Let Not The Light Of Freedom Be Extinguished! Am = SLOVENIAN- Serving .n Ohio and nationwide over 150 000 American Slovenians Vol. 97 - No. 6 (DSPS 024100) AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, FEBRUARY/^, 1995 V/ HOME' ISSN Number 0164-68X 50C Pops from the Great Composers HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! U A STORE IN H ■ CLEVELAND BY THE NAME OF AMBIANCE" ■J ADVTRnSESTO a ■ IMPROVE YOUR LOVE LIFE BY SELLING YOU C LOTHING A>JD OTHER ARTICLES “AMBIANCE" CLAIMS TO BF. A "STORE FOR LOVERS HOW SAD? LOVE CANNOT ■E PURCHASED! FEBRUARY 14 THIS VALFNTFNE’S DAY, DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. START TODAY TO MAKE EVERY DAY A “HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY" HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL SLOVENIAN LADIES FROM ) TO KNH 100 WORDS MORE OR LESS BY J. MERCINA P Krofe Sale St. Vitus Altar Scxiety wilL šeTl krofe on Saturday, Feb. II from 8 a.m. on, in the Social Room of St. Vitus Auditorium. Donation „ anniiKiiitoii*w. »be Honorable Judge August Pryatel of Solon, Ohio who donated $25.00 to the Ameriška Domovina. Lausche Foundation grants exceed $120,000 last 2 years by BETTY RESNIK On any given evening out with friends, the conversation eventually turns to music: A natural choice. In each group there is one who states his/her lack of enjoyment of what we commonly refer to as “classical” music. 1 seize the opportunity to state that symphonic music is fat better known than thought. We hear it daily on television, in the movies, and while shopping in the supermarket via piped-in arrangements via Muzak; however, we do not readily recognize it. The following examples may surprise you. Think back upon childhood memories and the exciting “Lone Ranger” series on the radio, the sounds of which emanated from a well-polished mahogany structure that dominated the living room well into the newer JV era. Relcall the stirring background music for the handsome masked man astride a galloping white stallion, and you have Gioacchino Rossini’s overture from his opera, “William Tell.” That my friends, is our beginning, but for Rossini, it was his last opera. During the same time frame as above, you may remember the series of “Flash Gordon” buzzing about in a silver spaceship on the Saturday matinee screen at the LaSalle theatre. The strains of “Les Preludes” by Franz Liszt zapped “Flash” and his crew into the space-age. “Call for Phillip Morris” was the commercial call of its time and the background tune was from Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite.” “I Love A Mystery” thrilled and chilled us with eerie tales. We were mesmerized by the mysterious-sounding background music. Just a little bit of “Valse Triste” by Jan Sibelius. Collinwood High School alumni should remember their school song as well for it was sung to an arrangement of “Finlandia.” You guessed it... Mr. Sibelius again. This Finnish giant (Sibelius was a large man) composed memorable music and yet for most of his last 40 years, he seldom was moved to write music again. Ardent movie-goers may remember being enthralled with the gorgeous movie “Elvira Madigan” the tale of an ill-fated romance. Adding drama to the heart-wrenching story was the second move- ment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto, number 21. Since the movie’s showing, the concerto has come to be known as the “Elvira Madigan” piece. Now that’s a switch and 1 cannot help but wonder what Master Mozart might say. Two well-known pop tunes were “Full Moon and Empty Arms” and “Till the End of Time” by Serge Rachmaninoff and Frederich Chopin, respectively. More recently we have had the pleasure of Strauss’s “Blue Danube Waltz” as background to “2001,” but arranged in a very slow, almost weightless tempo. It suited the movie perfectly. My point herein is that you be sufficiently intrigued to go to the library, seek out the original compositions (they’ve all been recorded), pop ’em into your CD or tape recorder and enjoy the entire composition. Why be content with mere morsels when an entire musical banquet awaits? During 1993 The Frances and Jane S. Lausche Foundation awarded the following grants: Slovenska Pristava (Kitchen Renovation) United Slovenian Society (Operating Support) Lilija Dramatic Society (Operating Support) St. Mary’s Slovenian School (Operating Support The KSKJ Scholarship Fund (In memory of Msgr. Louis B. Baznik The Federation of Slovenian Homes (Operating Support) The Slovenian Junior Chorus (Operating Support) St. Mary’s Church Youth Ministry (Operating Support) American Slovenian Catholic Union, KSKJ, (Graduate School Scholarship) American Mutual Life Association, AMLA (Graduate School Scholarship) Cleveland State University-Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Graduate School Scholarship) St. Vitus Church (Renovation Fund) American Slovene Club (Operating Support) St. Vitus Altar Society (Operating Support) St. Mary’s Altar Society (Operating Support) Collinwood Slovenian Pope to Visit Slovenia Slovenian President Milan Kučan received a letter from Pope John Paul II in which the Pope gladly accepted KuCan’s invitation to visit Slovenia. The Pope’s visit will take place in May or June this year. Kučan meets Šuštar At his own initiative, president Milan Kučan received the Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ljubljana, Alojzij Šuštar. Their talks focused mainly on preparations for the Pope’s visit to Slovenia. Other topics under discussion included church-state relations, the status of the Catholic church in Slovenia, and general social conditions in the country. