European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Belgrade Yugoslavia apr slovenian officials Are hailing a decision by the Federal presidency to pull the army out of the secessionist Republic within three months calling it de Facto recognition of their Independence. But the slovenians also viewed the decision made late thursday with a measure of caution. The move could also complicate the secessionist efforts of Croatia which like Slovenia declared Independence june 25. A a i am not euphoric a said slovenian Deputy foreign minister Zoran Thaler a but this is the most important sign of recognition from in the past the army has sometimes ignored orders in the crisis sparked by the declarations of Independence. However the pullout plan actually came from the army. Janez Drnovsek Slovenia a representative on the collective presidency told Ljubljana television that the decision to pull out was made by the army a command and confirmed during a meeting of the presidency by defense minister Velj world urge to Kadijevic. A it is important that the text of the decision was prepared by the general staff a in Kadijevic a office a Drnovsek said. A this is a historic decision for Serbia a representative on the eight member presidency Borisav Jovic said the pullout would begin immediately. A the yugoslav army should not be stationed in those parts of the country where it is considered an occupation Force a Jovic told Belgrade television. A we think that by this move we have made a significant step toward the peaceful solution of the yugoslav but delo a leading slovenian newspaper said Friday that the Republic should not drop its guard. A if the army needs three months to withdraw from Slovenia it could be Back in a Day a the newspaper said. The army a officer corps is dominated by serbs who Are longtime ethnic foes of croats. Serbia resists Croatia a secession because a Large number of ethnic serbs live in that Republic. An official statement released after thursdays session said Croatia a representative on the presidency and its current chairman Stipe Mesic voted against the decision. The member from Bosnia Herzegovina abstained. Drnovsek said Mesic voted against the plan a because he was looking for similar solutions for croatian officials said earlier they would demand the Federal army leave their territory if it decided to quit Slovenia. Croatia Svesnik newspaper charged Friday that the decision meant Serbia is intent on turning the Federal army into a serbian Force aimed at areas of dispute Between serbs and croats in Croatia. The presidency statement made no mention of a thursday Midnight deadline set by the presidency last week for demobilization of All armed groups except the army. The deadline was mainly directed at Croatia where the army has clashed with the local police and National guard in recent weeks. The army intervened in Slovenia after Slovenia and Croatia declared Independence. Battles Between Federal troops and slovenian defense forces killed at least 60 people and plunged Yugoslavia into near civil War. Fighting stopped after the european Community arranged a truce july 8. The presidency statement said troops now in Slovenia would go to Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia. To do so they would have to travel through Croatia where More than 100 people were killed in the last three months As ethnic serbs opposed to secession battled croat nationalists. The official Tan Jug news Agency said seven croatian police officers were wounded three of them seriously in an ambush near Pankrac in Northern Croatia Early Friday morning. It said the attackers identities were not known. The army has acted As a Buffer in the ethnic tension but is distrusted by Croatia because of its predominantly serbian leadership. Jovic said the presidency will meet again monday along with the presidents of All six forces suffering from lacklustre draft from wire reports Moscow a combat readiness of the soviet defense forces is being jeopardized because Independence seeking republics have failed to draft enough conscripts the Deputy head of the general staff says. Col. Gen. Grigory Krivosheev quoted thursday by the soviet army daily Krasnaya zvezda said that by mid july Only 91.4 percent of the National draft target had been Banks bombed Istanbul Turkey a bombs went off thursday night at five Banks despite heavy Security measures taken before president Bush a visit this weekend the sem official Anatolia news Agency said. The bombs caused damage but no casualties Anatolia said. The incidents followed warnings by the state department in Washington about acts try terrorism in Turkey and Greece during Pant for Levi s Prague Czechoslovakia a hundreds of customers crowded into Prague a first official levies shop on thursday hungry for yet another Symbol of american life that was frowned on throughout four decades of communist Rule. Czechoslovak have always been avid for such trappings from coca cola to Rock music to Blue jeans. Levies for years were a hot item on the City a Black Market. A like coca cola Levi Strauss amp co. Penetrated the strictly controlled czechoslovak Market in the late 1980s, using official state trading companies to set up Star inquest held London a sixties Rock Star Steve Marriott had taken a Large Quantity of valium and alcohol on the night he died in a House fire an inquest heard thursday. Marriott