European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1992 forget building freeze Shamir tells . Jerusalem a prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said sunday that the United states should a forget about a freeze on israeli settlements but predicted a Compromise with Washington on $10 billion in . Housing loan guarantees. The dispute is complicating Middle East peace talks and another Snag developed sunday. A senior Plo official said the palestinians would Boycott tuesdays round in Moscow unless the palestinian delegation included representatives from Arab East Jerusalem and abroad. Shamire a remarks were his first reaction to Secretary of state James a. Baker Illus reported proposal Friday that Israel Stop building new Homes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip to gain . Aid for resettling jewish refugees. A to avoid any misunderstandings a Shamir said Quot Israel and All those people who represent Israel Are not talking or not speaking about my freeze of settlements. Please forget about  but speaking about immigrants from the former soviet Union Shamir added a we Are sure that we will get All the investments. For solving this very complicated problem including these loan  Shamir did not make Clear How he expected to resolve the dispute but Israel television said he saw bakery a reported proposal As an agreement in principle to provide loan guarantees. Shamir told 300 journalists a the . Has reaffirmed its readiness to assist us in the unprecedented task of absorbing the Large  according to sources in Washington who spoke on condition of anonymity Baker suggested that . Objections to the jewish settlements might be met if Israel stopped building new Homes. The offer apparently would allow Israel to Complete the sizable housing units it already has begun. In another development a group of world american jewish leaders who visited saudi Arabia said sunday that they believe that the desert kingdom sincerely wants to make peace with Israel. A we believed them a said the president of the american jewish Congress Robert Lifton who led the delegation of eight prominent american jews last week. A we Are not nails. We Are cynical people. But after listening to these people and seeing the changes that have taken place we believe they want  the group went to saudi Arabia As the first representatives of a jewish organization Ever to visit the country in an official capacity. Kidnapped businessman still alive police say la Philippines a an american Busi live kidnapped in Manila nine Days tilt alive a police official said sunday. Icy warm up Friedrich Reher 53, drinks hot Coffee while submerged in an icy Pond saturday near Bremen Germany Reher 53, who chops a Hole in the ice for his daily dip is hardening up for a bicycle tour of Northern Norway. Japan paid expenses set fees for Comfort girls records show Tokyo apr records of . Interrogations show that Japan a world War ii army handled transportation medical treatment and fee setting for korean women it forced into prostitution Kyodo news service said sunday. Earlier this month the japanese government acknowledged for the first time that its army was involved in the forced prostitution of women from Korea which Japan ruled As a Colony from 1910 to 1945, japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa on a stale visit to South Korea apologized for the women s sufferings but stopped Short of offering compensation. Kyodo said sunday that it had obtained . Records showing army involvement in the provision and handling of korean prostitutes. It said they were records declassified in 1973, of american interrogations of 20 korean women who served in Burma. Kyodo said the records showed the army suggested that Brothel owners Purchase korean women and take them to Burma and the military promised to provide transportation rations and medical attention. The koreans at first thought their duties As a Comfort girls would involve visiting wounded soldiers and such chores As rolling bandages it said. In Burma the women were paid for services based on soldiers ranks and Brothel owners took 50 to 60 percent of their earnings it added an army doctor visited the brothels weekly to Check for and treat venereal disease Kyodo said. From wire reports Manila Philippines a an american business executive ago was still. Maj. Gen. Gerardo Flores philippine National police Deputy chief said that the executive Michael Barnes was still alive and that police were working on the arrests of two suspects. Barnes 41, of Long Beach calif., was working for philippine geothermal inc., a subsidiary of the .-based firm nocal when he was seized at gunpoint in the Makati financial District Jan. 17 and bundled into a waiting jeep. So far no one has claimed responsibility. Move to Berlin costly Berlin a moving Germany a parliament and government operations to the capital of Berlin from Bonn will Cost an Esti hated 35 billion Marks in transport improvements alone a newspaper reported saturday. The Berliner Zeitung newspaper citing an internal government study in Bonn said the transport ministry had submitted the estimate of 35 billion Marks $22.6 billion for improvements that include building a new High Speed rail connection Between Hannover and Berlin. Parliament voted last june to move government operations from Bonn the temporary capital established after the War Back to the country a traditional capital of Berlin. Anti racism rally held Milan Italy a tens of thousands of demonstrators marched saturday to condemn racism and intolerance toward immigrants. The peaceful protest came after a string of attacks against foreigners in Italy and widespread debate Over How to handle rising immigration. An attack on two North africans Early last week by a gang Yelling a get out of Italy a has caused an uproar in Italy quake shakes Border Kelowna British Columbia a a Small earthquake was Felt on both sides of the Canada-. Border saturday but no injuries or serious damage were reported. Some residents of Oliver British Columbia reported broken windows. The 5 30 . Temblor measured 3.5 on the Richter scale said an official at the Pacific Geo science Centre in Sidney it was entered Between Keremeos and Osoyoos in the South Central part of the  captures violence at outlawed Spanish Goat toss Madrid Spain apr a furtive videotape May Lead police to the rowdies who attacked photographers at an outlawed Goat tossing ritual an animal rights activist said sunday. A crowd at the fiesta saturday in the Central Spanish Village of manganese de la Polvorosa injured two photographers smashed several cameras and forced paramilitary civil guards to Retreat from the town Square. The civil guards failed to Stop the ritual in which youths threw a live Goat off the Church Bell Tower. After briefly hanging by the neck in midair the Goat landed in a Blanket below and was carried away by villagers. Since joining the european Community pressure has increased on Spanish authorities to curb ritual animal abuse at yearly festivals in thousands of towns. Jos6 Monge of the National association for animal defense Anda said the top police official in Zamora province where the town is located had requested a copy of a videotape shot by Anda members. Quot its a piece of evidence that could help the police identify the attackers a said Monge adding that he and other animal rights activists endured threats and intimidation during the festival. Monge said Zamora civil Goy. Angel Gavilan said he also planned to impose a $5,000 Fine on town officials for allowing the controversial ritual to take place. But Monge expressed his doubts about whether punishment would Ever be meted out. He said authorities had levied a smaller Fine against municipal officials last year but never collected it