European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 21,1990o . Warns of closing bases in Philippines by Susanne m. Schafer a miliary writer Manila. Philippines defense Secretary Dic Cheney warned officials of the Philippines monday the United states will abandon its bases Here if it find that keeping them is too expensive or that americans. C in  violence was reported in several clashes Between leftist protesters and police near . Installations Ncncy met for nearly three hours with defense min ister Fidel Ramos in discussions that were described As very cordial very  meeting reporters afterwards with Ramos and Che Ray said the United states will slay Only As Long As the  people wish it to stay and Only if the terms negotiated arc acceptable to both parties Cheney shunned by philippine president Corazon Quino. Arrived tuesday at .-run Clark a in the news briefs Snow in til key kills 10, cuts Power to 900 towns Ankara. Tur Lucy a heavy Snow i Eastern Turkey Cati cd six houses to collapse monday killing lob Cople and injuring 16, news reports said. Rescue teams could not reach the collapsed houses in Karaiova township in Bingol province because of More thai 6 feet of Snow that piled up in the past two Days. The provincial governor was quoted As Illing fac Anatolia news Agency. Roads and railways were blocked airports were closed and Cica icily was Cut off in 900 villages. Anatolia said most Village roads to were closed in the Cen trial province of Konya and in the Eastern Blacksea coastal Region bemused of heavy snowfall Anatolia reported. Gas spill an Elf ire follow collision on a. Waterway intr coastal cloy la. Up Abarge with More than a if lion Gallons of Gaso line aboard hit another rfcs Al on the Busy  waterway. Spink an undetermined amount of fuel and Sla Tinb fire that burned for nearly nine hours the us. Coast guard said monday. The waterway was Closel and a safety zone was established by the i fast guard after the collision Between the two barges at 5 39 . Sunday officials said. The bust guard said the tire which ignited Damp Wamp Brush was brought under control by Midnight but a water Way official said the last flakes were not doused until 2 30 . The Crew members of a to Boals pushing the barges were rescued. By one crewman injured his leg and was c vac la led to a Hospital. Coast guard chief Petty of incr Rich Muller said in new Orleans. Heart of communist rebel country. Security was tight at the sprawling installation a Cheney on a two week tour of the Pacific rim flew Here by helicopter from Manila 50 Miles to the South. The base is located in the Central Luzon Plains stronghold of the rebel new people s army and the pro soviet huk guerrillas Defeated in the 1960s. Last september communist rebels killed two Amer ican civilian employees of Camp o Donnell about 15 Miles North of Clark a 9n the Day vice president Dan Quayle arrived in Manila. In october 1987, rebels also killed three american Sand a filipino of . Parentage during coordinated attacks outside this installation where about 9.000troops and 11,000 dependents arc stationed. On monday about 300 leftists clashed with police during a demonstration Here demanding that Clark and Trie five other . Military1 bases in the Philippines be closed. Police also dispersed about 200 protesters in front of the . Embassy in Manila. Cheney brushed aside questions about the  Haven t seen any he told reporters As he began an inspection of military  Issue in monday s discussions was a $96-million Cut Congress made in the Bush administration s re quest for $360 million to compensate the Philippines for the six bases which also include the Subic Bay Severance from pay 1 listed Soldiew this budget year and 1/000 in 1991.most of the a auctions will occur through cutbacks in new enlist menu. Voluntary Early Rel Jose programs and involuntary Rolft Emonts. Army off als said. The air  Are it at 13,500 and the Navy s at 5.200. Neither Serviur expects that involuntary separations will by necessity in 1991. The Marine corp will do Only a few Hundred enlisted personnel. Its conc eff is stagnation of no pro motions. The corps Vaud prefer to have Severance pay authorized for nos who voluntarily separate from service.  estimates for he Ste ration pay proposal were not immediately a mailable the non commissioned officers association estimate it would Cost $105 Mil lion if one third the army anticipated 1991 losses were cos Ujj fable for separate id pay. Military a vials said if Congrtta follows through on  to Cut at least to billion from the295 by Lupin defense budget request Noney might note Avail blk for enlisted Severance pay if the services Cut personnel Early in a budget year some of the Cost would be absorbed through savings from unpaid Basic pay and allowances. Naval base. Cheney says his discussions with filipino officials did not amount to the beginning of negotiations to extend the base agreement which expires next year. An influential filipino minority is pressuring Aqui no not to renew the agreement. In addition leading filipino congressmen have urged her to postpone the discussions until this year s cuts Are restored. There arc some 18,000 . Military personnel in the Philippines plus 20,000 family members. Aquino