Croatian president seeks new truce
ZAORKH. J ugoslavia |AI’) Tile J ugo
slav arms battled Wednesday to i laim some
of the biggest militarv prizes in sis.essionisl
(Croatia the Adriatu port of Dubrovnik
and the eastern strongholds of \'ukovar and
Vinkovi i
As his troops fought tin- arms and Serb
insurgents Croatian President I ranjo
I udjman sought a ness Inn e offering to lift
blo< kades of army fat ilities in his republu
if the J ugoslav militarv held its fire
Hut generals of the Serb-dominated arms
angered bv ss hut thev said was (Croatia's re
fusal to honor a past I ease fire appeared ill
no mood to talk
"Words will not be trusted anv more
the iirtuv said in .1 statement Issued hours
la-fore I udjman made his offer during a v is
it to Italy to seek support for Croatia The
republu dei lared independeni e June J 1
but has not la-en rei ogntzed by '111% major
I uropean power
Croatia radio said ludpnan suggested
both sides stop fighting .it -t a m Thursday
There was no immediate arms response
The radio also broadi ast a letter reported
l\ si-nt bs 1 udjman to President Hush s.is
ing (Croatia svns under all out attai k and
appealing fot foreign peai ekeepers
The army's push seemed du tati'd bs in
1 reusing exasperation ssith the IiIim k.uies
and the need to stnke In-fure its effis live
ness is further eroded
Thousands of rei nuts have deserted in
rei ent months, and morale has worsened as
the ( roatian lampaign drags on fle.ivs
lighting into the winter would hamper the
arms xvhii h relies more on In-ass eipup
ment than the ( mats
Mans ethnit Serbs in (Croatia xvho ai
intuit for 1J pen ent of the republu s -1
million people sax tiles ssanl to remain
part of J ugoslas 1.1 rather than be 1 iti/ens of
an independent ( Croatia I lies are supported
bs Serbian President Slobodan Milosevu
and some of the arms s generals
Soviet coup leaders to face trial in 1992
MOSCOW (AP) Former offn nils at
< used ol leading the hard line i oup ss ill not
fail- trial until next sear, and are mean
xvliile dining ssell on meals sui h as pea
soup and boiled potatoes ssith herring
ness s ageni ies reported W ednesday
\ spokesman for the Russian prosei Hint's
ottiie denied press reports that the men
xvere lix mg III unhealths prison i onditions
the Sox let news agent s I ass said
The spokesman. who was not ui«*i»tifi«»ci
said Ihi' prisoners are allowed to receive
p,K kages from home some containing ( ost
l\ treats sm li as ( Inw olates and i aviar and
meet monthly with family members
The seven surviving members of the
eight man i ommittee ai i used of organizing
the failed Aug 1H J1 roup have been
charged with high treason Also charged
are several top M dt military and presiden
tial staff offic nils
I he prosecutor's office told the Russian
Information Agents that their trial will not
he held until l*l‘ij The agency said it was
still unclear whether the trial will he open
or i losed to the puhlIt
Archbishop Dimitrios dies
ISTANHCI lurkev IA1 ’) I'atrian h
Dimitrios I spiritual leader of the world's
tOO million Kastern Orthodox Christians
and a r liampioii of Christian units died
Wednesday of a heart attack his dot tor
said
The 77 year-old an hhishop had been in
the intensive i are unit of the Arneric an Ad
mi nil Bristol hospital smi e Monday after
suffering a seizure After some improve
menl Tuesday he suffered another att.it k
Wednesday night, went into shin k and died
at to .’o p m (-1 jo p in KDT). said frank
I lirnaoglu the dot tor attending Dinutrios
Dimitrios. installed in 1H7J. held the title
Art.hhishop of Constantinople and x\as
known .is primus inter pares of the five
senior 1 astern I Kristian leaders l atin for
first among equals
Based in the i its imu know n as Istanbul,
lie presided over worldwide Orthodoxy
vs fiit 11 is divided into 14 churches of many
ethnit groups nit hiding Albanian Bulgarr
an. Ckramian. Ceorgian (.reek Serbian
Romanian and Russian
Six million followers of Kastern Ortho
doxy live 111 the United States
While keeping a low profile al home and
staying out of (.reek Iurkish political dls
pules, the patn.mil travtded widely abroad
to meet the faithful and promote unity
among ( liristian i Inin lies
He made a J? day visit to the Hinted
States last year, the first eiumenu.il patri
arc li to visit the t lilted States
Although the patriari h holds little ou
thority over the independent Orthodox
churches his influence remains strong Ib
is i onsidered first among equals in the lead
ersliip of Christian Orthodoxy , divided
among national churches that share com
