European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 16, 1991 the stars and stripes r Page 3 president Bush pins the legion of Merit on Gen. Sir Peter do la Billi arc. Bush gives legion of Merit to French British generals London apr president Bush on sunday bestowed the legion of Merit on the British and French commanders who led their countries forces in the persian Gulf War. Bush first presented the medal to Gen. Michel Roqu Joffre in ram Bouillet France. Roqu Joffre was commander of 16,000 French troops during operation desert storm. On sunday evening the president gave the same Honor to the British commander Gen. Sir Peter de la Bil Liere in a ceremony at no. 10 Downing St. Before Bush had dinner with prime minister John major. A it was totally unexpected a said de la Billie re who led 43,500 British troops during the War. Both officers received the legion of Merit degree of commander award which is Given to officers for meritorious service in peace or War. It is one of a half dozen top . Military decorations. On her recent visit to the United states Queen Elizabeth ii conferred an honorary Knighthood on Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the . Army general who commanded the Allied forces. Bush praised de la Billie re a air Force saying it a closed 16 airfields and flew Over 5,500 sorties that were instrumental in neutralizing or reducing a significant number of enemy  in Rambouillet Bush apologized for his hesitant pronunciation of to que Joffre a name calling him an a outstanding general who served with such distinction in the  Bush thanked France for its a steadfast cooperation during the War saying the two countries have been a shoulder to shoulder in peace and War. Amid shaky cease fire Zagreb Yugoslavia apr the Federal Premier travelled to Croatia on monday to determine How his government can Best function with its two Western republics continuing their breakaway bid. One police officer was reportedly killed As fighting persisted. The first observers from the european Community were to arrive in the croatian capital of Zagreb later monday to begin monitoring a shaky truce. A representative of Yugoslavia a Federal presidency travelled to London to Brief Western leaders on the crisis in the Balkan federation yugoslav Media said. Croatian officials said two of the republics police officers were reported killed sunday in fighting Between police und ethnic serb militia members South of Zagreb. They said fighting broke out again at about Sunrise around the Village of Kral pc Cani the site of fighting on sunday. Croatia Shina news Agency said another policeman had been killed. Hina said the police officer from sick had been killed when the Federal army opened up with tank fire from the Village of Jab Kovac targeting croatian forces in Kraje Cani and Dragotin i. No other information was immediately available. Croatia and its smaller Western neighbor Slovenia declared Independence on june 25, touching off the fighting. The european Community brokered a peace agreement in meetings on the Adriatic Island of Bri Juni a week ago. Between 30 and 50 dec observers mostly in Slovenia Are to Monitor the truce. The two republics Are to suspend the implementation of their Independence declarations for three months. Yugoslav leaders arc to meet again tuesday on Bri Juni. The Tan Jug news Agency said Federal Premier Ante Markovic whose efforts to keep Yugoslavia together have met with increasing frustration conferred in Zagreb with croatian officials on How his government might continue functioning during the three month period. No information was available on the outcome of the talks. The West a backed Markovic and his efforts to keep Yugoslavia United and transform it to a Market Economy. But his government has appeared increasingly helpless As the individual republics assume greater Power. News reports in Belgrade said that Vasil Tupu Kovski the macedonian republics representative on 4hc Federal presidency travelled to London to inform Western leaders on the crisis. On sunday he had been in the Hague to Brief dutch officials who helped work out the Bri Juni agreement. Fighting in Slovenia after the declaration of Independence pitted the Federal army against a local defense Force. In Croatia Battles broke out Between ethnic serbs and croats Yugoslavia a two largest ethnic groups. The army has been deployed Between the two sides. The army says it is trying to be Neutral but the croats claim it is on the Side of the serbs. Two soviet soldiers slay nine sleeping comrades Moscow up a two soviet army soldiers opened fire on their sleeping comrades Early monday killing nine and wounding others before fleeing with two sub machine guns and ammunition the official Tass news Agency said. Tass gave no motive and few details of the attack in the Ulyanovsk Region along the Volga River in Central Russia. It said Only that two on duty service members had killed nine other soldiers and wounded an unspecified number about 2 30 . The two fled with two sub machine guns and about 600 cartridges Tass said. Roadblocks were set up As part of a search and local residents were alerted that the gunmen were in the area it said. 2 women who fled China in 89 arrive on cargo ship in Seattle by Steven Spenser the associated press Seattle a two chinese women who fled their country following the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters reached the United states after hiding on a cargo ship from Hong Kong an immigration officer said. The women arrived sunday night and requested political Asylum said an immigration and naturalization service deportation officer Blake Brown. The women were placed in the care of shipping agents for the Neptune Diamond a 550-foot cargo ship from Tokyo which left Hong Kong on june 30. A shipping agent refused to give the names of the women. A Man identifying himself As a brother of one of the stowaways had previously contacted the associated press in Hong Kong to say they would be arriving. A Sheng said he and his sister a Yuan 27, participated in pro democracy demonstrations in May 1989, and fled to Hong Kong four months later. Hundreds of protesters were killed in a government crackdown in Beijing a Tiana men Square in june 1989. A Yuan was an Engineer and computer scientist who worked in a military Industrial factory in Tianjin a City outside Beijing her brother said. The other stowaway Hua Riazi 37, was a graduate student at Beijing University a economics department and organized several student hunger strikes during the democracy protests a Sheng said. After the crackdown she organized an underground group to help students flee Beijing and find Refuge in the chinese Countryside or outside the country. A Sheng refused to say How the women were Able to hide aboard the ship in Hong Kong. The shipping agent said the women were discovered during a routine search. Although kept under lock and key they were Well fed and Well treated. A a they be probably put on a few pounds during the voyage a he said. Jin Yiuhong of the Seattle chapter of the International federation for a democratic China was at the pier sunday to help authorities determine whether the women were telling the truth. A participant in the Tiana men Square protests herself Jin said she wanted to make sure the two women were not impersonators merely seeking a better life or chinese government spies. Two lawyers were also on hand but were not allowed to see or talk to the women. One of the lawyers Peter Paget said two chinese men were granted Asylum in Seattle last year and a third was going through the process. To win Asylum the person must prove a Well rounded fear of political persecution if forced to go  writers considered for Schwarzkopf Book by the new York times Linda Grey the publisher of Bantam books says her a email is flooded with applicants for the Job of writing Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf autobiography. A i have had at least 100 letters a she said. But Marvin Josephson the general a agent said the Field had been narrowed to five writers who were discussing the project with Schwarzkopf. One of them . Bryan has known the general for about 20 years and wrote a profile of him for the new Republic. He is considered to be the favorite. But his agent Lynn Nesbitt said Bryan met with the general several weeks ago. Since then Nesbitt said she has heard nothing. Although the Book is to be published in the fall of 1992, she said a things Are just not tracking and its a Little mystifying at this  William Novak the Collaborator on books by Chrysler executive Lee Iacocca former first lady Nancy Reagan and former speaker of the House Thomas p. A a tips of Neill jr., has also been mentioned. A there were a couple of conversations with my agent Steve Axelrod Early on a Novak said. A but since then i have not heard  Novak has not met the general and assumes he is out of the running. Both Josephson and Bantam declined to identify the candidates