European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes world tuesday february 9,1993 Kohl vows to consult nato before making troop cuts Bonne Germany a apparently trying to head off potential trouble with Washington Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl promised monday not to shrink the German military without consulting nato. At a weekend International Security conference that also was attended by defense Secretary los Aspin Kohl said he plans to make reductions in the German military called the bund Estehr. Kohl said saturday he wants to trim Back the Bun Des Wehr As a Cost cutting measure to help pay for unification and at the same time said he wants american troops to remain in Germany. But some in the United states might wonder Why Kohl is expecting the United states to continue to make huge outlays to pay for american troops stationed in Germany while he cuts Back on his own Mili tary spending. Volkir Riiho Germany s defense minister had announced the troop cutting plan wednesday. But inc Munich meeting apparently was the first time Many had heard about it. A commentator on the Ard television network said americans at the Munich conference were astonished. That the Chancellor wants to shrink the bundles  Kohl s announcement created considerable displeasure. This was expressed not at the conference but in the corridors said Ard. Die Welt a respected daily newspaper said monday a critical situation is shaping up Between the Bonn government and  Manfred Worner a German who is Secretary general of nato said at the Munich conference that Kohl s announcement filled me with concern. Well have to see where this goes How far the dimensions  responding to All this Kohl said in a statement monday that because of the monumental costs of unification it is important that the bund Estehr be included in general Cost cutting  under a 1990 treaty with the former soviet Union which ensured Moscow s endorsement of German unification the bund Estehr has been reduced from a cold War High of 525,000 soldiers to 420,000. It is to be further shrunk to 370,000 by 1996. Weighty response two champions Grimace but grand Champion a Bono Kong s ceremonial Cannon monday. The gun is fired of Hawaii right takes the resulting Boom in stride As every Day at noon and visiting celebrities Are often in the three sumo wrestlers pull the Cord that fires Hong cited to pull its trigger. Pope urges monogamy in Uganda Kampala Uganda a Pope John Paul 11 travelled to Western Uganda monday and urged his priests to promote monogamy a major problem for the roman Catholic Church across Africa. On the sixth Day of an eight Day trip to Benin Uganda und Sudan John Paul flew 180 Miles to the town of pasese beneath the Ruwenzori mountains and near the zairian Border. The Pope celebrated mass under a six sided Pavilion in a Field and paid homage to Refu gees in the area who fled fighting in Rwanda in the l%0s. Thousands of people have crossed the Border from Zaire because of the recent violence there. In his homily John Paul urged priests to carry on the delicate task of promoting monogamy a frequent message in his african travels. The Church struggles against traditions of polygamy in african societies that place a High value on having Many children. In an emotional highlight of the trip John Paul visited aids patients in a Kampala Hospital on sunday and gave them his Blessing. There people such As the Rev. Steve Collins provide Day to Day Hope for the victims of an epidemic that has wracked Uganda worse than anywhere else in Africa. The Pope s statement and its unspoken reference to the Church s position opposing condom use As an anti abortion measure came in the face of a government anti aids program that promotes condom use. The Catholic run Hospital Sticks to the Church s Posi Tion. Collins says he tells people that condoms indeed re Duce the risk of catching aids but leaves the decision up to their conscience. But he tells those infected with his the virus that causes aids to abstain from sex. I would never advise anyone to use a condom. You might be successful but one infection and you re dead he said. Honecker gets millions from fund paper says from wire reports Hamburg Germany former East German Leader Erich Honecker has had a Fortune delivered to him in Chile from secret Bank accounts once opened by the Stasi secret police a German newspaper reported monday. Hon Cockcr flew to Chile from Berlin last month after his trial on manslaughter charges was stopped on grounds that he is terminally ill with liver cancer. According to the Hamburg based Bild newspaper two former secret police agents recently smuggled3.5 million Marks $2,1 million into Chile and turned it Over to Honecker. Bild said Honecker now appears in Good health. The paper added that  communist Leader walks around the condom into housing area where he lives near Santiago chuckling As if he had won a lotto  Bild said the Money was from foreign Bank accounts containing up to 200 million Marks $121 million and believed opened in 1984 by the Stasi in Lichtenstein Austria and Switzerland. Court orders stoning Dera Ismael Khan Pakistan an islamic court monday sentenced a woman convicted of adultery to death by stoning a newspaper said. She can Appeal the ruling to the supreme court. Nasreen Hussain Shah remarried in 1989 but was unable to prove she had divorced her first husband who accused her of adultery according to the International news an English language daily. She was tried and sentenced by a Federal Shariat islamic court the paper said. Her second husband Jaffer Hussain Shah was sentenced to a Public flogging of 100 lashes the newspaper said. Although the islamic court routinely imposes harsh punishment Pakistan s supreme court has thrown out the verdicts. Under islamic Law a husband May divorce his wife by saying three times i divorce  human rights activists said most of Pakistan s 120 million people rarely Register either marriages or divorces. Villagers fleeing Volcano Legazpi Philippines an exodus from villages near Mayon Volcano continued monday As lava trickled from the now Active Volcano. The philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology said Mayon remained unstable with a major eruption still possible in the coming Days. At least 68 people died when the Volcano erupted last week. Lava has been seeping from the Crater for the past three Days. Cedric deep administrator of the disaster operation Center said nearly 42,000 people were housed in government shelters. He estimated that up to 80,000 people May have to be evacuated if a major explosion takes place. North Korea accuses . Seoul South Korea North Korea accused the United states on monday of using International nuclear inspections to spy on military bases an facilities. A statement by North Korea s foreign ministry accused Washington of violating North korean sovereignty by using spy satellites and turning the a formation Over to the International atomic Energy Agency. The Iaea has no right to use information uttered by a third country in its irregular inspection the North korean statement Saiu. The unusually harsh comments were carried by the official North korean Central news Agency. They appear to reflect a growing isolation in the world s last stalinist nation and frustration at its Lailure to attract foreign investment to bolster it sagging Economy