European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 1989 5,000 at far right rally hear attack on top West German jewish Leader Cham West Germany a the far right Leader of an emerging party addressing a rally of 5,000 cheering supporters on wednesday made a stinging verbal attack on the president of West Germany s jew ish Community and said today s germans should be absolved of the guilt for the holocaust. Franz Schoenhuber a former nazi Waffen is Soldier whose Republican party is gaining in National polls rejected suggestions that he is anti semitic. He said there Are jewish authors composers an painters whom i but i Don t have to like or. Galinski Schoenhuber said. Heinz Galinski a survivor of Auschwitz is presi Dent of West Germany s jewish Community. Or. Galinski sabotages German jewish reconciliation Schoenhuber said. Galinski 76, a Well known figure constantly re minds West germans of the nazi horrors and Speaks out forcefully against right Wing extremism and anti semitic tendencies. Schoenhuber spoke in a Large Hall in this Remote bavarian Village near West Germany s Border with Czechoslovakia. The Hall was packed with More than 5,000 Republican supporters who feasted on Wurst and Beer. A bavarian brass band provided entertain ment before and after the rally. The crowd frequently interrupted the 66-year-old Republican Leader s nearly two hour speech with loud cheers and applause. In the Jan. 29 elections in West Berlin the party got 7.5 percent of the vote and 11 seats in the local legis lature. Under West Germany s election rules the party will have two seats in the National parliament after the december 1990 Federal elections. A poll by the respected Wickert Institute published world briefs British sailors take part in Grenada ceremonies St. Georges Grenada a British sailors from the frigate Avenger and a British helicopter Tow ing a huge grenadian Flag took part in a military Parade marking this Caribbean Island s 15th anniversary of Independence from Britain. The tiny Eastern Caribbean Island with a Popula Tion of 100,000 people became Independent from Britain on feb. 7, 1974. It was the scene of a invasion in october 1983 that ousted a regime of hard line marxists who Days before assassinated leftist prime minister Mau Rice Bishop in a bloody coup. Criminals killing police for handguns Tass says Moscow a soviet police Are being killed by criminals who want their handguns which Are hard to find in the soviet Union Tass said tuesday. Such guns Are routinely issued Only to police and Secu Rity officers in the soviet Union. Soldiers typically Are issued weapons Only for use in the Field and Hunters must pass rigorous inspection before obtaining rifles. The official news Agency Tass said murders of police officers for their guns had doubled in 1988, last week said the republicans would get 11.5 per cent of the nationwide vote if elections were held now. The cheers on wednes Day were particularly Strong when Schoenhuber said we Are proud to be germans and we Are a Law and order outside the Hall Small groups whistled and shouted nazis out police said about 50people rallied at a Down Schoenhuber town Square in protest against the Republican gather ing. About 30 people tried to Block Schoenhuber s entry to the Hall by placing chairs and musical instruments in his Way. Before the rally police detained eight people who tried to unfurl banners with anti Republican slogans. The republicans annual Ash wednesday rally came at a time when the party founded in 1983, is gaining unprecedented support among West German voters. The crowd in Cham s Hall represented a majority of the party s members. Party officials say the republicans have close to 8,000 card carrying members. On the streets leading to the Hall opponents put up republicans out posters. The doors of the cavernous Hall were held open so that hundreds of supporters outside who could not get into the filled building could hear Schoenhuber s speech. The Burly party Leader was greeted by shouts of Schoenhuber Schoenhuber As he walked through the crowd to the Rostrum. Schoenhuber a former journalist repeatedly criticized West Germany s news Media saying that his party is receiving biased coverage. He rejected charge that his party is Neo nazi or anti semitic. The nazis brought us the worst chapter of our history he said. We Don t want another Hitler. But we can t allow our history to be reduced to thumping his fist he said today s Young Genera Tion of germans bears no More guilt for Auschwitz than the sons and daughters of americans who committed genocide at Hiroshima and the crowd shouted Bravo Bravo Schoenhuber stressed what he called German values and patriotism and poked fun at the image of Ameri can culture presented by such to shows As we Don t want the american Way of life Schon Huber said. We Are not Good or bad germans we Are real germans. We Are proud to be Schoenhuber repeated Calls to Send Back millions of West Germany s foreign workers and third world Asylum seekers the theme that is one of the foundations of the republicans program. We Are not hostile to foreigners but we Are Friendly to the germans he said. In a crowd of Many Farmers Schoenhuber found sympathetic ears when he criticized West Germany s foreign Aid and called for More state support for the country s poor Farmers. A bavarian woodworker is More important than nicaraguan Plantation worker he said. Schoenhuber who owns a vacation Home in Turkey said Turkey did not belong to the european economic Community because "97 percent of its territory is in Schoenhuber got a standing ovation and led the crowd in singing the German National Anthem. New year slithers in Many boats Way to the year of a Snake. Each year bears Anthe year of the dragon animal s name and one the dragon is mythical. Paraguayan Leader replaces 30 military officers a i Imir vat / a to i Rea Asuncion Paraguay a coup Leader Gen. Andres Rodriguez sought to strengthen his new government by re placing 30 military officers including the commanders of the three army corps with men of his own Choice. Rodriguez who deposed longtime president Gen. Alfredo Stroessner in a bloody coup Friday and was sworn in As president dissolved Congress and called National elections for May 1. Stroessner who had ruled the country for 34 years has been exiled to Brazil and his name is being expunged from Many civic monuments. He said tues Day that he would spend the rest of his life there. Leaders of four opposition parties say they need More time to organize for the elections but government leaders on tuesday rejected such appeals. The National Constitution sets the time allowed to choose a permanent successor to Stroessner foreign minister Luis Maria Argana said. And we Al ready have Given the maximum Al critics disagreed. The government always cites the Constitution when it is convenient for them said Euclides Acevedo president of the left leaning revolutionary Febre Rista party. The opposition parties three of which were never recognized by Stroessner and have never participated in National elections will face the powerful ruling Colo Rado party which has won every paraguayan election since 1947. The opposition has demanded Partick Pawn of All parties in the election in particular the communists whom Rodriguez excluded by saying they were not democratic As stipulated by the Constitution. Opposition Leader Domingo Laino said he thought it probable that Rodriguez would be the Colorado candidate it is a concentration of Force by the ruling party and the armed forces he said. The government decided to allow writer Augusto Roa Bastos who has lived in exile since 1982, to return Home. Roa Bastos author of i the supreme one a celebrated novel about Paraguay s first Leader following Independence from Spain in 1811, is the nation s Best known author. Also the government permitted the weekly political newspaper Al Pueblo of the revolutionary feb Erista party to re sume publication. The weekly which criticized and ridiculed the Stroessner re Gime was closed by the government in August 1987
