European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday january 28,1989 dutch Clear Way for release of last 2 nazi War criminals the Hague Netherlands up hol land s parliament voted Friday not to prevent the release of the West s last two surviving nazi War criminals arrested immediately after world War ii paving the Way for their repatriation to West Germany. In a vote that Cut across party lines the dutch parliament voted Friday by 85 votes to 55 to reject a labor party proposal that would have prevented Justice min ister Frederik Korthals Altes from reprieve ing Franz Fischer 87, and Ferdinand aus Der Fuentes 80. Fischer and aus Der Fuentes both Ger mans were condemned to death at their trial in 1949 when they were found guilt of rounding up and deporting jews from the Hague and Amsterdam to concentration Camps. Their sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment. Fischer was a  ser Geant major in the nazi is and was found guilty of responsibility for deporting13,000 jews from the Hague. Aus Der Fuentes was a  or Captain of the is in Amsterdam. His duties included running the Central jewish migration Bureau which organized the Roundup and deportation of the City jews. Friday s vote came at the culmination of an Emer gency session of parliament that started thursday the government called the extraordinary debate following widespread Media and Public criticism of the plans to release the two men. During the sometimes heated debate arguments Forand against the release crossed party boundaries. Ill never forget the faces of the jewish children inthe cattle wagons. That s Why i m voting against the reprieve said Gerard Van a Eikenhorst a member of the governing Christian democratic party. This is a mixture of rational and irrational arguments i see those jewish children s faces in my own grandchildren Van Leijo Horst said. A spokeswoman for the Green party said that Al though the government appeared to mean Well it had Hurt its cause by coupling a reprieve with help to the victims of world War ii concentration Camps. We Are very angry Over the undoubtedly Well meaning sentiments of the last sentence of the govern a crowd protests parliament s vote to set two War criminals free. Ment letter to parliament urging a reprieve said Ria Beckers. But Justice minister Frederik Korthals Altes told parliament fonday that keeping the two men imprison would be a source of anguish for War victims further discussions about the men s health willbe a continual source of worry to War victims Altes said. The dutch government previously attempted to reprieve Fischer and aus Der Fuentes in 1972 but a Public outcry prevented their release. An opinion pol taken m 1988 showed that 70 percent of the dutch Public remained opposed to the plan. Following Fri Day s parliamentary vote the president of Holland s Mam War Veteran society said he Felt betrayed by the dutch Autho ties. 3 i feel sold out and abandoned by government an parliament said the society president Aart Kriest it was not Clear Friday when Fischer and aus Der Fuentes would be released from jail the dutch government says that Fischer and aus the la St two nazi War criminals a Nih w n remain n l others sentenced for world War ii crimes Are in jail but were arrested More recently the government says Wei plane def w w Dies at age 101m England London tap Avital in Rtin Noor a. To. _ a aviation Pioneer sir Thomas Sopwith the adventure Loving creator of the famed world War i Sopwith Camel and Pup air planes die Friday his son said. He was 101. Sopwith who taught himself to Fly in 1910 an began designing air planes at age 26, died before Dawn at his 19th-Century Manor Home near Winchester i Southern England his son Thomas said. If ally a died fold a a but he d had a marvelous Lite said Sopwith 56, from his office in Brighton. An accomplished race car Driver and Yachtsman be Tore he discovered his passion for air planes Sopwith set several Early flying records. We had a lot of crashes in those Days but bless you it was fun he recalled on his 100th birthday last ear. This new experience of flying was one of the most exhilarating things that had Ever happened to More than 116 000 Sopwith air planes were built for ant new old War in Ludi 6,000 camels which showdown More enemy aircraft than any other Allied a Camel flown by Roy Brown shot Down the Ger Brothers accomplished powered night for he first time in the United states. Sopwith loved All racing and became involved with ba"ooni"8 and 100 criminals executed in chinese area this year Hong Kong a nearly 100 people were executed in the first 20 Days of the year in China s crime Ridden Southern province of Huangdong a newspaper Friday quoted officials As saying. The number of death sentences Given by courts Dur he Relig the period doubled from the first 20 Days of last group in Vear. Mai  the a i a no Oisin.  a Rev a crash but he was t injured. Sopwith founded Sopwith aviation co. In 1912 an gave up piloting for design two years later his Cornea by created the snipe As Well As the Pup and cans his second company founded Between the Ware Delft or of in 1936, he gambled by building 1,000 of his Hurricane air planes without an Advance order from the Ujj Ern ment but the plane later became the Backbone of the Royal air Force when world War ii broke out he retired As chairman of the Hawker Siddeley by his son. Britain being considered As site for Toyota Plant Tokyo a Toyota motor corp Japan s largest automaker is studying the feasibility of building a passenger car factory in Brit into produce autos by 1992, Toyota president Shoichiro Toyoda said Friday. Toyota has been considering european car production for some time Toyoda said at a news conference. We Are starting in depth feasibility studies with Britain As a Strong candidate for a site for our car production in Europe i does not mean we have made a final  the study will examine plans for production of 200,000 cars per year Toyoda said. The factory would employ about 3,000 workers and rep resent an investment of 140 billion yen $11 billion he said. Toyota executive vice president Tsutomu Oshima said the firm will consider the option in Britain first before others we  former . Ambassador to be honoured by Japan Tokyo a the japanese Cabinet decided Friday to Confer one of Japan s highest Deco rations on Mike Mansfield who recently Reti Redas . Ambassador to Japan after 11 years in Tokyo the foreign ministry said. Mansfield will receive the grand cordon of the order of the rising Sun Paulownia Flowers the highest award bestowed on foreign recipients of japanese government decorations ministry officials said. Prime minister Noboru Takeshita plans to present the medal to Mansfield when he visits Washington next week for talks with president Bush the officials said. Switzerland saw jump in number of foreigners Bern Switzerland a the number of in i un861118 in Switzerland Rose last year to1,006,530 or 15.3 percent of the population the highest share since 1976, the Justice ministry said fonday. Authorities recorded a net inflow of 27,793new foreigners in 1988. The total number of foreigners Rose 2.8 percent from 1987, Topping 1million for the first time since the end of 1975. The ministry said the increase was due to acpt mation of emigration births and fewer for eign residents seeking Swiss citizenship. The figures do not include International civil servants seasonal workers or Asylum seekers. 5 radioactive leaks reported at swedish Plant Stockholm Sweden a the swedish atomic Energy Board thursday said radioactivity leaked from a nuclear fuel Plant five times within two recent weeks. U spokeswoman Gunilla Bunche said the boar sharply reprimanded Asea Brown Boveri for its Lack of safety at a Plant in vast eras 69 mile West of Stockholm after the series of accidents Between dec. 28 and Jan. 12. A a a a snot acted according to regulations Bunche told the associated press. She said the Board was demanding a report from the swed ish Swiss company by feb. 6 after it conducts a thorough inspection. Thieves steal half ton of shark fins in Hong Kong Hong Kong a thieves feeding Market voracious for exotic food stole More than 1,000 pounds of shark fins an ingredient in popular soup authorities said thursday. For to Finol a rth about $64,000, were stolen rom the Shu Kee seafood store in Hong Kong said a police spokesman. A bowl of shark s Fin soup which some be eve can help preserve youth can Cost up to in August thieves took 156 pounds of Bird nests Worth $134,000. The nests which Are is pm tale  of swallows Are considered health Tood particularly favored by the elderly