European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 a the stars and stripes saturday june 13,1992yeltsin urges end to confrontation Moscow apr president Boris n. Yeltsin says he wont go to the United states next week with a an outstretched hand for Charity but will urge americans to join hands with russians to end the Era of nuclear confrontation. Yeltsin who on thursday marked the first anniversary of his election As russians first popularly chosen president also continued taking swipes in his feud with former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in a series of interviews with russian and Western reporters. Yeltsin described Gorbachev a Rule As a seven years of stagnation and implied the former Leader lacked the a personal courage to impose real economic Reform. Yeltsin also said a he has slowed the Pace of economic reforms because russians on fixed incomes Are living in a literal  a agreement can be reached in talks in Washington next week with president Bush to Complete a treaty on reducing strategic missiles by More than half by the end of the Century. On thursday he sent foreign minister Andrei Kozarev to meet with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii in London to finalize details. A trials Are possible for some former senior communist party members for violating human rights and conducting nuclear tests near populated areas. A but this wont be on a mass scale a he told Canadian press and other Western news organizations thursday. A Why should we Start a Witch Hunt a although Russia needs a promised Aid package of $24 billion it a cannot agree to a number of demands of the International monetary fund a Yeltsin said. Among the series of fiscal austerity measures demanded is that Yeltsin free the Price of Oil and natural Gas a a step he has resisted so far. A a in a going to the United states not with an outstretched hand a he told the newspaper Izvestia in an interview published thursday. A i want to give a hand to the . President and in my speech at the Congress i want to give a hand to All american people lets be partners and end this Era of confrontation a he said. A it used to be that the United states and soviet Union were considered to be superpowers a he said. A this superpower status was determined by their nuclear weapons stockpiles. We want to change the situation so that the life of the people might come  Yeltsin stressed that his free Market economic reforms a Are not empty promises a and denounced the last years of Gorbachev a perestroika. A Many Fine words were expressed Over the past few years about the need for change. But the men at the top failed to make any Progress in practical transformations a the russian information Agency quoted him As saying. A those seven years of stagnation have done More harm than the previous period a he said of the Gorbachev Era. No shoppers a worker stands in the rubble of partially constructed buildings being demolished in what was the Center of East Berlin. The former government had planned a shopping strip there but backers pulled out of the project after German reunification. A restored Cathedral is in the  gather in Mecca for feast of sacrifice Mecca saudi Arabia apr about 2 million Muslim pilgrims at Mecca prayed and slaughtered sheep at Dawn thursday to Mark the Start of the three Day hid Al aha or feast of sacrifice. Throughout the world the estimated 1.3 billion muslims also began the feast commemorating the Prophet Abrahams willingness to offer his songs life to god. Elsewhere in saudi Arabia and the neighbouring Gulf countries the rulers were up for Dawn eid prayers before receiving Well wishers in their palaces. Muslim leaders also sent greetings to each Oiler. Sultan Wabus of Oman reportedly exchanged one with iraqi president Saddam Hussein a pariah in Gulf ranks since invading Kuwait in August 1990. Saudi King fahd who dropped the title majesty in favor of a custodian of the two holy shrines a islam a holiest at Mecca and Medina a vowed continued Pursuit of the a sacred duly of serving the holy shrines and fostering the guests pilgrims of the merciful  the prayers of the pilgrims or Hajji at meccas grand mosque were relayed by saudi television to almost All islamic countries. The grand mosque can now accommodate 750,000 people under King fahd a Multi billion Dollar expansion of the holy Sites. Sheik Abdel Rahman Al Sedis the preacher delivering the main Sermon warned muslims of a the anti islamic concentrated intellectual and moral invasions. Infiltrating into Homes and  pilgrims on wednesday also climbed the Hills of mount Arafat overlooking Mecca for  troop Bill passes through committee Tokyo a a Bill to dispatch japanese troops abroad for the first time since world War ii cleared a key parliamentary panel thursday Over the shouts of opposition lawmakers. The Bill now goes to the full lower House where the governing Liberal democrats hold a commanding majority. The legislation has already passed the upper House. While passage now seems inevitable opposition lawmakers said they will not Retreat leaving open the possibility that they will again use delay tactics to postpone the final vote. A it is unforgivable to pass such an important Bill in a one sided Way a Makoto Tanabe chairman of the Japan socialist party told reporters after the boisterous committee session. Critics say the Bill violates Japan a postwar Constitution which renounces the use of Force in settling International disputes. The legislation is Japan a response to critics who faulted Tokyo for not sending troops to help oust iraqi soldiers from Kuwait in the persian Gulf War. Committee members of the governing Liberal democratic party shouted the traditional a Banzai Quot congratulatory cheer. Some socialists who stayed behind raised their fists vowing to continue the legislative fight. Possible envoy finds dad s past an Issue Amsterdam Netherlands api a a major dutch newspaper Friday jumped to the defense of a prospective . Ambassador whose father was a prominent dutch nazi. In an editorial the conservative Algereen Dag Blad condemned As a a distasteful the attention paid to the War record of Donald alexanders late father Titus Buitenhuis. Reaction has been muted to this weeks disclosure by the Netherlands press association that Buitenhuis collaborated with the nazis during world War ii. Most newspapers have concentrated on Alexander s nomination As ambassador to the Netherlands being held up in Congress because of his $100,000 donation in january to the Republican party. Alexander 53, emigrated to the United states after College. He says he changed his name because Buitenhuis was a difficult name for americans to pronounce. The Rotterdam based Algereen Dag Blad criticized the a Nasty discussion Over whether Donald Alexander a dutchman in origin can become ambassador to the Hague. A the argument that alexanders father was part of the Nib dutch nazi party and that this is a complication is downright distasteful a said the paper the nations second largest. The paper also criticized speculation that alexanders political contribution was aimed at securing the ambassador ship. A this practice is not in the least unusual in America it said noting that the current . Ambassador c. Howard Wilkins jr., made a similar contribution before obtaining his current Post. Buitenhuis was the nazi appointed mayor of the Amsterdam suburb of Naarden in 1942-44, then became mayor of Schagen in the North. Italian police arrest 21, seize cocaine in raids Milan Italy apr police arrested 21 people in an alleged mafia drug ring thursday and dismantled a cocaine refinery believed to Supply traffickers in Northern Italy. Manlio Minale head of the Milan police anti mafia division said officers found arms at five hideouts and seized nearly 45 pounds of cocaine Worth $16.6 million. Those arrested were charged with illegal Possession of arms drug trafficking and criminal organization. Investigators said the Milan based ring was headed by the Fidanzato family a group of sicilians described As mafia Bosses and drug traffickers