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Look for the Special Announcement in next week’s American Home for a substantial discount on all new subscription. (A 10 day only offer.) Home (Operating Support) St. Mary’s Church (Roof Repair Fund) Friends of Slovenian National Home, Inc. (Gaspari Curtain Restoration Campaign) Holy Family Cancer Home (Operating Support) 1994 St. Vitus Food Bank (Operating Support) St. Vitus Holy Name Society (Operating Support) American Mutual Life Association (Graduate School Scholarship) American Slovenian Catholic Union (Graduate School Scholarship) St. Vitus—St. Mary’s Slovenian School Camp Pristava (Camp Equipment) The Bishop’s School - St. Vid, Slovenia (School Renovation) Holy Trinity Church, Indianapolis (Boiler Repair) Slovenian Cultural Center, Lemont, 111. (Building Fund) Collinwood Slovenian Home (75th Anniversary, (Operating Support) St. Cyril’s Church, New York City (Church Renovation) Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School (Stage Renovation) Slovenian Workmen’s Home Ladies Auxiliary (Operating Support) St. Mary’s Church Youth Ministry (Operating Support) St. Mary Church Food Bank (Operating Support) Grants for 1993 and 1994 total $120,200. Combined with 1991 and 1992 grants of $82,700 the total distributed by The Frances and Jane S. In March a TV documentary on the life and times of polka magnate Frankie Yankovic and the Slovenian style polka movement will be seen nationally on PBS, Public Broadcasting Service. In Greater Cleveland it will be seen on WVIZ, Channel 25. The National Cleveland-style Polka Hall of Fame will sponsor a special fund-raising “Sneak Preview” showing of the one hour video on a large screen. The event will be showcased in the neighborhood Yankovic was raised, Collinwood, at the Slovenian Home, 15810 Holmes Avenue, off East 152 Street, on Sunday, February 19 at 3 p.m. After the showing an all-star Lausche Foundation since its inception is $202,900.00. All donations were given in memory of Senator Frank J. Lausche, the founder and benefactor of the foundation who named it in memory of his mother, Frances, and wife, Jane Sheal Lausche. Madeline D. Debevevc Secretary polka jam session will take place coordinated by the Polka Hall of Fame. Hot sandwiches including sausage and roast beef plus liquid refreshments will be served by the hall and its manager Bob Zgrabik. Admission at the door is $5. Major funding came from a number of state arts programs including Ohio’s, in addition from the National Endowment for the Arts-Folk Arts Program. Many nationality and Slovenian community organizations also contributed to the project. Eventually the Polka Hall of fame at 291 E. 222 Street in Euclid will have the video. Tony Petkovšek Chairman Yankovic Documentary Previewed in Collinwood (AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, FEBRUARY 9, 1995 2 Finds ‘lost’ brother thru letter in American Home Editor: Thank you very much for printing^ my appeal in your Nov. 24, 1994 issue of Ameriška Domovina (page 2 under title “Seeks Missing Brother.” The attached “Open letter” will explain the results of that publication. However, more importantly, would you please make special notice of the lady who was responsible for submitting that appeal. My dear friend and sister of Slovenian Women’s Union of America, Branch 105 of Detroit: Marie Dye. Open Letter: January 27, 1995 On January 18, 1995 a response was received from the brother I have been seeking since 1983. Our father made numerous attempts to locate his son over a span of many years before his death. I owe my deepest gratitude and appreciation to the 5 strangers who made their individual, but a joint, effort in making this possible. First, to the gentleman who made phone contact with me shortly before Christmas of 1994. A relative of his and a subscriber to the Ameriška Domovina and former resident of Forest City, Pa. saw the published appeal. She prompted him to call for my permission to have the inquiry printed in The Forest City News. My thanks to them both for their compassionate generosity and concern. Secondly, to the 2 kind-hea^u' ladies of whom one Wa!