European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 19, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 13 Kohl to Speed up russian  Germany apr the United states pressed Germany on saturday to accelerate its economic Aid to Moscow arguing that russians political tumult would continue unless the West helps president Boris n. Yeltsin a economic reforms. Vice president Al Gore carried that pcs Sage into a meeting with German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl whose help the administration Hopes to enlist in a reassessment of russian Aid strategy before next months nato and  summits. The reassessment comes in the Wake of the Success of Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky and his Liberal democratic party in rus Sia s parliamentary elections. A Mirinovsky s emergence As a vocal Yeltsin critic has alarmed the West particularly Germany because of his expansionist views and nuclear threats. While hoping that late gains by reformers and independents will give Yeltsin the Opportunity to build parliamentary Majo i i experts blame Vlad the hypnotist Moscow a there have been Many explanations offered for the election Success of a for right candidate but a group of Moscow pay Nyp Notis a a a one Friday mass hypnosis. Cho Logiste and hypnotists added a new according to the inter fax news Agency the group of prominent doctors issued a statement saying Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky a used techniques of psychological influence on especially susceptible groups of people in television Campaign ads. One of the most prominent Mem bars of  a racist and Ultra nationalist Liberal democratic party is Anatoly Kas Pirovsky a television Faith healer. Kas Pirovsky became famous in 1989 for mass television seances in which he claimed to heal thousands of viewers. The doctors said  a party used Kash Pirovsky a techniques inter fax said. Critics for Many of his initiatives the cling ton administration believes russians democratic reforms will be imperilled in the next elections unless the economic situation improves in the Days leading up to the Kohl meet Ion Leader ing Gore had criticized without naming them countries he said were not meeting their Aid commitments to Russia. As he did so the vice president suggested a major reason promised Aid had not been delivered was International monetary fund requirements that Russia first make significant banking Legal and regulatory reforms to protect investors and relax the state Rote in Industry and Commerce. Briefing reporters aboard air Force two a senior administration official said the White House agreed with the if standards in principle. But the official endorsed relaxing the standards because of the desperate russian economic situation and the resulting deterioration in political stability. The official suggested that the it Calion results might have made Germany More interested in speeding up its Aid delivery among other alarming statements he has said that if elected president he would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if Germany meddled in russians affairs. Gore met with Kohl at the chancellors Home near Ludwigshafen after stopping in Budapest Hungary to represent the United states at the funeral of prime minister Jozswf Antall. By the new York times Rome a in an unscheduled and sometimes dramatic courtroom appearance Friday former prime minister bet Tino Praxi strongly denied accusations of personal corruption in Italy a huge bribery scandal but he acknowledged that he had known of widespread illicit political financing a since 1 was in Short  Praxi was appearing at the Hirst major trial to emerge from the scandal in which financier Sergio Cusani is accused of managing some $94 million in bribes paid to politicians by Ferruzzi the company he worked for. The food and chemicals Empire ranked As Italy s second richest private corporation before a huge debt crisis earlier this year. Or Axil a unexpected appearance in the Milan courtroom was big news in Italy because the disgraced socialist Leader has become virtually an Emblem of everything that happened in the country s freewheeling 1980s, when politicians and business leaders were linked in an Ever widening Trade of bribes for government contracts. More than 3,000 people have been implicated in the scandal since 1992. It was or Axil a first testimony before the court. His appearance was All the More tantalizing because the prosecutor Antonio Dipetro was the magistrate who has stolen headlines As the spearhead of investigations into or Axil a dealings. Praxi was not the Only former Leader to come under scrutiny last week. In Rome former Christian democratic prime minister Giulio Andreotti has again publicly rebutted charges of associating with the mafia. Newspapers have reported the existence of a photograph showing him shaking hands with a gang Boss in Sicily. Andreotti has called the accusations a fabrication to discredit him. Praxi under Cross examination Friday said big companies accused of giving him bribes never a gave me personally one single  by contrast he asserted that the former communist party of Italy which has escaped major implication in the corruption scandal had constructed a the most powerful and organized communist party in the West with financing that in Large part was illegal a some of it from the former soviet Union the former communists now known As the democratic party of the left have denied such allegations. Irish support peace poll shows Dublin Ireland up a Public opinion poll published saturday gave a solid boost to the Anglo Irish peace initiative for Northern Ireland showing 97 percent of the Irish people want a halt to the 25-year-old Ira Campaign to end British Rule in the province. The poll of 1,000 people was the first to be conducted in the Irish Republic since prime minister Albert Reynolds and British prime minister John major signed a joint declaration wednesday aimed at encouraging the Irish Republican army to end us armed struggle. The joint declaration said the iras political Wing sinn fein could join Al party talks on Northern Ireland in Exchange for an Ira pledge to renounce violence. Sinn fein said it would consider the proposal in depth. Stumped an unidentified visitor views an upside Down Christmas tree with us exposed roots covered in Gold Leaf on display at the Tate gallery in London on Friday. Iranian sculptor Shira Zeh Hou Shlary who was invited to create the Art gallery s annual Christmas tree decided to focus on the natural qualities of the tree by hanging it with the roots free. She described the display As Quot taking Earth Back to heaven Quot strapped Germany makes initial trims in welfare programs Berlin Apt Germany on Friday Cut the first big holes in the country a postwar social welfare net and the government says More Are coming. After world War ii Western germans steadily built up Cradle to grave protections within their capitalist system. Despite protests from the left part of that will pass into history in two weeks. Chancellor Helmut Kohls government is struggling with a worrisome budget deficit and a sluggish Economy that May not completely recover from recession until 1995., the upper House of parliament in Bonn called the bundesrat trimmed unemployment benefits child support payments and Job retraining programs. The package also will phase out compensation to construction workers temporarily not working because of bad weather. Kohls government Hopes that those and other measures approved during a nationally televised debate will trim Between 20 billion Marks $12 billion and 21 billion Marks $12.6 billion from next years Federal budget deficit. The package already approved by the lower House of parliament will Lake effect Jan. I and also will boost gasoline taxes. The Gas tax increases will raise the Price of unleaded regular from about 1.3q Marks a liter or about $3.10 a gallon to about t .46 Marks a liter or about $3.50 a gallon. That will give Germany some of the highest gasoline costs in Europe