European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes sunday March 17,1991 shepherded along a amps Dov. Didio when you re floating tons of cargo Down a River it helps to have an extra pair of eyes to watch for Bridges serbian Leader Belgrade Yugoslavia apr Slobodan Milosevic Serbia a hard line communist Leader said saturday that he no longer recognizes the authority of the Federal presidency and mobilized the republics Security Force to halt unrest. Milosevic had failed earlier in the week to Force the eight member presidency to declare a state of emergency throughout the country. He said he was ordering a mobilization of police reservists in Serbia Yugoslavia a largest Republic against unrest among ethnic albanians in Kosovo province and muslims in Mandzak. . Rice causes ruckus in Tokyo Tokyo apr threatened with arrest . Officials removed american grown Rice from a food show saturday after Japan told them the display violated Tokyo a restrictions on imported Rice. The highly publicized tempest was the latest Battle Over Japan a closed Rice Market. The display was taken Down after Japan a foreign ministry informed the . Embassy that the Rice Vio Latch import restrictions and that the exhibitors would be jailed if they did not remove it. A haying now been threatened with arrest we will remove the Rice. To help publicize this very regrettable behaviour by the japanese government a David Graves president of the . Rice Millers association said in a statement. Graves said he intends to Appeal directly to president Bush and Congress for help. A we can no longer tolerate a Japan which has free Access to the . Market for its billions of dollars of automobiles and electronics but refuses to even discuss the possibility of importing a few tons of . Rice a he said. The display at the fooder International food exhibition which opened tuesday just outside of Tokyo had challenged Japan a food control Law which bans nearly All commercial imports of Rice. Japanese officials argue that the Law is needed to protect the nations self sufficiency in Rice which is Japan a Staple food. Dependence on foreign sources for Rice they say would threaten Japan a National Security. . Rice growers and Trade officials meanwhile say Japan a closed Market violates International Trade agreements and hurts the japanese consumer who must pay several times More for Rice than Consumers in Many other countries. Buoys a and even cats. This sea dog appears to beekeeping a Sharp Lookout aboard a Neckar River Barge. Calls in forces on Friday Borisav Jovic the head of the collective presidency resigned. Jovic a serb also failed to persuade other members of the presidency to support a nationwide state of emergency which he and Milosevic had sought to halt a week of anti communist demonstrations in Serbia. His resignation created a constitutional crisis in Yugoslavia already shaken by secessionist republics and unrest. A a. A a a a a a  a a the presidency includes leaders from the county a a Sec republics and two provinces. Seeking a handout an elderly Man begs from a passer by in Central Bucharest. More beggars thieves and prostitutes have been roaming the streets of the romanian capital since the country is anti communist revolution in december 1989.Baker, soviets fail to resolve arms deadlock Moscow apr Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii ended a three Day visit to Moscow on saturday without breaking the stalemate Over agreements on nuclear and conventional weapons. The stalemate involves a treaty signed by 22 nations in november to make historic cutbacks in troops tanks and other non nuclear forces across Europe and a Long delayed treaty to reduce . And soviet strategic nuclear missiles by about 30 percent. Baker wound up his stay by meeting with Baltic officials after praising the l6emlin for a some Progress following its bloody crackdown two months ago that killed 22 people in Latvia and Lithuania. Baker met with Moscow based representatives of Latvia Lithuania and the third Baltic Republic Estonia which Are pressing for Independence. The session was held at Spaso House the residence of . Ambassador Jack Matlock. Egidijus Bickauskas the lithuanian representative said after the meeting that there had been very Little movement toward a True dialogue with the Kremlin. He said he saw some Progress a but not the kind of Progress we would like to  Baker later flew to Ankara Turkey to discuss Post persian Gulf War issues with turkish leaders. Bomb blasts damaged a number of offices with . Links in three turkish cities hours before bakery a arrival. There were no reports of injuries. Dev sol revolutionary left an extreme leftist underground group claimed responsibility for the attacks. An Anonymous caller to the daily cumhur yet in Istanbul said a the attacks were staged to Welcome Baker who was on a tour to Divide the Middle East following a bloody massacre in the  was scheduled to meet with president Turgut Ozal Premier Yildirim Akbulut and foreign minister Ahmet Kurte Ebe Alp Timocin. Turkey Hopes to gain increased economic and military assistance from the United states As a result of its pro-. Policy in the Gulf crisis. Turkey the Only nato member bordering Iraq allowed . Bombers to use an air base in Adana for attacks inside Iraq. It also has been a critical source of support for the  economic embargo against Iraq. A Baker took off for Washington later saturday. Vote for Unity soviets urged Moscow up a soviet defense ministry and Kuo officials appealed saturday for a yes vote in a nationwide referendum described by the state press As without a precedent in world  the official soviet news Agency Tass predicted that based on polls 60 percent of those voting would choose p preserve the Unity of the soviet Union giving soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev the More than 50 percent he needs to reshape the nation into a looser confederation. All Union referendum to be held sunday in the .s.r. Has evidently no precedent in world history a lass said. The soviet people will have to decide whether the soviet Union should be preserved As a state. A. Tass shrugged off a Boycott of the vote by six republics saying the non participants a Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldavia Georgia and Armenia a constitute Only 10 percent of the nations electorate and their absence will not much influence the  for the referendum to be valid at least 50 percent of the electorate of 200 million must cast ballots and 50 percent of those participating must vote yes to give Gorbachev the mandate to keep the .s.r. A single but More decentralized nation. _ the referendum question has been printed on the front pages of newspapers every Day for the last two weeks. It asks a do you consider it necessary to preserve the .s.r. As a federation of equal Sovereign republics in which human rights and Freedom of All nationalities will be guaranteed a taking no chances Gorbachev went on television Friday night with a final plea for a yes vote to Avert an upheaval of unprecedented  Ltd the Point at Issue is the Fate of the country the Fate of our Homeland our common Home How we and our children and grandchildren shall live a Gorbachev said