>r a friend of Richard’s aunt, who ultimately forwarded the article to him. God bless them both! Thirdly, and most importantly to my brother, Richard, for responding with interest about his lost family in Texas. On the following day (January 19th) I made a call to him in New York state. Ironically, the 19th would have been our father’s 85th birthday. Our conversation was a positive one, and my brother John and I look forward to a reunion, God willing, in the not too-distant future. I also wish to thank everyone for their participation in this undertaking. The family members, friends, strangers, churches and organizations of Slovenian/Croatian descent are just too numerous to name. Each of you have made it possible, despite our troubled world and the state of societal moral decay. I can still, strongly, believe in the “essential goodness of mankind.” May God bless you all. 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On Thursday, January 12th two of our more distinguished gentlemen were honored with a happy birthday party at Sterle's Country House. About 30 of the more intimate friends had best wishes for Dr. Mate Roesman and Professor Vinko Lipovec Dr. Roesman was observing his 75th while Professor Lipovec had topped at 80. Both Roesman and Lipovec were forced to flee from their beloved Slovenia during the COmmunist revolution following World War II Coming to Cleveland, Dr Roesman became involved in legal work, while Professor Lipovec became the Slovenian editor of Ameriška Domovina. Dr. Stane Šuštaršič formerly with the Voice of America and Mr. Mejac, both of Washington, came to Cleveland for the celebration They read prepared speeches honoring the two guests Others who were seen included the Anton Oblaks, the Hartmans, Stane Kuhar, and the Rev. Joseph Boznar. Rev. Boznar, pastor of St. Vitus Church, also delivered a brief testimonial to the honorees. To bring the happy event to a close the two were presented with token gifts for this occasion The proceedings were photographed and videotaped as 2 remembrance in the years to come. Both "birthday boys" were recognized as jubilarians with two columns in Družina (Family), the Catholic diocesan paper of Slovenia published in Ljubljana Members of the Slovenian American Council as well as the readers and editorial staff of the Ameriška Domovina extend their best wishes for many more fruitful years fighting for a free and independent Slovenia. * * * Early December marked the second anniversary of one of the most prominent Slovenian in Great Britain. He was Dusan Pleničar who was born in Litija in 1921. He too was a victim of the war and revolution in Slovenia. Like so many expatriates he along with his wife, Elizabeth, started a new life in a foreign country. In their case it was England. Dusan became a printer and publisher. Practically the entire output of Slovenian print in England was his handiwork. He began Pika Print as a publishing house. When Dr. Ljubo Sire arrived in 1956 the two joined forces. Pleničar co-operated with the South Slav Journal resulting in Slovenian articles to the attention of the English reading public. Moreover he was involved with The Centre for Research into Communist Economies. He was also editor and printer of Klic Triglava for a number of years as well as The Slovenian Newsletter. Here is another excellent example of draining brilliant talent from Slovenia to foreign soil by the revolutionaries. An exhibit honoring the memory of Dusan Pleničar was prepared in London by Jana Valencie. A reprint of Slovenska kuharica (Slovenian Female Cook), written in 1868 by Magdalena Pleiweis and originally published in 1890 is now available. The recipes of 126 years ago were brought out by Ara Publishers of Ljubljana._____ In Portorož, the Society of Slovenian Films Makers prepared a film marathon presenting 14 of Slovenia’s latest films made last year. Church statistics in Carinthia (Austria) show that more Slovenian deaths occur than baptisms. Confirmations have also been decreasing. In the Women’s Super Master Slalom for the world’s championship cup Shpela Pretnar took third place at Flachau, Austria. She missed first place by a mere 0.2 seconds. Fifth place was taken by Alenka Dovzhan. We congratulate the two young ladies. H Carnival THE MOST POPUIAR CRUISE I.1NE IN THE WORLD!. 261-1050 Easter - April 16 - 7 DAYS LIMITED SPACE February 15 Deadline 22078 Lakeshore Boulevard ♦ Euclid Ohio ♦ 44123 BUICIC 21601 EUCLID AVE 481-8800 CHRYSLER •PLYMOUTH sEu: a A t! 