European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 10, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 9 German Farmers Cany a coffin and beat a drum tuesday in Bonn to protest an Accord cutting farm subsidies. I a thousands in Bonn protest dec farm Accord with . Bonn Germany apr about 50,000 angry German Farmers shut Down Bonn on tuesday to protest an agricultural Accord Between the United states and the european Community that they say threatens their livelihoods. One Farmer who suffered a heart attack along the protest route later died police spokesman Frank Russel said. A protester fired a Gas pistol at a policeman near the . Embassy but the officer was not Hurt he added. Demonstrators burned a .-made automobile tossed eggs and firecrackers at farm Union officials scattered nails along a Rhine River Bridge temporarily blocked the . Embassy with More than 100 tractors and dumped apples sugar beets and Hay outside government ministries. Three tractors were allowed into the . Embassy compound where Farmers representatives presented . Ambassador Robert m. Kimmitt with a Resolution calling for renegotiation of the ec-. Agreement on cutting farm subsidies. Embassy spokesman Richard Schmierer said the ambassador discussed the Farmers concerns and gave them a statement addressing what he said were a several misconceptions a including that the nov. 20 Accord a requires greater sacrifice of europeans than of the United states and other nations contend that the Community a subsidies allow european Farmers to keep prices for their crops unfairly Low in world Trade. European Farmers whose farms generally Are smaller and less efficient than american farms say Thev need the subsidies to stay in business. Protesters carrying a coffin meant to symbolize the plight of German Farmers set the coffin ablaze and put it atop a . Car that had been brought to the protest by another group of Farmers. Firefighters doused the Blaze without incident. There was scattered pushing and shoving with hundreds of police who kept Farmers from advancing on parliament and the offices of Chancellor Haimut Kohl. No injuries were reported. A a we re fighting for our existence. And the future of our children Quot Constantin Heeremans president of the German Farmers Union shouted Over the sea of Farmers As Many in the crowd pelted the speakers platform with dozens of eggs and firecrackers. Adding to the cacophony were machines imitating mooing cows and clucking chickens and people firing guns with Blanks. One exploding firecracker sent the vice president of the French Farmers Union Jean Marie Sander scurrying offstage. Sander who had earlier addressed the crowd said he a came to support the German Farmers against the Washington the .-ec agreement which averted a threatened Tariff War this month is part of 6-year-old negotiations on lowering Trade barriers around the world under auspices of the general agreement on tariffs and Trade a Geneva based organization that oversees global Trade. Kohl not wanting to openly quarrel with French president Francois Mitterrand has said Little about the International Trade agreement. But he has said it is necessary to ease worldwide recession. German farm leaders said the throwing of eggs and firecrackers was a symptom of the frustration among Germany a 700,000 banners who do not have the same political clout As their French colleagues. France is the largest farm producer in the european Community accounting for a Quarter of its output. Many German Farmers said they did not expect the protest to persuade Bonn to take a get Tough stance on the Accord. A a we re a minority Here in Germany. Industry is much bigger a said Heinrich Grosse Lesnar a pig Farmer from Borken. Jewish defense league pledging to combat Neo nazis in Germany Jerusalem up a a reborn jewish defense league the extremist group founded by the late rabbi Meir Kahane announced tuesday it is preparing to Send trained israeli and . Army veterans to Germany in order to a finish off the Baruch Ben Yosef a Kahane di9ciple who decided to revive the american based group in Israel said the jul operation would combat the surge of Neo nazi violence against jews and foreigners in Germany. A nobody can say they Are a nazi these Days and expect to live Long a he said. Ben Yosef 33, accused the German and israeli governments of being a nazi collaborators because of their Lack of action following recent Neo nazi violence. A if they done to take care of it we will a he said. A we have 100 Guys signed up and ready to go. A Guys who Are trained in israeli special forces and Guys from the american army people who Are going to Germany to finish off the nazis the jul was founded in new York 24 years ago by Kahane Leader of the extremist Kach party in Israel who was gunned Down in new York in 1990. After he had won a single seat in the israeli parliament his party was barred from the 1988 elections because of its racist policies against says sex hostages inviting lebanese orphans from wire exports Beirut Lebanon a . Citizens who were held hostages by Muslim factions in Lebanon Are inviting 40 lebanese Muslim and Christian orphans to spend Christmas and new year holidays m the United states the a1 Hayat newspaper said tuesday. A1 Hayat quoted a source of the Muslim run social welfare institutions in Lebanon As saying that he was unofficially informed of the invitation and was asked to choose 20 Muslim orphans from various lebanese regions. Twenty Christian orphans also were to be chosen to take part in the trip a1 Hayat said. The paper did not say which former . Hostages were extending the Man torched Rome a assailants poured gasoline Over a somali born Man sleeping in a Park near the colosseum and set him afire tuesday police reported. Doctors said the 63-Ycar-old Man who was taken to a Hospital by police was in fair condition with second degree Burns on his hands and face. The Man identified by italian news agencies As Valentino nog Ali told police said he did not Sec his attackers. Authorities said nog Ali born in Mogadishu of a somali Mother and italian father is an italian accused Ottawa a the government filed War crimes charges tuesday against an 81-Ycar-old yugoslav born Canadian accused of kidnapping and killing communists and communist sympathizers in Belgrade during world War ii. Radislav p. Grujicic also known As Marko Jankovic appeared in court in Windsor Ontario to face 10 counts of murder. He was freed on bail and ordered to appear again Jan. 8. Grujicic has lived in Canada since 1948 and became a Canadian citizen in 1956. He is accused of being a member of a Belgrade special police Force that collaborated with nazi occupation forces and apprehended suspected communists in wartime of bomb was hoax Vienna Austria a a report that a bomb had been placed on Board an austrian Lauda air jetliner on a training flight from Vienna to Bratislava Czechoslovakia turned out to be a hoax Niki Lauda the airlines owner said wednesday. Vienna air control said the Boeing 767 landed safely at Bratislava airport.2 eject As Jet crashes Seoul South Korea a a South korean air Force fighter Jet crashed into a Mountain wednesday after developing engine trouble but the two occupants ejected safely a news report said. The .-made f-4d phantom Jet was on a routine training Mission when it crashed near Ochang 175 Miles South of Seoul shortly before noon the National Yon Hap news Agency attempt fails Stockholm Sweden a a member of Poland a parliament has been fined for trying to smuggle nearly 4,000 cigarettes into Sweden by claiming diplomatic immunity. Andrzej Andrzejczak 32, was caught in september when he arrived at the swedish port of Ystad on a ferry from Poland the National news Agency to reported. Andrzejczak claimed he was a Diplomat and have his car checked. But customs officials asked the foreign ministry which ordered the vehicle searched and discovered 3,800 cigarettes. Cigarettes sell for $4.40 a pack in Sweden far above their Cost in Poland.95 die on Spain s roads Madrid Spain a ninety five people were killed in 77 Highway accidents throughout Spain Over the Long Holiday weekend making it one of the worst weekends for Road fatalities this year a traffic department spokeswoman said wednesday. Ninety three people were seriously injured in the accidents which occurred Between Friday evening and Midnight tuesday said the spokeswoman. Spain which has 39 million inhabitants ranks As the third most hazardous country for driving in the 12-nation Community according to an dec report issued last year
