European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 15, 1991 refugees fearing Transfer seize West German Church by Mark Fritz the associated press Berlin a about 60 refugees have occupied a Western German Church to avoid being moved to shelters  East Germany where they fear attacks by Neo nazis. They began the occupation Friday amid increasing debate in Germany Over How to staunch an influx of refugees from third world and Eastern european nations seeking better lives in Western Europe. The Rise in Asylum seckers has been blamed for an increase in rightist violence against foreigners in impoverished Eastern Germany where unemployment is rampant. About 60 refugees began occupying the lutheran Church in Neu Munster in the Northern state of Schleswig Holstein and quickly announced a hunger strike. Most of the refugees Are from Eastern european and african nations. Later Friday about 26 of the refugees came out of the Church and were sent to shelters in the West German state of Bavaria and the East German states of Sachsen and Thi Ringen officials said. Andreas Fleck a spokesman for the state social ministry said Schleswig Holstein has run out of room and some refugees have to be moved to other states. The incident highlighted what has been an intense debate in Germany and other Western european nations which have been flooded with refugees since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. The influx has taxed resources to the Point that Ger Man conservatives frequently cite the fact that some German children have had to forgo physical education because their school gyms have been converted into refugee shelters. German lawmakers Are debating proposals to alter one of the worlds most Liberal Asylum policies. The centrist free democrats the Junior partner in Chancellor Helmut Kohls conservative led governing coalition called on Friday for speedier deportation processes. Kohls Christian democrats and its Arch conservative bavarian ally the Christian social Union blame the left leaning social democrats for slowing efforts to rewrite constitutional Asylum rules. A of All the parties Only the cd and Csc understand that the patience of the people is exhausted a said Alfred Dregger chief of the Christian Democrat faction in parliament. The Constitution forbids turning away foreigners seeking Asylum on political or religious grounds. German officials say most of the refugees Are fleeing bad economies not political persecution. However deportation can take years. Interior ministry spokesman Roland Bachmeier said Friday that 296,0 0 Asylum seekers stayed in Germany during the first six months of the year far above the record 193,000 new arrivals last year and pushing the total in the country to 982,000. However Asylum expert Franz Nuscheler said Friday that the government is drastically inflating the Asylum numbers and that Only 450,000 were in the country. The Interior ministry defended its statistics. Pit Bull first Aid worker French firefighter Patrick Gilardy poses with Brutus a 2-year-old pit Bull used by Nice firefighters to help As a first Aid worker. The dogs sniff and dig up victims buried under destroyed houses. It is the first time that they have been used for the kind of Job usually carried out by alsatian dogs in France. . Peacekeepers Battle Arab gunmen 2 killed from wire reports Jerusalem a . Peacekeepers battled saturday with a squad of Arab gunmen in Southern Lebanon and one nepalese peacekeeper and one guerrilla were killed the United nations said. The clash came one Day after palestinian guerrillas fleeing an israeli gunboat seized 14 . Soldiers in Southern Lebanon. One guerrilla and one hostage were reported killed in a gun Battle that followed that incident. Saturdays . Patrol intercepted the armed squad near the Village of Yater four Miles North of the israeli Border and ordered them to Stop said timor Goksel spokesman for the . Interim Force in Lebanon. The unidentified gunmen opened fire killing one nepalese Soldier outright and slightly wounding a second. The peacekeepers returned fire killing one of the gunmen Goksel said. He Saia the clash took place inside the uni Fil area and that . Troops were searching the area for escaped  killed in n. Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland a gunmen killed a roman Catholic Man As he was working on his car outside his Home and a protestant paramilitary group claimed responsibility. In another sectarian attack later Friday a protestant Man was wounded and a Catholic extremist group said it shot him. So far this year 44 civilians have been killed in attacks by both Republican and loyalist paramilitary groups. The banned Irish Republican army also has killed 14 members of the British Security forces. Kevin flood 31, was slain outside his Home in North Belfast the Royal Ulster constabulary said. Witnesses said he was a Catholic. Police arrested four men for questioning in connection with the killing. Later a Man identified by witnesses As a protestant was shot in the Arm and stomach while working at a garage in North Belfast. The police did not release the name of the Man who was ? eat the plate Taipei Taiwan a diners tempted to lick a plate after a delicious meal can now go a step further. They can eat the plate. Chen Liang Erh 50, announced Friday he has perfected an edible plate made from wheat Grain and he now plans to mass produce it and other edible crockery including cups bowls and food containers. Chen spent six years developing the plate which he says will retail at about 7 cents each. The Only disadvantage Chen said is his edible crockery cannot be washed and  cuisine mistake Paris a no one Ever accused the French of taking their cuisine lightly. Alain Warquier found that out when he was fined $44,000 for producing Misla bled foie gras. Warquier sold cans labelled As Duck liver even through they contained 57.8 percent Goose liver a court was told thursday. In France the product must be at least 90 percent pure to be called foie gras. Warquier who employs 240 people said he would  debate merits of replacing Wilhelm statue Koblenz Germany a germans Are at Odds Over whether Kaiser Wilhelm i the prussian emperor who United Germany should return to his Pedestal. A Gargantuan Bronze statue of the militaristic Leader of the second Reich was blasted off its Stone platform by american gis in 1945 and pieces were sold As souvenirs. Some germans Are cringing at a plan to erect a replacement statue of Wilhelm on his Steed at the convergence of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers. A this statue is too much a reminder of greater Germany of everything Kaiser Wilhelm did wrong a said Rose Goette culture minister for Rheinland Pfalz state. But the plans supporters say the original statue was a piece of history that deserves to be restored. They also Point out that Wilhelm whatever his faults United the German people. A this has nothing to do with politics. We done to want anything to do with monarchy anymore a said Raimund Kittl a German craftsman who is building the new statue. The dispute is the latest manifestation of reunited Germany a painful struggle to come to terms with controversial figures from the past. First came the debate Over the reburial of Frederick the great Wilhelm a 18th-Century ancestor at his summer Palace in Potsdam last month. Chancellor Helmut Kohl ignoring critics who said his presence could revive fears of German militarism joined members of the once Royal Hohenzollern family to renter Frederick a remains. Cultural figures like Friedrich Nietzsche the philosopher Haven to escaped the soul searching. Since the demise of East Germany the City of Weimar in the former communist state has been grappling with How Best to recognize the Man who coined the word a Huber Mensch Superman and supposedly inspired Adolf Hitler. Now Kaiser Wilhelm i dead for 103 years is causing a stir. Like Frederick the great Wilhelm was prone to militarism. He built up prussians army appointed Otto von Bismarck As Chancellor embarked on wars with Denmark Austria and France and in 1871 was proclaimed emperor of Germany at Versailles after defeating the French. The original Wilhelm statue was unveiled in 1897, built on orders from Wilhelm ii the last German emperor