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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 14, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 14,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3 Walesa declares War on ruling a eggheads Warsaw Poland apr Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa heatedly told a meeting of intellectual advisers sunday that he will not Back away from a Battle with his former allies in the government of prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Walesa said he has been a on leave since Mazowiecki took control of the government last fall a because i was convinced that everything would go on All  a today 1 return from this leave because i want to have a War a a War that gives peace to the society at the  addressing the National citizens Walesa committee an unofficial panel founded by Walesa to act As the Solidarity movements political Wing he said a fight is needed to stir up ideas so that the government does not become too isolated from the people. In a departure from the past Mazowiecki did not attend the citizens committee session. He sent a Curt two san tence note that said he had promised to attend a mass in Krakow. A i know that i have offended a lot of people a Walesa said at the beginning of his remarks. Then he added defiantly �?o1 would like to offend even  the Solidarity Leader has recently pitted himself against the a eggheads in Warsaw who he says Are not producing Concrete results for people expecting Radical changes As Poland reforms its economic and political systems. Specifically Walesa has criticized the government he helped create last August for its slow Pace in privatizing the state dominated Economy and the retention of communist holdovers in economic and governmental jobs. Underlying the dispute Are hints by Walesa re elected last month As chairman of the 2 million member Trade Union that he wants to be president of Poland in order to accelerate changes. His former allies and advisers who now make up the top government echelons have received the notion coolly with suggestions that Walesa is too impulsive and lacks the cultured presence a president needs. Some parliamentary deputies instead Are pushing Mazowiecki As the proper successor to president Woiciech Jaruzelski the former communist Leader whose term officially lasts until 1995 but who is considered Likely to step Down before then. Walesa did not mention any presidential ambitions at the meeting but he made Clear that he would not shrink from a fight. He said the government has been treating democracy As a a steered process by explaining to poles that things Are bad but they can be no other Way and that the Helm is in a the Best  a the concept. Involves society too Little. This Means it is not attractive for society a he said. Walesa said he prefers a More freewheeling style of democracy. A searching for shelter indians flee the devastation of a Cyclone that struck Southern India last week. The death toll Rose to 450 with the discovery sunday of another 150 bodies lying along a Road. 1 he storm caused $600 million in crop damage. Jewish cemetery desecrated in Israel Haifa Israel apr about 300 jewish tombstones were desecrated in a Haifa cemetery with Spray painted slogans including some that called on arabs to a kill the jews a officials said sunday. National police commissioner Yaacov Turner said investigators were Uncertain if the desecration was the work of Arab extremists. A we must Deal very sensitively with the Issue because no one can say at this moment who did it and How a he said. All the slogans were written in hebrew. Noam Gabrieli a City official said the hebrew was grammatical and the language was not typical of that used in palestinian leaflets. He said the desecration therefore May have been the work of a mentally unstable person rather than Arab radicals. A police anti riot squad was sent to the far Samir cemetery to prevent any violent demonstrations by relatives and other israelis who rushed to the scene after the news was reported on israeli radio stat ions. The desecration was condemned by jewish and Arab leaders alike and mayor Arieh Burcl called on All Haifa residents to keep Calm. A this is a sick action from people who Learned from the Neo nazis. We will Cut off the hands of those who did this a Burcl told a reporter. Gurel and Turner suggested the incident in Haila was inspired by the desecration of 34 Graves in the French town of Carpen tras where one Corpse was dug up and impaled on a umbrella. Four skinheads were questioned and released. The desecration in Israel took place in two sections of the Haifa cemetery apparently during the jewish Sabbath when guards were not present. Haifa is a Mediterranean port City in Northern Israel where 10 percent of the 220,000 population is Arab. Soldiers in Madagascar seize rebels who proclaimed coup dead Issue dispelling the latest rumours of his death senior chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping greets egyptian president Hosni Mubarak at the great Wall of the people in Beijing on sunday. Deng.85, last appeared in Public three months ago. The Hong Kong Stock Market dropped slightly Friday on rumours that Deng was very ill or dead. Antananarivo Madagascar apr soldiers stormed the National radio station on sunday and arrested a Small number of dissidents who occupied the building and claimed in a broadcast that the government had been overthrown. The soldiers fired tear Gas and bullets As they retook the building and the dissidents apparently returned their gunfire. Witnesses reported no casualties but a madagascan opposition group in Paris quoted unidentified people on the Island As saying that 50 people died. There were no other reports of disturbances in this Indian Ocean nation off the East coast of Africa. The government said in a later broadcast that no coup had taken place and that it remained in control of the Island. Witnesses said soldiers look about 10 dissidents from the state run radio Madagascar station in Antananarivo the capital while retaking the building several hours after the dissidents occupied it Early sunday morning. A there was fighting Between the rebels and Security forces that has reportedly ended a a . Embassy official said in a Telephone interview from Madagascar. A the crowd in front of the station has been  the official spoke on condition of anonymity. Soldiers apparently fired the tear Gas to disperse a crowd of 5,000 people who milled around the radio station near the Island s Hilton hotel. It was not known whether they supported the rebels or were simply curious. A tear Gas canisters were fired off right in front of the Hilton hotel a a dutch guest said in a Telephone interview in the afternoon. A there Are still quite a Tew people in the Street at the  after the dissidents occupied the station sunday morning a woman broadcast a Call for the population to Rise up against the government. However her broadcast was Cut off after about 45 minutes. President Didier rat Siraka has led this country of about 10 million people since he was installed by the military in june 1975. The country gained Independence from France in 1960, on july 24, 1989, six armed men took Over the National radio and claimed the government had been toppled. However the government recaptured the station and there was no violence elsewhere. In their broadcast at the Lime those rebels claimed that opposition political leaders had replaced the presidents government. After rat Siraka was re elected on March 12, 1989 the opposition charged the election was fraudulent and demanded his resignation  
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