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The First Officer received the order to sail the submarine to “Point Markov.” I could not work it out how he found out that the rest of our submarines were already there and waiting to surrender. I was in the radio room most of the morning and I must have missed out on quite a few happenings. He knew that if we joined them that our “escape to freedom” could be prevented. As soon as the M.T.B. was out of sight we returned to the jetty of Kostajnica. Standing on the jetty, waiting for us was our ex-Captain, Lt. Cdr. Mitrovič, now in charge of the mine and torpedo arsenal and out of the barricade at “Kumbor.” As soon as we were secured and the gangway placed, he came aboard. The way he was greeted by all showed how immense was his popularity as a submariner. After a brief discussion with the First Officer, he asked the crew to assemble on the after deck. His address to the crew was short and to the point. He said, “The Italian motorized units are expected to arrive in Hercegnovi late today. The town’s population is preparing to receive them with open arms. The Italian Navy is, supposedly, waiting outside the bay with instructions to destroy any ship or ships that may try to escape. They have laid new minefields and ours have been tampered with. Within a few hours you will receive the order to surrender yourselves and the submarine to the enemy. If your Captain follows these orders will you then accept me (,as your Captain again. We will t^y to take the submarine out of the country and join the Allies. I am now going back to Kumbor to prepare the barricades to be open for our escape. The rest of the journey will have to rest in God’s hands. Those in favor of escape step forward, those against, may go and fetch your belongings, if any, and are free to go wherever you want.” The next moment will stay with me for as long as I live as 13 out of 52 men stepped forward, looked quickly up and down the line, then at each other’s faces to see with whom they had formed the pact of death-or-freedom. At this moment great respect and a sense of brotherhood was felt as they instinctively knew that from this moment on they would have to totally rely upon each other to survive. Six of the men quickly went in the submarine, each guarding the alloted compartment against any act of sabotage. My place was on the bridge; the heavy machine gun ready to be used. The new Captain left the submarine, but not before the prearranged time and signals were discussed. He left a firm instruction that if the signal was not answered then we must proceed on our own. We sailed out to the middle of the bay, a feat which proved that we could sail her anywhere. (To Be Continued) WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO MOVE TO HILLTOP VIIiAGE? “What fun we have when the many entertainers visit us-singing, dancing, nfreshments, and great friends!” Fred Knzman Nutritious meals 24-hour Emergency pull cord ■ Transportation 1 Housekeeping ’ Planned activities 1 Free laundry facilities 25900 Euclid Ave. Euclid, Ohio 44132 261-8383 Fill out form below and mail to HILLTOP VILLAGE: □ Please send me information and a brochure. □ I would be interested in a tour and lunch. Name:---- Address:- Clty:____ State:--- Zip:.---- St. Mary’s History Photo Contest Seeks Entrants Phone No.:. For 90 years, the Slovenian parish of St. Mary’s in Collin-wood has been important to many families. This year, St. Mary’s marks its anniversary with a history book and commemorative video — and you can help. If you have an interesting photo that shows a part of life at St. Mary’s, you could win a prize in our History Photo Contest. Enter as many photos as you like. Subjects can include: St. Mary’s Church and School; parish personalities; services, holidays and occasions; groups, lodges and performers; the Collinwood neighborhood; Slovenian Home; the Brickyards and the Railroad Yards — any photo that helps tell the story of St. Mary’s. Deadline is Monday, April 3, 1995. Just drop your photos off at the parish house after services or weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Identify photos on a separate piece of paper and include your name, address and phone. Do not write on photos or use tape. Fibs About Chocolate Chocolate causes pimples. Studies have shown that eating chocolate, even large amounts, does not cause or aggravate acne — in fact, most detmatologists agree that diet is unrelated to acne in most cases. Chocolate contains a lot of caffeine. A cup of coffee packs about 130 mg of caffeine, while an ounce of milk chocolate has only 6 mg — little more than a cup of decaffeinated coffee, and only a fraction of the 30-46 mg in many colas and noncolas. Many people are allergic to chocolate. Actually, studies suggest that allergies to chocolate are quite rare. But some chocolates do contain ingredients like peanuts and milk, which are more common allergens; so if you have known food allergies, read labels carefully. Don't let these myths spoil your February 14 (but do remember moderation). No ‘Valentine Social’ in Feb. The St. Clair Slovenian National Home “Valentine’s Day Social” was on Wednesday, January 25, and will NOT be celebrated in February. It is already over. Sorry about printing the notice in February.