European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 21, 1990 Mulroney asks support for Accord on Quebec Ottawa up a prime minister Brian Mulroney desperate to Avert Quebec a secession warned tuesday that Canadian Unity rests on unanimous approval of a constitutional amendment giving special status to the French speaking province. The amendment formally known As the Meech Lake Accord will expire on saturday unless it is approved by the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland. Legislatures in Canada s other eight provinces already support it. The constitutional crisis has left the Canadian government with few options although Mulroney told reporters he planned to introduce a Resolution in parliament wednesday calling on the holdout provinces to approve the amendment before the deadline. The prime minister told parliament that Manitoba and Newfoundland were obliged to a deploy their Best efforts to get the amendment approved. A the Unity of Canada very much depends on their seeking to Honor that undertaking a he said. Elijah Harper a Cree Indian and new democratic party legislator in Manitoba refused for the sixth straight Day tuesday to waive rules that would allow Quick passage of the amendment. Under Manitoba Law any constitutional amendment must undergo extensive Public hearings before it is put to a vote in the provincial legislature. Harper was surrounded by armed Security guards As he entered and left the legislature. The East coast province of Newfoundland is scheduled to vote on the amendment thursday. Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells considered a hero to the majority of English speaking canadians who oppose the amendment has spoken strongly against it. Newfoundland legislators have been besieged by canadians in other provinces to vote against the amendment. The constitutional crisis and the question of Quebec a secession has occupied canadians for months and More recently has attracted considerable attention from . Lawmakers. Across the . Border in Mystic conn., where the constitutional crisis dominated an annual meeting of Eastern premiers and new England governors Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa made it Clear Quebec will secede unless the Meech Lake Accord is approved. A the country has to choose. Between a weakened divided country if Meech Lake does no to pass and going on with the integrity of the democratic process a he said. But native Indian leaders in Winnipeg Manitoba said tuesday that the constitutional amendment is fundamentally flawed and should be renegotiated to better reflect the contribution to Canada of its 600,000 native indians. On monday Indian chiefs meeting in Winnipeg rejected As inadequate Federal government proposals that would give them a greater say in future constitutional discussions and commit Ottawa to recognizing natives As a fundamental characteristic of Canada. The proposals were made on condition that the Meech Lake Accord first be approved. A spokesman for the Assembly of first nations which represents most of the country a indians Metis and inuit said natives Are still committed to killing the Accord. About 5,000 natives Are expected to attend a Solidarity Celebration in Winnipeg set for thursday. Long awaited no Borders pact signed by 5 european nations Schengel Luxembourg apr five european Community nations on tuesday signed an Accord under which they will end Border checks for their nationals apply a joint visa and Asylum policy and share data on illegal aliens suspected criminals and missing persons. The Long awaited Accord Between Belgium Luxembourg. The Netherlands France and West Germany was hailed As an example for a no Borders pact among All 12 european Community nations. Quot our agreement is a Model. For the free movement of people in the Community a dutch Deputy foreign minister Piet Dankert told reporters on behalf of the signatory nations. Yet he doubted All 12 dec nations would be ready to open their Borders after dec. 31, 1992, under the eco a single Market scheme. The 12 dec states have not even found unanimity for an Accord on handling of Asylum seekers in the dec. The five nation pact will be extended to include East Germany after its expected merger this year with the Federal Republic making it the first International treaty viewing East and West Germany As a single entity. Negotiations Are to open this week with Italy which wants to join the Schengel Accord named for this Village on the Luxembourg German French Border where it was signed. The Accord in the works since 1985, must be ratified by the National parliaments before it will take effect. Ratification May take two years. Under the Accord the five signatory nations will a remove internal Border checks for their citizens and Legal residents and let legally admitted people from outside the five nations move within their boundaries for three months without a visa. A apply a joint policy to prevent a Asylum shopping a whereby refugees go from one nation to the next to get residency visas. A intensify cooperation Between police and Justice officials and allow police to Chase suspected criminals across National boundaries. A simplify extradition procedures and harmonize gun control legislation. A share information on people wanted or missing or who Are considered dangerous. Such