European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3communists see Silver lining in vote mood swings with election results at 22-hour Bash by de Reavis staff writer Berlin a election Day was party Day for East Germany a communists. The party for democratic socialism began drink inc its first lemonade at 8 . Sunday on the Lawn outside the groups huge Headquarters. It finished at 6 the next morning after the crowd ventured inside to drink sodas eat sausage and digest the nations election results. During that 22-hour Marathon at which no alcoholic beverages were served party members spirits Sank and then Rose. When the conservative Victory was announced the disappointment crept in like a thief and stole the party s Joy. A a we re in for the big sellout a a Young Man said. A even though i understand Why people voted conservative a he added a it still hurts to think they want to throw away our  but a subdued optimism spread throughout the gathering when it became Clear that the party a percentage of the vote was climbing into double digits. It finally settled at 16 percent. A not bad really a a Young woman said. �?o1 expected worse for  party chief Gregor Gysi and Hans Modrow. Who led East Germany a caretaker government were Quick to Praise their party a showing. They also painted a pessimistic picture of an East Germany led by the Christian democratic Union from the East the main party in the victorious Alliance for Germany coalition and a sister party to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl s organization. A we must work hard for. The Day when these sellout politicians have no scat in the government a Modrow said. The Best news of the evening was the party s showing in Berlin a 29 percent. That was second to the social democrats. A Doorman at the building explained a you see we berliners know what the West is like. We have no great illusions about unification. We know it Means a downhill stretch before going  on the Day after the vote press spokesman Manfred Wolter projected the communists new image and optimism. A five weeks ago nobody gave us a Chance a said Wolter wearing a jeans shirt with a White string tie and trousers. A we were starting from  Wolter 33, said the election gave the party Hope for a Strong left in the country a new government. A we Hope Well be a Factor to be reckoned with in a future United Germany too a he said. A there Are several ads parties being founded in West Germany for example in Hamburg Cologne and  Wolter said the party and the country As a whole have a communist past that needs to be faced while planning for the future. A we can t run away from our past nor can the people of this country a he said. A if we done to take the time the past will revenge itself on  service celebrates democracy a Triumph by Joseph Owen staff writer Leipzig East Germany a members of Leipzig a Nikolai Church celebrated democracy monday evening the same Way that they served As the catalyst for it last fall a with a peace prayer service. In october when the 1,700-seat Church served As a forum for peaceful dissent against East Germany a dictatorial communist government it was filled beyond capacity two hours before each monday service. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated on nearby Karl Marx Platz afterwards. But the Church was half empty during mondays service and when it was Over people simply bid one another goodbye and drifted Home in the hazy Urban dusk. A this special task that we have grown to accept in the past two years now is coming to an end a said lutheran pastor Christian Stihrer 47, just before the service began. Fish scr clutched papers under his  and a briefcase in one hand while he greeted old friends with the other As they entered the 825-year-old Church. His jeans jacket and unassuming manner made him look More like a Church band member than a minister. Quot the Day that was made possible yesterday was a monstrous Success a fish scr said referring to sundays election. A there was a relaxed and Friendly atmosphere that in be never experienced  during the service scripture readers recalled Moses leadership of the israelite out of Egypt after 40 years of enslavement. They did not need to mention that it was exactly the same amount of time that East germans had spent under the communist Yoke. The gospel train band Sang a let my people go a a gospel song with the same theme. Lutheran youth pastor Klaus Kaden referring to the biggest demonstration on oct. 9, said a on that Day the non violent upheaval began oiling. On  hand was that the shift toward non violence have we through our non violence disposed of violence a non violent society is unattainable Utopia just is much As the Utopia of comm a poster of the Alliance for Germany is removed monday from a Wall in Leipzig after the Alliance s East German election Victory. Ntim. He suggested that East germans still have a fear of violence even though the communist government is gone and said it would take them a Long time to adjust their behaviour to conform to living in a peaceful society. When the service ended at 6 p.m., the congregation dispersed quickly paying scant attention to the plentiful proof of their successful prayers. In the nearby streets teen agers sat on a curb eating bananas from the West with ice Cream. The tattered Campaign posters of two dozen political parties still Clung to pillars and store Walls. And a taxi Driver sat in his taxi slowly smoking a cigarette and poring Over a Road Atlas full of places be was now free to visit