 350 japanese troops. The Sydney morning Herald said i inn up to 10 australians could be charged with War crimes for allegedly shooting japanese survivors alter a Convoy of troop transports was sunk off the new Guinea coast in 1943. The morning Herald citing air Force archives said australian Crews fired machine guns until they ran out of ammunition and the sea ran red with  the Channel 7 network said it would broadcast he allegations monday night. Identify those involved and screen footage of Fth attack hat allegedly occurred 45 years ago. Triggs who has studied proposed government amendments to the War crimes act said australians could get caught up in the War crimes trials. To kill somebody who has been forced to leave a ship which has been bombed und is burning and who is in a Lifeboat waiting to be rescued would very Likely be murder under the australian proposed legislation said Triggs who is based in Melbourne. The government of prime minister Bob Hawk has said it seeks amendments before the end of the year to allow for possible nazi prosecutions. The Federal opposition has demanded that former australian service members be excluded from possible prosecution along with provisions to abort a trial where evidence cannot be assembled in  Law allows Only for military trials against Japa Nese who committed crimes against australians. The government is investigating a list of More than 400 people living in Australia with suspected nazi links. New technology spells end of Morse code London a world shipping leaders have Given the go ahead for the introduction of new automatic communications that will mean the end of Fth Morse code for ships at scan the global maritime distress and safety system transmits and receives automatically so Morse will no longer be a requirement for ships. Shipowners Ace expected to phase out radio operators when the new equipment is installed in. Ships starting in 1993. Some pans of the new technology which includes satellite communications arc already in use on British ships and from 1999, they will be compulsory on ships worldwide. The decision was taken Friday during a two Uvick London conference of the International maritime organization a United nations Agency for the safely of shipping and prevention of ship pollution of inc seas. The 66 countries represented accounted for about 97 percent of the. World s ships said spokesman Roger Kohn. -. _  a statement afterwards called the Deci Sion one of the biggest advances in mar Itic communications since the introduction of  new system allows the Crew to Send a distress signal by pushing a but ton which should prevent ships from disappearing without a Trace when Mes sages cannot be sent in time. Ships also will carry a radio Beacon giving the ship s position. The Beacon will float free if the ship sinks an Agency spokesman said Morse has great romantic connotations with the Gallant radio operator sending off Dis Tress Calls As the ship sinks but we Are bringing in something that will be much better and which should save even More lives.". The Morse code invented by Ameri can Samuel . Morse and first used in 1844, has been the foundation of ship s distress and safety messages since the turn of the Century la is a series of Long and Short electronic dots and dashes representing letters of the alphabet. Morse code was used to inform the world that the supposedly unsinkable Ocean liner titanic was sinking in the North Atlantic in 1912. When the titanic Sank 1,500 people perished