European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday december 6,1990reagan says soviet Cambridge England a former president Reagal said wednesday that soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev May resort to martial Law in the midst of an economic crisis. Describing Gorbachev As a Friend Quot and a Friend in need Reagan said the soviet Leader is torn Between people who want to move faster on reforms and entrenched bureaucrats who Are blocking his path. A with production and the soviet Gross National product declining will the people be patient Long enough for the reforms to work7 we must Hope so for the alternatives Are not desirable Quot Reagan said. A it is conceivable that president Gorbachev will feel the need to invoke some of his More drastic Powers using the army and the Kab to impose and maintain martial Law Quot Reagan said. A if he does so i believe it would not be from some Power mad impulse but rather from a belief that such an action would be the Only Way to save his nation from . Reagan making the Only Public address of his five Day visit in England spoke at the. Cambridge Union debating society where he was warmly received by More than 500 students and faculty. A if the peaceful transition scenario does not succeed and if the martial Law scenario is played out and fails to push the transition Forward the so called worse Case May result. This would involve chaos civil strife perhaps anarchy and wide spread famine. The spillover from such an upheaval would become everyone a business. A there would be millions of starving refugees and there would be uncertainty about the control of the remaining nuclear weapons deployed about the soviet Countryside. A for All these reasons we in the West must make every Effort to understand the current transition. We must understand the tension Between and am orig the various nationalities within the . And we must assist the people of that vast land in making the transition to democracy and a Market Economy As peacefully As possible Quot he said a few demonstrators were outside the debating chamber two of them protesting against . Policy in Guatemala. One student had a grocery shopping can rigged up with a bicycle wheel Strung with tinsel la bleed a Reagan s  inside however Reagan was greeted with a burst of applause As he slowly walked in. There was none of the heckling which is customary at Normal Cambridge Union functions and the audience listened intently to hear the speech delivered in a soft voice better pitched for microphones than for victorian debating Chambers. Reagan said he looked Forward to an economic Competition Between the soviet Union and the West but a first we must show them How the game is  Beauty brings beastly driving heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures tuesday in Southern Germany gussied up the Trees for Winter but produced headaches for countless bavarian commuters. This Driver in the Glenn area South of Munich was probably too Busy contending with the Slippery Road to appreciate the Snow bedecked branches. World today Vietnam cracking Down on corruption in party Bangkok Thailand apr Hanoi authorities have disciplined 1,246 people in Vietnam a capital in a 2-month-old crackdown on corruption the state radio has said. Radio Hanoi said there were plans to bring More people to trial including the Hanoi Deputy director of police a a. / a transcript of the broadcast was seen monday in Bangkok. It said without elaborating that Hanoi had disciplined 1,246 officials and members of the ruling communist party including 558 who have been expelled from the party. Since the crackdown began there have been numerous reports of High ranking officials tried for corruption. A a a7. A. Bangladesh president announces hell resign Dhaka Bangladesh a. A Bangladesh s jubilant opposition leaders appealed for Calm wednesday after thousands of people poured into the streets to celebrate president Hussain Muhammad Ershadi a resignation. A we have initiated the path of Victory for democracy. We must take the movement to its final Victory Quot Sheik Hasina said in a recorded speech broadcast on the state run radio and television. 7 Ltd .?-7 v. Ershad capitulated to an intense seven week Campaign for his ouster and announced tuesday night he would step Down As soon As the opposition chooses a replacement. A a 7 7 a a a. 7 a 777-�?o 7 a the autocratic regime has fallen. Now is the time to display restraint and maintain peace to take our movement for democracy to a total Victory a said Khaleda Zia another opposition Leader. New poll shows Walesa s Lead a a., t. I. I. F korean talks in doubt Over tym Mykl has widened after demand by North Warsaw Poland apr Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa has widened his Lead Over dark horse challenger Stanislaw Tyminski a now 61 percent to 20 percent a according to an Independent poll published wednesday. A a a a a 77 7. A. 7 the Survey conducted by the private polling service Demosko and commissioned by the government owned daily rec Pospolita said it questioned a representative 988 people nationwide on tuesday and found 19 percent still undecided on their Choice for president in sundays vote. 7 an assistant at Demosko said he did not have at hand the margin of error but promised to provide it later. Previous surveys of about the same size in Poland have had margins of 3 percent _. The last opinion poll in the Campaign taken a week earlier by state television pollsters put Walesa s support at 58 percent and Tyminski sat 30 percent. At a news conference tuesday Tyminski said his own soundings showed him trailing Walesa 44 percent to 50 percent with Bis support growing 1,5 percent daily. Demosko predicted that Tyminski will get More votes than shown in its poll but did not estimate How Many. The volatile Campaign atmosphere in which questions Are being raised about the enigmatic emigre Pusi Nessmann a background in Peru and Canada and his ability to deliver on promises for rapid improvement of the polish Economy a May encourage some of his supporters to hide their preferences under the response a i done to know yet a or express support for Walesa the pollsters said. A a 7. A a a a a a a a. A they also said Tyminski a solid supporters View the a criticisms and accusations a coming late in the Campaign As a smear attack and Are not Likely to change their minds a. The Demosko poll also reported 67 percent of those polled said they intend to vote sunday the turnout for the first round on nov 24 was put at 60 percent and the pollsters said it was a Chi Ahlva Imarn Huhl a that tha pollsters said it was a highly improbable that the participation would be higher for the Runoff. Asked about the comparative honesty of the two candidates 56 percent ranked Walesa higher and 11 percent rated Tyminski More honest. Walesa was rated As the most patriotic by 72 percent while 8 percent named Tyminski who left Poland 21 years ago and returned in september to run for president. Asked who showed More Enterprise 41 percent said Walesa and 32 percent said Tyminski the challenger has drawn support by presenting himself As a self made millionaire who will bring business skills Learned in the West to Poland. Asked who showed More self Confidence and Energy percent said Walesa and 16 percent said Tyminski half the respondents said Walesa gave them a greater feeling of Security while 14 percent answered Tyminski. Seoul South Korea apr North Korea de a wednesday that South Korea release three jailed dissidents clouding prospects for the third round of talks Between the Leadem. 7 Liaison officials of the North and South met at the Border Nice Village of Panmunjom to discuss procedural matters for the premiers talks scheduled Pec. 11-18 in Seoul,.South korean officials said. But discussions became bogged Down after North Korea demanded. South Korea wee three dissidents Arm s roast week Jor unauthorized talks in Berlin with North koreans they said. The North accused South Korea of insincerity in inter Korea dialogue. Still the two sides agreed to hold another working level meeting Friday they said in Mauritania coup bid Nouakchott Mauritania apr authorities arrested As Many As 300 civilians and military personnel after an alleged coup attempt last week informed sources said wednesday. Members of the mauritanian marines were among those arrested following the nov 27 coup attempt by by mauritanian the sources said Black mauritanian make up about 7q percent of the population of this desert country in Northwest Africa. The rest of the population is almost All Arab