mon lailli and s.k rameiits
Haiti’s army chief warns
ex-president not to return
PORT A I
PR INCH Haiti
(AP) The n<i
Inin's arnn i luef
said Wednesday th«■ military
would hand over power to Par
liament hut warned ousted
President I e .1 n Be r t r a n d
Aristide not to attempt a return
from exile
Brig (len Raoul ( edras also
i la lined he and others had pro
te< ted Aristide from rank and
file soldiers who staged the
Monday coup. which is he
lieved to h.ive 1 (aimed more
than 100 lives
Aristide w h o .1 ( 1 u s e d
( edras of leading the coup and
tailed him "power mad. flew
from Venezuela to Washington
to urge the 1'nited States and
other members of the Organiza
turn of American States to help
restore him to power in the
troubled (larilvbean nation
President Bush said he was
'‘disinclined to use American
force" to reverse the coup, hut
said the t^ nation OAS may
discuss "a multinational force
of some sort Other possibili
ties include hemisphere-wide
diplomatic and ec onomic sane
lions, said I' S officials who
spoke on 1 ondition of anonym
it v
The l luted States and other
Western nations have* already
suspended aid to Haiti, one of
the world s poorest and most
politically unstable nations
Ooups have toppled six govern
ments in the past five years
Haitians cautiously ventured
from their homes to buy food
Wednesday hut many shops
remained c losed in the 1 apital
of Port-au-Prince and traffic:
yyus light The army appealed
on the radio lor people to re
turn to work Sporadic gunfire
rang out, hut fewer soldiers
yy ere oil the- streets
\t a neyy s 1 onferenc e. ( edras
said soldiers not senior offi
ceis overthrevs Aristide be
cause of "flagrant" abuses of
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The last straw he said was
the alleg'd training of an elite
presidential guard under
Aristide's direct command
Some soldiers said the unit
raised the spei ler of the Tonton
Macoutes. the private arms of
the 2?)wear Duvalier dictator
ship vvhn h ended in 1‘iHfi
Oedras denied he led the
overthrow of Aristide, and
( laimed he and other army
i ommanders intervened to save
the leftist priest-turned
politican from angry soldiers
who wanted to kill him
"I personally protected the
president " (iedras said
A senior officer, speaking on
< ondition of anonymity. bat ked
up Oedras' ( laim that the arm\
command did not initiate the
coup He said it began sponta
neousiv at an army base where
about 50 ( ivilians were thought
to be undergoing training to
form a presidential corps
Oedras. the 45-year-old army
( hief. was regarded before the
i oup as a moderate I le said the
militarv would give the Nation
ai Assembly decision-making
power, but gave no indication
of who would lead the govern
ment and made no mention of
elet (ions
Hut Cedras said he had not
been in ( ontact with the assent
hh and it was unclear what
steps, if am . were being taken
to set lip a new government
Cedras said he did not want
Aristide to return to off it e
"I personalK do not believe
it's .1 good idea for Aristide to
return
1 fe < burned that Aristide or
dered the execution ot oppo
nent Roger l.afontant in the fi
rial hours before fleeing the na
lion
laifontant was a former lead
er of the Tonton Macoutes lie
also led .1 coup attempt against
the interim civilian government
on (an 7. a month before
Aristide s inauguration Nearly
70 people died in protests fol
lowing the i oii|) attempt
ljifontant was in the National
Penitentiary along with about
1,000 other prisoners mam of
w hom were freed following the
r (ni)i ( edias said l.afontant
was assassinated late Suiulav or
early Monday In a soldier art
ing on orders from Aristide
The coup brought interna
tional condemnation and rut
off desperately needed assis
tain e
Mush suspended the $8T> mil
lion 1' S aid program, and the
12-nation European Comnnrni
tv on Wednesday froze all no
operation with Haiti, including
a $14H million .nd package
Trance and Canada also halt
ed aid programs, and Canadian
I’rime Minister Brian Mulroney
said Ins nation would consider
all options to oust the military
“thugs
Most of Haiti's leading politi
clans remained silent about the
coup But one staunch advocate
of democracy. Jean Claude Roy
said Cedras “is open to negoti
ation.
“I regret Aristide's accusa
tion that Cedras yvas master
mind of the coup.' said Roy. a
constitutional authority
“Cedras' hand was forced He
yyas acting to save Aristide's
life and to permit negoti
ations."
“He is open to negotiation
No military junta has been
formed," Roy said