a body was found april 20 in the burned wreckage of his 16th Century cottage near Saffron Walden 44 Miles Northeast of London. There was no evidence that the 44-year-old musician had tried to take his own life the Coroner said. The cause of death was Carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation Weir said. Marriott was a guitarist and Singer with the Small faces which had a 1965 hit with what Cha Gonna do about it. When the group split in 1968, Marriott joined Peter Frampton to form Humble pie. He began a Solo career in 1976. Germany holds its breath on prussian Kings remains Potsdam Germany apr in one of the most unusual events to occur in newly United Germany descendants of prussians two most famous Kings Are planning to return their ancestors remains to their summer Palace in Potsdam. Many germans Haven to figured out what to make of the plan is it a tribute to prussian tolerance and Community spirit or will homage to the 18th-Century Kings offend Germany a neighbors and create a Mecca for Ultra nationalists attracted to prussians militaristic Side in either Case it is guaranteed that King Frederick Wilhelm i and his son Frederick the great will receive More than the burial a without show without splendor and without pomp that Frederick requested in Nis will. Chancellor Helmut Kohl is scheduled to attend the aug. 17 ceremonies but is not scheduled to speak. Tens of thousands Are people Are expected to Jostle for a glimpse of the coffins to be carried on antique Imperial rail cars and horse drawn carriages. Parts of the Daylong ceremonies Are to be broadcast live on television. Frederick the great a coffin will be Laid to rest beside the Rococo summer Palace he had built and named a a Sanssouci a French for without cares. His father who was strictly religious in comparison with his sceptical son is to be buried 400 Yards away in the Royal mausoleum at the peace Church. Both were originally buried at another Church in Potsdam but their remains were moved for safety reasons during world War ii and taken to a Hohenzollern family Castle at Hechinger in Southern Germany. The current Hohenzollern patriarch 83-year-old Louis Ferdinand Prince of Prussia said it was not possible to return the bodies while communists ruled East Germany. The former communists depicted prussian Royalty As decadent symbols of a militaristic past. But now that the two Germany Are United a different spirit rules Potsdam Southwest of Berlin. A in East Germany they were viewed negatively. It is our responsibility to remake the prussian image. We have to look at history objectively a said Uwe Koch a department head in the culture ministry of Branden Burg state. A of course they wont be judged uncritically either a he said. The peace Church declined to have its services broadcast on television because of concern for too much publicity. Ginhart Schmiechen Dean of the lutheran churches Council said that a certain groups with nationalistic and chauvinistic thoughts could be attracted to this spot. It need not most of the reburial arrangements have been set by the Hohenzollern family and the Federal and state governments arc not taking a big role. Yet Kohls participation Drew criticism from Herta Doubler Gmelin Deputy chairwoman of the opposition social democrats. A a big political spectacle in the presence of Kohl worries me greatly a she said. The two Kings ruled Prussia from 1713-86, creating enmities that live on today in Germany As Well Fred Loci 7 Kras across its Borders. Frederick Wilhelm i was known As the Soldier King but did no to wage major wars. His main accomplishment historians say was creating one of the Best run and Best armed european states of his Day. His son Frederick ii took Over in 1740 and people started calling him Frederick the great by 1745 As he led armies to conquer territories in what is now Poland. He broke treaties and waged wars with Austria Russia and France. Almost a Century after his death his goal of Unity among German states was realized in the prussian led German Empire. But it was Defeated in world War i and the last Hohenzollern Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm ii abdicated in 1918. The reburial comes amid a a Prussia Boom in Berlin. . Troops in Seoul moving out Seoul South Korea up a . Military facilities and personnel in Seoul will relocate to the area of Osan and Camp Humphreys 35 Miles South of the capital by 1996 or 1997, . And South korean military officials said in a joint announcement Friday the move is based on an agreement signed by the two nations in june 1990, to ensure that defensive capabilities of the . And South korean forces will be maintained at the highest Levels. The South korean government will pay All relocation costs the announcement said. It also will provide adequate land and buildings for offices residential quarters and other types of facilities As Well As roads to and from the facilities the announcement said. A the . Forces Korea will minimize its requirements and consolidate facilities requirements whenever possible a a . Spokesman said. The first step in the move was taken in Early june when a . Army Golf course in Seoul was closed and a new course was opened in song Nam. A your goal is to Complete the relocation in the 199697 time Frame but the timetable for and scale of the relocation May be adjusted by Mutual agreement a the spokesman said
