European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 29, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 today artists can Only sketch Japan s super freighter shooting across the Ocean. But in five years or so the artists will be Able to put aside their pens and see the Speed ahoy ship cruising at 57 Mph Fly past regular Container ships which crawl along at 23 Mph. The japanese say the new ship being developed with help from Japan s transportation department will be Able to travel from Japan to the United states in three Days with fewer than 10 Crew members.  Border ditch called offensive Mexico City a newspapers and politicians said Friday that a pro posed ditch along the . Bor Der near san Diego is designed to deter immigrants and is an unacceptable offensive and hostile action by the United states. The foreign ministry said it was told that the ditch to be 4 Miles Long 5 feet deep and 14 feet wide is not intended to control migration but to solve drainage problems on otay Mesa along the Bor Der. . Associate attorney general fran Cis a. Keating ii said the main purpose of the ditch is to discourage drug smugglers from driving across the Border. The area also is one of the most popular crossing Points for illegal immigrants entering the United states. The project s engineering and Drain age aspects Are not what bothers Mexico the government newspaper Al National said Friday. What causes uneasiness in Mexico is what it symbolizes the aftertaste of a certain spirit of Lack of understanding and intolerance As a material obstacle to make the Entrance More difficult. For men and women who in the end Are Only searching for work in a foreign land and frequently suffer bad treatment and even aggression As a result of the atmosphere of hostility it said. The newspaper Excelsior said the idea of digging a ditch in a certain part of the Border Between Mexico and the United states can Only be described As unacceptable and worrisome since it Sig nals a new wave of unilateral measures to Deal with the problem of undocumented mexicans going to the United  Al Universal a major Independent newspaper noted that president Bush just a few Days ago talked of the importance of improving relations with . These affirmations contrast with negative and unfriendly attitudes such As that hostile project which certainly has nothing to contribute to resolving prob lems and in contrast will increase the differences Al Universal said. In Tijuana Roberto l. Martinez president of the local pro Law and Justice coalition said the ditch was a waste of Money. What is needed is to pay attention to the social problems that provoke the migratory movement and create Well paid jobs that allow those people to stay in their places of origin he said. No physical obstacle will be Able to Stop the migratory flow to the United states said Ofelia woo of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte a Tijuana think tank. The social problem that migration represents needs a bilateral solution from Mexico and the United  Guadalupe Gomez Maganda presi Dent of the foreign relations commission of the chamber of deputies and a Mem ber of the governing institutional revolutionary party also attacked the plan. The . Government project constitutes an unfriendly and to a certain de Gree hostile attitude that restricts the possibilities for resolving together the problems of neighbouring communities the congresswoman said. From the Point of View of International relations you can consider it offensive said sen. Porfirio Munoz Ledo Leader of the leftist National democratic front. German debate erupts on financing of warplanes Bonn West Germany a a fierce political Battle erupted Friday Over Britain s Sale of advanced warplanes to Jordan using West German financing. Even the conservative government s lawmakers and coalition partners joined the critics. The controversy erupted As Chancellor Helmut Kohl s government was still struggling to contain the damage from allegations that West German companies helped build an alleged Poison Gas factory in Libya. That affair has strained relations with the United states tarnished the government s International reputation and raised Domestic concern about West Ger Man arms exports. The latest dispute involves the partial financing for the Sale of eight advanced Tornado fighters to Jordan by a state owned bavarian Bank. Opposition lawmakers said the Sale could threaten Israel s Security. The Bay Rische Landes Bank with the government s approval plans to provide a 370 million Mark $205 million line of credit to Jordan for Purchase of the warplanes. The jets built jointly by companies in West Ger Many Britain and Italy would be delivered by Britain. Britain and Italy also would share the financing of the Sale. Because the planes Are to be assembled and delivered by Britain the Bonn government cannot veto the project. Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher Tele phoned his British c9unterpart, sir Geoffrey Howe after a Stormy debate in the West German parliament. Genscher later told reporters that both sides agreed to Honor the contract. In a parliamentary debate Friday opposition politicians and officials of the free democrats Kohl s Junior coalition partners strongly criticized the West German financing of the Tornado sales saying it would destabilize the Middle East and threaten Israel Security. Several members of the opposition Green party re called that Jordan was formally at War with Israel