— Editors. On Dean’s List Susan Zigmund was named to the dean’s list at Ursuline College because of her academic performance in the fall semester. The accounting major is the daughter of Louis and Jean Zicmund of Euclid, Ohio. You may also mail photos, but we cannot be responsible for loss or damage: St. Mary’s Church, 15519 Holmes Ave., Cleveland, OH 44110. Enclose a ! stamped, self-addressed envelope for return. Photos can be picked up after June 3, when winners will be announced. Prizes include St. Mary’s Anniversary t-shirts. 3 St. Mary’s is also looking ^ for home movies, home videos, programs and flyers. Do you have a favorite St. Mary’s story? Please write it down and send it. We would love to hear from you. For more information, call the parish house at (216) 761-7740 or contact Joe Valencie (216) 481-1439 evenings. Joe Valencie St. Mary’s Anniversary Committee Wilke Hardware Owned by American Slovenians Paints, Glass, Housewares, Plumbing, Electrical Supplies, Garden Supplies, —Screens and Storms Repaired — 809 E. 222nd St. Euclid, Ohio 44123 RE 1-7070 Josephine (Zaman) Wilke Jack Zaman Annual Meeting - (Letna seja) Membership Certificate Holders of SLOVENIAN SOCIETY HOME 20713 Recher Avenue, Euclid, Ohio Sunday, February 12, 1995 at 2 p.m. We invite all certificate holders and Lodge representatives to attend this important meeting. Joseph Petrie, President Joseph Stavanja, Secretary Esther Podboy, Treasurer Annie’s Restaurant 8430 Mayfield Rd. Chesterland, Ohio Announces this Sunday, Jan. 29 and every Sunday thereafter... Sunday Breakfast BRUNCH BUFFET 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Adults $9.75 — Children 5-12) $5.00 * Under 3 Years Old — Free * 45 Different Items — •All You Can Eat . 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According to the story the Rama Indians number fewer than 1,000 with most speaking English and only two or so dozen are also able to speak their native Rama language. Linguists from the United States have undertaken a project whereby the native Rama people will preserve their own language and culture through their children. The story also indicated that of the 6,000 languages on Earth more than half may become extinct in the coming century: an estimated five languages per year are lost in the United States that are spoken by indigenous Native Americans. The story concludes that it is with the children that their language, culture, and heritage will either survive. Or die. For the American Slovenian communities in the United States, and around the world, one of the most effective resources whereby the Slovenian language, culture, and heritage are transmitted from one generation to another is either the local Roman Catholic parish and/or a Saturday language school. For the northeast Ohio community there are two such Saturday language schools that provide the resources and sense of community for children in a structured format. That is St. Mary’s and St. Vitus Slovenian Schools. On February 19, the St. Vitus Slovenian School will have its annual benefit dinner at St. Vitus Auditorium, 6111 Glass Avenue, Cleveland. Cost is $9.00 (adult) and $4.00 (child). On the main menu is a choice of pork roast or roasted chicken. Take-out dinners as well as sit-down dinners will be available. The proceds are for the operating needs of the school. Serving will be from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Containers will be provided for those with take-out dinners regarding the home-made soup. This dinner is but one opportunity for the broader northeast Ohio American Slovenian community to show support for this valuable resource that not only exposes a child to another language, culture, and heritage, but also enables a building up of a community. We can take a note from the article on the Rama Indians that when the resources to maintain their language and culture were eliminated, a general demise occurred. One can be thankful for those clergy, religious, com-mited parents, individuals, businesses, and organizations who sought to establish St. Vitus Slovenian School over 40 years ago and provide a wonderful legacy for their and future generations. It is with gratitude and appreciation that the past and present teaching staff of this school have performed, and continue to perform a valuable service to our broader community, leaving important values and memories for our young children for a lifetime. This positive commitment provides us with a challenge to meet the current and changing I Can Help You Make The Right Move. (216) 951-2701 BUS., 979-1937 FAX (216) 979-5432 VOICEMAIL MARY SAMS REALTOR couxueu. 