European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday april 5,1992 ukrainian official says Russia meddling in its internal affairs Spring fever Sas him dry in Lindsay Mcauley left a 6, and her sister Caitlin 5, and brother Matthew 7, take advantage of the sunny Spring weather Friday by having a picnic under a Blooming Cherry tree in the front Yard of their Home in Heidelberg Germany. The children smother Kate had made some Bologna sandwiches with potato chips. Kiev Ukraine up the ukrainian foreign minister on saturday accused Russia of meddling in ukrainian affairs As the two slavic republics continued their War of words Over the Black sea Fleet. Reacting to russian president Boris Yeltsin a statement Friday that Russia would assert control Over the Fleet before allowing Ukraine to unilaterally take what it wants ukrainian foreign minister Valentyn Morozov accused Yeltsin of a interference Quot in ukrainian affairs. A on aug. 24,1991, the ukrainian parliament passed a Resolution placing the Black sea Fleet under the jurisdiction of Ukraine a Morozov told a Union of officers conference in Kiev. Yeltsin meanwhile dispatched vice president Alexander Rutski to the Black sea port of Sevastopol on the crimean Peninsula a in Ukraine a where Rutski told the Crew of the vessel moskva a the russian Fleet was founded on the Black sea and the russian Fleet will be on the Black  Rutski also said a Russia will be resurrected and it will be the state which it used to be for  Yeltsin reacting to hints from Navy officers that Ukraine was preparing to claim the bulk of the Fleet for itself said a if anyone attempts to unilaterally change the status of the Black sea Fleet the russian federation will have to take the Fleet under its jurisdiction to further Transfer it to the strategic forces of the  Quot this is interference in Ukraine a internal affairs a Morozov replied. The ukrainian first Deputy head of parliament Vasyl Durdy Netz denied any attempts on Ukraine a part to unilaterally assert control Over most of the Fleet. He said Ukraine wants to decide the Fate of the Fleet through negotiations As agreed upon in Moscow on Jan 16. A russian ukrainian commission is working on the status of the Fleet and Durdy Netz said Ukraine will wait until it finishes its work and presents its results before making any decisions. A we Are creating a military Navy and naturally we will have one on the basis of the Black sea Fleet a said Durdy Netz. Quot however a decision will be made regarding the division of the Fleet Only according to these interstate  the Black sea Fleet uses ports on the crimean Peninsula which is attached to Ukraine. Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk who is currently in Germany has not commented on Yeltsin a statements but Kravchuk a press Secretary Volodymyr Shle Soshnikov said Ukraine a position on the Black sea Fleet has not changed. Ukraine wants 30 percent of the Fleet Shle Soshnikov said dismissing reports that Ukraine wants up to 90 percent of the Fleet As not reflecting the position of ukrainian leadership. Rutski also took advantage of his Mission to the Black sea to encourage sentiment among crimean residents for rejoining Russia a move sure to further alienate Ukraine. A if the Peoples of the Crimea decide to join Russia then the Republic of Crimea will exist in it perfectly a Rutski said. The russian parliament has voted to re examine the 1954 a a gift by soviet president Nikita Khrushchev of the crimean Peninsula from Russia to Ukraine. Although crimean voted with the rest of Ukraine for ukrainian Independence last december there has been a new movement for greater autonomy  baby Boom blamed on Lucky year Beijing apr most of northeastern China is having a baby Boom because tradition says children born in the year of the Monkey Are Clever and Lucky an official news report said saturday. Births were Down significantly last year in Large part because it was the year of the sheep in the chinese Zodiac. Quot sheep Quot babies Are said to have bad Luck All their lives. The 1991 birth rate was 19.68 per thou Sand Down from 21.06 per thousand in 1990. The China daily newspaper said there has been a baby Boom throughout Northern and northeastern China since the lunar new year feb. 4, but gave no Overall figures. It said All the major hospitals in Shenyang an Industrial City North of Beijing have had to increase the number of Beds in their maternity wards. I no Lyyti us Lull 1�ug was 17.uo Ulutu m Vii Iii Tuur Quot a Lonn proposes amendments it said the number of pregnant women in the City is up 30 percent from the same time last year. Chinese leaders have tried to downplay the Impact of superstition which they believe should have been crushed Long ago through communist education. But they have expressed worry that births might surge this year. Only Beijing couples have not been affected by the superstition the China daily said. It quoted City officials As saying births actually have fallen in Beijing this year. Because it is the capital government policies Are enforced far More thoroughly m Beijing than elsewhere in the country including the policy that says most couples can Nave Only one child. China a population at the end of 1991 was 1,15 billion. The government projects it will hit 1.2 billion by 1995 and near 1.3 billion by the year 2000. Property Bonn Germany up a the German government on Friday announced Long awaited changes to Laws dealing with unresolved property ownership in Eastern Germany. Under the agreement for the 1990 German unification former East and West German authorities agreed to return property rather than pay compensation to those who owned it until the former communist East German government confiscated it. One of the proposed changes will extend Protection from eviction for Eastern germans living in Homes reclaimed by Western germans through the end of 1994. The amended Law also sets a claims deadline at the end of 1992 for All applications for the return of Eastern German property including those from jews who lost property in the nazi confiscations during the third Reich. A simplified process Lor investment and property development in former East Germany will remain under the revised Law until 1995. Housing and construction minister Imgard Schwatzer said she hoped the property Law Reform package will be approved by parliament before the july summer recess. Observers said passage could prove difficult after the opposition social democratic controlled upper House the bundesrat approved a Resolution Friday that called for a reversal of the principle of property return rather than compensation. Many political and business leaders in Eastern Germany have criticized the lengthy process of returning property to former owners As the biggest deterrent to investment in the Region. They argue that financial compensation should be paid to owners to free up contested property for immediate Sale. Swiss jews catholics sign anti semitic decree Bern Switzerland apr in an International first representatives of Swiss jews and roman catholics on Friday signed a joint statement declaring that anti semitism is a crime against god and humanity. Timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of jews from Spain the declaration said it was meant to increase understanding Between jew amp and the roman Catholic Church. Michael Kohn president of the Swiss jewish Community said the Church at last recognized its role in fighting anti semitism. He told a news conference that the document was especially important As it did not seek to conceal that the Catholic Church shared historic responsibility for hatred of  Candolfi head of the Swiss Bishops conference said the declaration was also meant to be a joint stance against racism in general