European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 14,1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13 dutch dispute reopens War wounds the Hague Netherlands a the debate Over whether to invite Ger Man officials to dutch liberation Day observances has heated up All the More because the most prominent dutchman i German born. The Long running discussion flared up in the dutch press Friday after Prince Bernhard father of Queen Beatrix expressed opposition to the idea of a Ger Man presence at the 50th anniversary of the dutch liberation in world War ii. I would t dream of it said the 83-year-old Bernhard in a to interview broadcast thursday. It s the last things liberation Day is celebrated each yearn May 5, after somber May 4 memorial services for the War dead. Bernhard a prussian born German Prince married former Queen Juliana Beatrix s Mother in 1936. When the Ger mans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, he joined the sallied cause serving wit the dutch squadrons of Britain s Royal air Force. Even the Lockheed corp. Scandal of1976, in which Bernhard allegedly received secret payments from the aircraft builder to secure dutch contracts failed to dim his image among the dutch. With his interest in wildlife conserva Tion flying and veterans affairs the Affa ble Prince with the Ever present Lapel Carnation personifies adventure and sociability to the nation. Last month when asked about inviting germans dutch foreign minister Hans Van Merld said it was time for the Netherlands to Stop turning its Back on its neighbors. But in a letter to parliament last week prime minister Wim Kok said that after talks with groups of former dutch Resis Tance members the government had decided to keep a National character to liberation events and keep them dutch Only. Kok s letter proposed holding a Sepa rate symposium May 8 to discuss 5.0 years of Freedom to which German representatives would be invited. A spokesman for German Chancellor Helmut Kohl refused to comment on whether any German officials would take part in the dutch commemoration events. German forces swarmed into the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and overpowered the dutch army in five Days forcing the government and Royal family into exile in London. V the harsh occupation crippled an starved the country stripping it of its food and resources to feed Germany an Power its War Industry. Rocky Day for bullwinkle fish and wildlife officer Clark Merriman faces Down Bull Moose after using a pole to poke it with a tranquil Izer Friday in Calgary Canada. The Moose had spent a few hours being chased by police rangers and wildlife officials through a neighbourhood. The animal was eventually Tranquili cd and transported out of town. Swedes approval seen for eur Stockholm Sweden a voting on a Sunn but frigid fall Day swedes approved joining the euro Pean Union on sunday according to an exit poll by swedish television. The outcome of the referendum is expected to affect several other nations. The Survey of 5,000 voters found 58 percent voting for membership and 41 percent rejecting it with 1 per cent casting Blank ballots. We Are very much encouraged by this result said the eur s foreign affairs chief Hans Van Den Broek in Brussels Belgium. He said Sweden would enrich the Community. Sweden s outcome is expected to influence voters in neighbouring Norway which is holding a referendum one membership in two weeks. Finland s voters approved membership last month and austrian voters approved it last swedish no vote could have ensured rejection in Norway where opposition already is High. Also finn ish lawmakers and the lawmakers from the other three nations still must vote on the agreement. If All four nations join the eur would grow next Yea to 16 members encompassing about 375 million people and an Economy Worth $7 trillion a year. Sweden s former prime minister Carl Bildt who led his conservative party s pro eur Campaign said it seems we have managed to convince the swedes that itis better to be a member of the european Union than not to say eur membership will Hurt employment sovereignty environmental Protection and health. Supporters acknowledge those risks but say the eco nomic gains far outweigh the costs of winning a voice in eur decisions that will affect Sweden whether or not it joins. Roughly 6.5 million of Sweden s 8.6 million people were eligible to vote. Surveys have found opposition heaviest among women workers and Northern Farmers. Rift in Ireland May pose threat to peace efforts Dublin Ireland a a dispute within Iris prime minister Albert Reynolds coalition government could upset the Northern Ireland peace process an official with the Ira s political Wing said saturday. Martin Mcguinness a senior official of sinn fein the political party that supports the Irish Republican army said he sees the possibility of a general election in Ireland As a worrying development. Ireland s Deputy prime minister Dick Spring objected to Reynolds appointment of former attorney general Harry Whelehan As president of the High court saying Whelehan was too conservative on social issues such As divorce. R Reynolds Leader of the fianna fail party has governed in coalition with Spring s labor party since Jan uary 1993. Spring led his five ministerial colleagues out of Cabinet meeting Friday and called a meeting of his party sunday to decide its next move. A breakup of the coalition could produce a general election. Sir Patrick Mayhew Britain s Secretary for Northern Ireland was scheduled to talk with Spring in Dublin today about the peace process. The Ira meanwhile stung by claims that member breached its cease fire by killing a postal worker said saturday that it was investigating the tragic while not denying outright that its followers May have been responsible for the shooting the Ira said that none had permission to use arms since it announced a cease fire aug. 31. An Ira statement offered sincere and Heartfelt condolences to the family of postal worker Frank Kerr and said it was conducting its own investigation. Kerr was gunned Down during a robbery thursday i Newry 30 Miles South of Belfast near the Irish Border. Police Are questioning two Ira suspects and searching for a third Man. Britain and the Irish Republic questioned the Ira commitment to peace and the Irish Republic cancelled. Plans to free nine Ira prisoners. But so far Britain i proceeding with plans for peace talks with sinn fein. The cease fire was a prerequisite to talks on ending the bloody 24-year conflict Over British Rule in North Ern Ireland whose predominantly protestant Popula Tion is largely opposed to the Catholic based Ira Campaign to end the partition of the Island. The shooting is Likely to Harden British resolve to in Sist in the coming talks on the surrender of Ira weapons. Sinn fein insists that the decommissioning of weaponry most of it hidden in Southern Ireland would be possible Only after lengthy negotiations and a British commitment to withdraw. Mother Teresa forgives makers of hostile to show new Delhi India a Mother Teresa says she has forgiven a British television producer for a documentary that portrays her As egotistical and Hun Gry for matter who says what you should accept it with a smile and do your own work the 85-year-old nun revered for her work with Calcutta s poor and dying was quoted As saying in the Pioneer newspaper saturday. She received the Nobel peace prize in1979 and has created a global network of shelters for the poor from new York Cit to her native Albania. The documentary hell s Angel made by producer Tariq Ali and journalist Christopher kitchens was shown tues Day on Britain s Channel 4. The program accuses her of mismanaging donation Sand seeking out publicity and the company of the Rich and powerful. In her first Public reaction Mother Teresa told the Pioneer that she has for Given the is for you to decide How you want to live. As far As i am concerned i know that i have to keep on doing my work she said. I work for the lord and i havea Clear for More than four decades Mother Teresa has comforted destitute old peo ple abandoned babies the poor and the insane. She has drawn criticism for her passionate opposition to abortion contraception and divorce. In 1982, at the height of the siege of Beirut Lebanon she persuaded the israeli army and palestinian guerrillas to Stop shooting Long enough for her to res Cue 367 children trapped in a mental hos Pital on the front line