upset Over the congressional Cut announced before Cheney began his two week tour of asian nations hosting . Bases that she would no Sec him leaving that task to her defense minister. Cheney pledged his Best efforts to restore the $96 million Cut but . Diplomats have said that an Austin to minded Congress is unlikely to change its decision. Despite the current differences. Cheney said that tics Between the two nations Are Strong. I think that is a misreading of events to suggest that somehow the United states is trying to Send signals other than the one i have already Given publicly which is our very Strong commitment to our Alliance with the Philippines he  the talks with Ramos Cheney flew to the Subic Bay base 50 Miles West of Manila to inspect helicopter Carrier and to Chat with a group of marines and sailors. East germans begin removing big Section of Berlin Wall by the los Angeles times berl1nv to the cheers of thousands of onlookers. East a Conan army units monday began dismantling the firs major Section of the infamous Berlin Wall a Barrier that or scary to acc decades symbolized a divided Europe. Using heavy a Chani cd equipment the soldiers began to remove Flat top portions of the 13-foot-High Concrete Wall in from of the Brandenburg Gate. East German authorities said initial plans called for removing a 1.5-mile Svetch of the Wall Between the Brandenburg Gate Ano the Allied crossing Point. Checkpoint Charlie. It s another historic of cent in these weeks and months of historic times a fast Berlin mayor Walter Momper said. It s quite cd the City is reunited again. We re very  ton occurred on the eve  the two Ger Many on Union viewed As a major step the dismantling of talks in East Berli establishing a Curry no toward unification. J the work to Vcrne a Large chunk of the Berlin Wall began just a few Ards from a Small Cross placed near the Point whet one East German youth was killed trying to Floc Casl april a West Berlin based human rights grouped 189 people Are known to have died trying to Cross the Wall since it was first erected in August i jul. But Randay. Bar liners East and West shared in the Samc a libration. As hundreds Sang and shouted fro the Miof the Wall East German soldiers involved in the Moval work seemed buoyed by the atmosphere. Tit s great it s fantastic said Ralf Luckas the 23-car-old Soldier Manning a mechanical Digger that lift d the first pieces from the top of the Wall. Romania from Page 1 chaos he said. We Appeal for civic responsibility. Jno Chy can Only Lead to a new  or Iliescu spoke As about 5,000 Minei Allied sup port of the government angrily dam Ping an of to protests. State television showed ilk cd meeting ugh the miners and calling sunday s a on stators he Gans hired by foreign agents rhetoric striking similar to that used by  describe his Opp sit Ion. Of while Iliescu was a  communist offi Cial he was a Central committee Secretary in charge of propaganda he los Janis position of Power after running afoul of  on sunday do fined 80 of the demonstrators who occupied the government building according to government spokesman Dan Radullscu. He earlier had said 120 people Yfe taken into custody but did not account for the do Sepancy. But sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said that an additional 20 people had been detained since  said there would be an investigation to identify the leaders of sunday s protest. He described themas circles interested in destabilizing the situation in our country and restoring the vestiges of the Dic atonal regime of  Radullscu later appeared to be trying to water Down Iliescu s suggestion that a conspiracy was behind sunday s  took Down statements As to who sent them and Why they were there he said of the protesters but they were mostly drunk and they were released and probably will not be investigated any  Radulescu said three or four soldiers were injured a crushed by the mob but denied earlier reports of paths earlier monday workers removed debris from Sun to protest and set new Glass panes into the dozens of ornate windows and doorways of the government Buie Fig. Others wiped slogans off the building charging to Juthe National salvation front equals the to mania communist  nato frontage 1 came increasingly evident monday with the question Nonnato s role and continued claims by conservatives that former German territories not be sacrificed to Unity with East Germany. Government spokesman Dieter Vogel told reporter that Sollenberg and guns Char were summoned to the chancellery by Kohl to discuss their differences Over the military affiliation of a future United Germany. Their Camully worded statement repeated Assur ances Kohl Nide a week earlier during his talks in Moscow with set yet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev who has thus Fahn Sistad on a Neutral United Germany. Genscher and  who belong to different political parties Witton West Germany s governing coalition said no Nat units or facilities would be extended into what is of East German territory once the two Germany arc berged. This includes both West German troops in Denato command and  troops not directly assigned to the Alliance Luch As territorial defens units the Cabinet ministers stated