European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3, 1994 the stars and stripes Page s . Ways to rwandans Washington apr rejecting direct . Involvement in Rwanda a civil War the Clinton administration is reviewing a Range of options to help ease the bloodletting. One idea under consideration is to organize and help pay for african nations to Send peacekeeping forces to Rwanda to restore Law and order officials said sunday. The officials speaking on condition of anonymity stressed that the administrations thinking is in its earliest stages and that no final decisions have been made. Western officials have not even ascertained whether the african nations would be willing to do so How much the Mission would Cost and whether it would work. One thing was Clear the United states was not actively considering direct american action to Stop the civil War one of the officials said. White House press4 Secretary Dee Dee Myers refused to comment on the reports monday. A we Are discussing ways to ease the humanitarian crisis there but i done to want to discuss specifics a she said. Myers added a a it a a pretty desperate  a Camp in Tanzania bulged sunday with 250,000 refugees seeking Sanctuary from the weeks of bloodshed. U n. Officials were stunned by the number of people who left Rwanda Tanzania a Northwestern neighbor in just 24 hours thursday and Friday to flee the Quot ethnic Slaughter. Thousands of refugees were still trudging in the rain sunday walking the 10 Miles from the Frontier to the Camp. South african archbishop Desmond Tutu called on the United nations on sunday to Send More peacekeeping troops to Rwanda. The United nations should have increased its forces in the Central african nation instead of deciding to withdraw its 1,700 troops when the recent chaos began the 1984 Nobel peace prize Winner said on abcs this week with David Brinkley. F l a i would want to Call on the United nations to try to be As firm in its actions in Rwanda As it is trying to be in Bosnia a Tutu said. A we ought actually to go in there and hot just stand on the sidelines allowing this incredible carnage to be taking place in a Beautiful  / in a letter to Clinton on sunday Rwanda a exiled King Kigali v volunteered to help by serving the United nations As an a a elder for refugees. A i believe that with my leadership i will enable a peace process to proceed at a faster Pace a he said. I Geli was deposed in 1960 and now lives in the maty land suburbs outside Washington also asked for a Brief meeting with the president. In an interview saturday Kigali said he wants to do whatever possible to promote peace for his tormented country. But he emphasized a i am making no claim to impose myself upon Rwanda As King. My Call is for peace among All  one of the administration aides said . Officials Are in Contact with the United nations and the organization of african Unity to try to determine what Western nations can do to help. Romanian inmates celebrate mass for orthodox easter at the country a largest prison near Bucharest. Rings in Milava Romania apr still dressed in prison stripes about 500 inmates gathered sunday for easter mass in the first Public religious service at romanians largest prison since the end of communist  a / the two hour service at Milava and others like it throughout the country on the Day orthodox christians celebrate easter reflects an casing of the attitude toward religion after the end of Nicolae Mccau be scum a dictatorship. Both prisoners and government officials said they hoped such a liberalization could ease the pain of prison and reintegration into society. A the mass today is a real change compared to the everyday treatment we get Here a said 39-year-old Marin Sigmund serving a Eluee year sentence for  know it makes most of us feel like we re guilty but still  prisoners gathered in a Garden at the Penitentiary which holds about 3,500 people and located just South of Bucharest for the service conducted by five priests and led by Bishop Teodosie Sagov can several sections of the mass were read in latin English and hebrew. Justice minister Gavril Chiu Baian Interior ministry officials and relatives of inmates were present. Other inmates were allowed to meet relatives and receive traditional easter food coloured eggs cooked Lamb and Coon no a Sweet bread with raisins and nuts. A we believe such events shall smooth reintegration in the society once they Are set free a Chiu Baian said adding that similar masses were held at prisons around the country. Communist leaders could not ban religious practice in Romania because it was too deeply rooted among believers but they discouraged it. Although priests were allowed to hold services in prisons before the december 1989 revolution in which Ceausescu was toppled and then executed they were not permitted in Public. But a recent governmental decision allows priests to establish residence in prisons and move freely among convicts. At Milava a Small Chapel is under construction. \. A prisoners first feared i was instructed by the guards to find out their secrets but now they Trust me a said inc prison chaplain loan Sasar Canu. A Many of them now Call for me when they Are in a bad mood. A a it a easier for me now to speak to the prisoners than to the police personnel Here a he added. O by Pat Kenny Providence journal Cumberland  sister Martha Mulligan principal of mercy mount country Day school struck a nerve when she threw a television off the school roof to encourage her pupils to kick their to viewing habit for a week. When the Story spread Quot she got Calls from Virginia the nations capital and even Canada from people offering support for her action april 25. Mulligan said most of the schools 300 pupils who participated in the we Klong program did Well. A i think they Learned that sometimes you can go and do other things a she said. Pupils saw the 19-Inch television set its plastic housing shattered but tube still intact As they walked through the front door every morning last week a. A reminder to stay with the program. Most pupils said they gained some thing after giving up television for a week a time. They used the extra hours with their families Reading books playing baseball and talking. A i Learned that 1 got a lot More done if i done to watch to a said Meaghan Daniels 11. A to not late for other things because i Don t spend so much time in front of the  Stuttgart Germany apr Plo Leader Yasser Arafat said monday that he is ready to sign a palestinian self Rule Accord in Egypt this week but cautioned it was also up to Israel. A you can to go to the dance or the tango alone. It depends on the other Side a Arafat said during a one Day trip to meet with Daimler Benz executives about economic cooperation with the autonomous Palestine liberation organization. Arafat said there were still some problems regarding the Accord a but where there a a will there a a  he hoped the problems could be cleared up he said. Arafat strip to Stuttgart came two Days before he is expected to sign the self Rule Accord in Cairo with israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Israel and the Plo signed an agreement last week in Paris to govern economic relations Between the jewish state Ana the palestinian autonomous areas in Jericho and the Gaza strip. The Plo Leader arrived in Stuttgart under heavy Security for talks with Daimler Benz a.g., Germany a largest conglomerate which says it is exploring ways to make an economic contribution to peace in the Middle East Arafat held talks with Daimler Benz chairman Edzard Reuter and was Given a Lour of the company a Headquarters where he viewed products ranging from Merak pcs Benz vehicles to helicopters and rail equipment. The company sent a private Jet to Tunisia to pick up Arafat. He and a group of political and economic advisers were driven from Stuttgart Airport into the City in a Convoy of 17 armoured Mercedes limousines with police helicopters keeping watch. About 100 police with bomb sniffing dogs guarded the meeting site