a data Bank will also keep tabs on such items As stolen cars and passports. The Schengel agreement primarily benefits passenger traffic. On Road transport the five dec nations pledged to keep Border checks a at the lowest possible level by removing some of the red tape. The agreement allows any state to revert to full fledged Border checks on National Security grounds. World today Japan tightens curbs on killing of porpoises Tokyo apr Japan has been tightening its restrictions on fishermen who Hunt porpoises since the annual porpoise kill tripled in 1988, the foreign ministry spokesman said tuesday. Spokesman Taizo Watanabe said some japanese mainly along the Northeast coast of the main Island of Honshu Long have regarded porpoises As a source of protein but the government was alarmed by the a onetime increase of killing of dolphins in 1988.�?� the kill Rose from 13,406 in 1987 to 40,367 in 1988, he said but restrictions helped bring it Down to about 29,000 last year. A we suspected that the 1988 increase had something to do with the anticipated Banning of killing of whales a Watanabe said at a regular news briefing. Japan has complied with an International ban on commercial whaling although it still catches a limited number of whales for research in efforts to convince the International whaling commission that whale populations Are sufficient to allow whaling to  suffer big losses during fighting in sri Lanka Colombo sri Lanka apr a tamil rebels on wednesday suffered heavy casualties in a futile attempt to seize an army Garrison housed in a 200-year-old fort. The fighting one of several bitter hand to hand Battles with government troops came on the third Day of a full fledged civil War. Military officials speaking on condition of anonymity said rebels bombarded a military Airfield and a naval base near the City of Jaffna 186 Miles North of Colombo. The officials had few details of casualties but said four rebels were killed when the naval base at Karina Gar Northwest of Jaffna came under rebel attack. At least two soldiers were killed when rebels pounded the Palali Airfield 11 Miles North of Jaffna with mortars and rockets they said. In another attempt to seize the Jaffna military Garrison the rebels suffered a heavy casualties a the officials said. Gay couples in Sweden would get married rights Stockholm Sweden apr the government proposed monday to give Gay couples Many of the same rights As married people in areas such As taxation inheritance and divorce. If the proposal is passed by parliament Sweden will be the second country after Denmark to introduce a kind of marriage for homosexuals. No . State has such a Law. In Sweden the Legal Union for male and female homosexuals would be called  it would include the same rules on taxation inheritance divorce and taking a spouses last name As for married heterosexual couples. However it would not let Gay couples adopt children. Swedish television said that if passed the measure would take effect next  experts spell out extensive changes Paris apr the arbiters of the French language have made a few corrections that will Force All its citizens to relearn How to spell a if its citizens adopt them. The 15 pages of spelling changes recommended tuesday by the High Council of the French language have been accepted by Premier Michel Ricard who said he will ask National education minister Lionel Jospin to assure that they Are taught in All schools As of next year. The Council said the spelling changes Are fewer than those made in the 19th Century As compared to the 18th Century. A it was never a question that the government legislate in such matters. The language belongs to those who use  Ricard said. A but it is up to the government to favor that usage which appears most  Ricard called on francophone minister Alain Decaux to meet with dictionary specialists publishing houses the press and others dealing with the written word to find the Best Way to bring the changes into Normal usage. The five categories of spelling changes affect hyphens accent Marks the plural form of compound words accordance of the past participle in reflexive verbs and anomalies. The Hyphen much used in French is going out of style according to the Council which is All but discarding it. Even the Hyphen previously used in words borrowed from English such As a cow boy a a strip tease or a a weekend will disappear. More drastic changes do away with the feminine a be a or plural a a so at the end of past participles when they Are used with reflexive verbs a but Only in certain cases. In another change the second half of compound words when plural will always end in an a is a while the first half will lose its a a so if it had one. The changes were approved by the Academie Francaise along with the councils of the French language of the French communities of Belgium and Quebec. But the association of University professors the societies Des agrees criticized the changes As confusing and unnecessary. A under the pretext of correcting fancied anomalies new ones Are being introduced a the group said in a statement. A once again the error is being made that French is no longer a Universal language because it is too difficult. English has become a spoken language around the world a the group said a despite the fact that its spelling is unchanged and often without