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The Slovenian section of Amnesty is the first from Central Europe to be formally recognized by the organization. Coming Events Friday, Feb. 10 Dance at West Park Slovene Home, 4583 W. 130 St., from 8-12 featuring Ron Stark. Saturday, Feb. 11 St. Clair Rifle and Hunting Club Annual Banquet at Slovenian Home on Waterloo Rd. For ticket information call 942- 4025. Sunday, Feb. 12 Valentine Dinner (pork and chicken) sponsored by St. Mary (Coll.) Church Choir served in school hall from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Donation $10. Tickets from choir members or at parish house. Sunday, Feb. 12 Dance at West Park Slovene Home, 4583 4-8 p.m. featuring Freddie Zwick. Sunday, Feb. 19 St. Vitus Slovenian School Kosilo (annual fund-raising dinner) served in the St. Vitus school auditorium, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5 Pancake and sausage breakfast served by St. Vitus Holy Name Society in auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults $4.50. Sunday, March 26 Holmes Ave. Pensioners Club Dinner Dance at Collin-wood Slovenian Home, 15810 Holmes Ave. Music by Lenny Andexler Orchestra. Donation $12.00. For tickets call 943- 3784 or 531-2088. Saturday, April 8 Jadran Spring Dinner, Dance, Program at Waterloo Hall. Cook: Millie Krulc; Music: Johnny Vadnal Oreh. Sunday, April 30th St. Clair Pensioners Annual Chicken & Pork Dinner at St. Clair Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair Ave. Serving at 1 p.m. Social until 5 p.m. For tickets call 391-9761 or 486-0818. Saturday, May 6 St. Vitus Slov. School Mother’s Day program, 6:30 p.m. in St. Vitus auditorium. Saturday, Nov. 11 Jadran 75th celebration. Cook: Sophie Mazi; music: Don Wojtila Orchestra. AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, FFRRllARY 9. 1995 , FEBRUARY 9, 1995 8 The Tragedy of Bosnia by Caspar W. Weinberger Forbes Bosnia is an appeasement and a humiliation for the West comparable to Hitler’s string of victories in the late 1930s. The only clear winners in this tragedy that has killed nearly < 200,000 people are the Serbs’ =5 two brutal dictators and O Russia. q How did this happen? What o should have been done, and < how can other instances of co aggression be deterred? £ When the uneasy alliance ^ that was Yugoslavia broke — apart, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia claimed independence and were admitted to the U.N. Serbia, meanwhile, embarked on its longtime goal of creating a Greater Serbia, controlling all of the former Yugoslavia. Serbia’s allies, the Bosnian Serbs, joined in with their “ethnic cleansing” of Bosnia’s Muslims, following Hitler’s example. The West’s ultimate mistake was its failure to do anything to stop the Serbs. President Clinton cofhpounded this error when, shortly after his inauguration, he sent Warren Christopher to Europe, not to galvanize resistance to the aggression (as President Bush had done in the Gulf) but to inquire weakly what the other countries would like to do. Naturally, none of them wanted to do very much, which sent a clear signal to the Serbs that they could pursue their aggression, unhindered. A routine U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia was put into place, but this has not stopped Russia from supplying arms to the Serbs.For more than a year U.N. and European Union “negotiators” have continued their feeble bleatings for cease-fires and “safe areas” and have proposed various peace plans that awarded Serbia anywhere from 49% to 70% of Bosnia. The Serbs agreed to more than 30 cease-fire and safe-area proposals, and sometimes even observed their promises for as long as five or six hours. The U.S. played an ignoble role, agreeing to the partitioning of Bosnia and the U.N.’s having full command of the peacekeeping operation, which was manned by 23,000 lightly armed, ill-equipped troops, scattered in widely spread, hopelessly ineffective clusters. Predictably, the peacekeepers were attacked, ignored, overrun and taken hostage, and the U.N. convoys of food and medicine were allowed to pass only when the Serbs gave permission. Putting a peacekeeping force into a battle zone where there is no peace ought to be a criminal offense. What should have been done? We should have assembled a Gulf-war-like coalition and told Serbia that its military targets would be mercilessly bombed by air forces under U.iS. command if Serbia con-Tmued~ attacTfng avTTTan populations. The Serbs would have stopped, knowing that the cost of continued missile attacks would be too high. Ground troops would not have been required. This would have saved tens of thousands of lives and served as a warning to future aggressors. The not-too-distant past provides a deadly parallel: the West’s failure to stop Hitler, as could easily have been done, in 1936, when he went into the Rhineland. If we want to stop future aggression, we must act as we did in the Gulf, and we must regain some of the military strength we have budgeted away. Drnovšek on Foreign Policy Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek is trying to ensure that Slovenia solves key foreign policy issues. This is why Slovenia has been particularly active diplomatically in recent months. Drnovšek hopes to improve relations with Italy, and does not rule out talks on real estate. Drnovšek will send a special envoy to Croatia in an attempt to encourge the start of constructive talks. 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