European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stars and stripes Friday March 31,1989 Gorbachev shows no alarm Over party s election defeats by the Washington pos Moscow in his first Public assessment of Sun Day s historic legislative elections soviet Leader Mik Hait Gorbachev wednesday said the defeat of scores of of communist party candidates was a natural part of the democratic process and should not be cause for  ton hastily called gathering of senior soviet editors at the offices of the party s policy making Central committee Gorbachev declared that the soviet people had chosen the candidates they believed were the strongest supporters of Radical Reform whether party members . According to one editor present Vitaly Korotich of the Liberal weekly Magazine Ogo Nyok Gorbachev said the elections provided the first lessons of democracy and thai the Days when soviet leaders were elected by no one and responsible to no one were Over. He made no direct mention of any single candidate or race Korotich said. He said that we needed democracy and that pluralism gives people the possibility logo their own Way. The people he said supported candidates who wanted to do something and work for chanje.". According to Korolick Gorbachev said that when we dreamed about building a democratic society it meant that there would be  losers in elections thai is natural bul that when it was Over we All have to work together. In a remark that Korovich said he thought May have been aimed at Kremlin rebel Boris Yeltsin who won nearly 90 percent Oft he Vole in his Moscow constituency Gorbachev declared that there was a danger of some people promising a great Deal without thinking out clearly How they could deliver. Gorbachev also said that the parly was ridding itself of privileges such As special clothing and food stores but warned against those who would use that Issue to Divide people Yeltsin who was ousted As Moscow party chief and a non voting member of the ruling party politburo in 1987, made the abuse of party privilege a key Issue in his populist election campaigns Gorbachev will leave Moscow soon for meetings with cuban Leader Fidel Castro in Havana and British prime mini scr Margaret Thatcher in London and Korotich said he believed the Kremlin Leader had called the meeting to put. Out his interpretation of what happened before anyone else did while he was  ,. Although the world press has Given extensive display to the resounding election defeats of leading party offi Crills coverage in the official soviet press has been minimal. There has been no mention of Yeltsin s Vic tory and few details about the crushing blows to the party apparatus in such cities As Leningrad and Kiev one of the most extraordinary setbacks for the parly was the defeat of 34 regional party secretaries. Such secretaries were once Able to Rule their regions with. Iron authority and were routinely and ruefully called cars by the local people 19 of mass arrest in South Korea War him us nit of i mils and bus masks South Lairean Thundal battling strike non had been Occi p in riot police watch hundreds if by riling urus Jit the ports it inv facility for thru1 nit the. Afo iut 100strikers i Iju Tiai Thi Evurd in l Lsan. Behind a barrage of ear. When arc demanding it Lier pay Here Arr Estul and to. I 0,000 policy nude a predawn mid on the Yard 701 More were penned up in a ii Man Dor Mil Orozo May seek vote of Confidence Ankara Turkey Al l Premier Turgut 0/Al on thu Rudaj said he May ask for a parliamentary Vole of Confidence an apparent move to bolster his sagging political fortunes 0/jl has vowed to slay on is Premier until his Man Date ends in 1492 despite his party s crushing defeat in local elections last sunday but he indicated thursday he might decide Loyall Earl elections. 0/Al told a news conference we will Call Early elections Ifil suits us. If not we won  opposition leaders have demanded new elections but they Don t have the votes in parliament to Call an Early vote. In local elections Ozal s motherland party on on a 2 Mayon hips in 67 provincial capitals and in Overall Voles came in third behind the social Democrat pop Puhst party and the conserva inv True path party after the election loss on demanded and re Rev de letters of resignation from All members of his Cabinet to Clear inc Way fora so Vernmani shuffle. 0/Al thursday said he is Aik for a vote of Confidence depending on the sue of the Cabinet  he said he planned to announce the revised Cabinet on Friday. In leu there Are massive defections from his party group in parliament Al should have Little trouble in winning a vote of Confidence which would be an answer 10 critics who claim his government is no longer representative of the National will. The Premier said he did nol plan any changes in his government program which he said cannot be changed according to winds of the moment. Military Roundup acting Secretary of of to resign Post in May Washington acting Secretary of the air Force James Mcgovern has announced Hewitt step Down from his Post in May. Mcgovern will return to inc private sector in order to devote More Lime o his two daughters and pursue professional interests an air Force news service release said Mcgovern was undersecretary of Hie air Force from november 1986. Until december. 1988. He assumed the Post after Edward a1 Dridge resigned As air Force Secretary. Mcgoyer s successor has not been Nan cd. Nato maritime exercise planned near Gibraltar Lisbon Portugal a nato maritime exercise to test demonstrate and practice the Protection of sea lines of communications and sea control will begin april 24 in he iberian Atlantic area Strait Osgi Rallar and West Mediterranean. Exercise open Gate 89 also will test the ability to maintain control of the Strait Tofoi Braila. Participating in the 10-Day exercise will be forces from Denmark Canada. West Germany Italy the Netherlands. Portugal England an the United  not a member of nato s integrated military Structure will Partick Piltch in open Gate 89 As part of its routine training. World briefs China admits 5,000 police were involved in abuses Beijing Kupij China in an unusual a knowl cd ment reported wednesday that nearly 5,000 Law enforcement officers nationwide were prosecuted last year for Lorl Urc and other human rights abuses Caus ing More than 200 deaths or serious injuries. The admission was contained in reports on crime Justice and courts in i9ss, issued in addresses by tic supreme court chief and attorney Genera to the on going session of inc National people s Congress China s nominal parliament. The senior official also. Cited sharply escalating Rales of murder robbery and other major crimes and a Rise in offences by juveniles. They linked the inability to control spiral ing crime to problems under the coun try s Market oriented economic reforms soviet students to get military service deferment Moscow a beginning this Spring. Soviet students can defer their military service until after they have completed their education soviet newspaper reported thursday the soviet defense ministry newspaper Krasnaya zvezda said that under the new deferment rules Stu dents who go through officer training programs Are also exempt from the draft for peacetime Active service after they graduate. Previously. Soviet students were liable for Call up in the Middle of their studies. Under soviet Taw every Able bodied male Between is and 25 must serve at least two years m the military. Changes in ii draft system have been under Dis Cussion for the last five years said the Young communist league newspaper Koms Volskaya i Raven. Conflict allegations Force Rome mayor to resign Rome a mayor Pictro Giubilo resigned wednesday night in the Wake of allegations that he had a run lift of interest in v6ni rails Fiir school cafeterias leaders of inc five parties in the coalition City govern ment said consultations would begin thursday on form ing a new City Council. Giubilo. Who is also head of the City i Christian democrats contended his party should still head the coalition because it is the Bigg cil member Giubilo s resignation comes a week after Deputy pros Milor i Atkatz Armani presented Giubilo and 31 of her City officials with allegations that they favored certain companies in the awarding of school cart Luria contract. Giubilo. The Fonner assessor of Public works who became mayor Lait june denied on wednesday any wrongdoing in connection with the school contracts