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...Germany's neighbors had been disturbed by the tide of violence, they could take some satisfaction in Bonn's expeditious treatment of the Maastricht treaty. The Bundestag ratified the pact on European union by an overwhelming 543-17. The upper house of parliament could approve the treaty as early as next week. (See related story on page...
...city of Molln persisted through a funeral gathering in Hamburg that attracted 10,000, and then into last weekend, when a crowd many times as large gathered in Munich. Images of marchers carrying banners asking such questions as HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO FALL TO TERROR SO THAT BONN WILL BE ALERT? flashed across the nation's television screens. Pointed criticism poured in from abroad, including condemnations from the governments of Turkey and Israel. THE SILENCE OF TOO MANY ACCOMPLICES, headlined Italy's La Stampa...
Confronted by events and opprobrium, Bonn finally lurched into action -- prodded as well by the realization that right-wing violence was spilling beyond the asylum seekers' hostels, the traditional confines of xenophobic attacks. Not only were the 14th, 15th and 16th fatalities of this year's violence Turks -- members of an influential, 1.7 million-strong community whose labors helped make Germany an economic powerhouse -- but word came of two more murders, both of Germans, committed by rightist thugs. In Berlin a leftist was stabbed; in Wuppertal a man was stomped and burned by assailants who apparently -- and mistakenly -- thought...
...reproaches hit their mark. Explaining Bonn's rush of energy, Bundestag member Friedbert Pfluger of Kohl's Christian Democrats noted that "people realized what a devastating effect this was having in other countries. There is a loss of confidence in us, and loss of political credit, and there is an economic loss. Industry has complained massively to Bonn about the economic price we are paying." Industrialists were not alone in complaining. Declared historian Golo Mann, 83: "If I were 50, I would arm myself. Trust in the state's protection clearly no longer suffices...
Will the crackdown reassure him and others? Even as Bonn was girding for action, a spate of new attacks swept the country. Police moved quickly and arrested suspects, many of whom were then charged with attempted murder. That alone represents an improvement; until recently many suspects in violent attacks were charged with nothing more serious than disturbing the peace. The chairman of the German Union of Judges, Rainer Voss, admitted last week that the public saw the judges as "inappropriately lenient" and urged his colleagues "to confront decisively the enemies of humanity and democracy." The Molln case may have provided...