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Winâ€"«Pa W .zs/rvvo‘ Canada Remembers is the name Ufa campaign sponsored by Royal (lana- dian Legions, recalling the sacrifices madr: by veterans ofthc Second World War. As the 50th anniversary ofVE Day grows closer the words Canada Remembers become much more than a slogan. There are many in this community who remember soldiers marchr ing offto war in the 19405 They were young and strong, proud to be Canadi» ans and willing to sacrifice their lives For this young muntry Others recall the jubilar tion, the ringing ofall the church bells and the burn- ing ofeft‘igies of Hitler and Mussolini when the war was finally over in May l945. There were parades and dancing in the streets And there were solemn prayers for the men and women who did not come home to the land they had defended in tribute to all oftlic people who Enlisth and all . who stayed homo fighting l their own battles ofsu vival, the chairman of the local version of Canada Remembers, Da Christie, has planned a day of tribute on Saturday, May (a. L It is his wish that when the veterans parade down Walton Street to Queen Street and the Cenotaph for the laying ufwreaths and prayers for the dead, that hundreds ofpeo- per. Will lirio those streets and once again lioio church bells all over Port Hope will be rinoin , marking h:le m crintliryot'liartl 7P1“, won freedom, in his ir‘nrds, tlu: veterans dr‘sr‘rvc to be honoured lrir tlittir generous gift to tho puipl ol ll|lt< town and Liirr mun .' 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Before a solemn ceremony in the Sohauspielliaus theatre, Ger man Chancellor Hell-nut Kohl greeted guests he had seen only hours before in Paris. Tens of thousands of Parisians had ioercd and booed the world leaders on the Champs Elysées when police held them back from the main French ceremony and a military parade they ex- pected did not take place. The leaders three-day anni- versary tour, meant to mark the world war's end in Europe on May 8, 1945. began in London on Sunday and will wind up today in Moscow. Russian President Boris Yeltr sin, at an emotional Kremlin ceremony. called for a new sysr tern of world security and warned the West against any moves that could isolate Mos- cow. Continued Russian actian against separatist rebels in Chechnya has cast a shadow over the Moscow events. Mr. Kohl, outgoing French leader Francois Mitterrand and US, President Bill Clinton were among leaders planning to skip a Moscow parade of itussian troops and military hardware to protest against the Chechnya fighting. Mr: Clinton, in a ceremony to Arlington. Va, said Americans would stand up to “the forces of darkness" â€" at home as well as abroad 7 thanks to the coura- geous example of the generation that fought and won the Second World War. In a commemoration at Fort Myer army base. Mr. Clinton thanked that extraordinary generation" the world over for defeating tyranny, adding: cause of all you did, we live in a moment of hope, in a nation at peacu " including a veiled reference to the Oklahoma {‘ity bombing that has made the country COH' scious of the potential for hoiur.L group terrorism. Mr. Clinton continued “But there is one thing that even you could not do. that no generation can ever do you could not banish the forces of darkness from tllfi‘ tu- tum We Confront them now in differnnt Forms all around the world rind, painfully. llt‘l‘e at hump lsut you taught us the most important lesson that we can pwmll m'r-r tho flil‘t' or dark miss. that w must Pli'Vall That Frcrich jets pass over the Arc de ’l‘n'omplre yesterday to conclude ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of the German surrender in Paris. is what we owe you and the in comparable legacy that you have given us. Thank you for teaching us that lesson. ” U.S. VicoPt-csidcnt Al Gore. Russian Prime Minister Vik‘lor Chemomyrdin, British Prime Minister John Major and Mr, Mlllurrztntl JOlllL‘d their German hosts for the last of many pain- ful aruuwrsaries Germany has marked this spring. German President Roman Herzog. speaking for a demo crath postwar Germany not far from thr- underground bunker Where Nazi dicrator Adolf Hitler committed suiride 50 ymrs ago, said his country had no doubt that it hnro the blame for the war, "The Germans tutlay know very well today perhaps even more clearly Ll’iuli 50 years ago 7 that it was their government at the llllll? and many if their own fathers who were responsi blo for the Holocaust and brought ruin over the peoples of Numpp.” ho mm 1,400 guests in the Schauspielhans Mi' Mittcrranu. giving one of his last speerhps as President. Called \rt; Du} the victory of Eu rope U'.'Cl' it:- own duldgfllanlE Nanny that German) and Frariue used to lie ramirlnred lini‘li fix-s, htl L’L‘SlulL‘d to his German hosts with a smile and Said: “The hereditary enemies are here Heredity did not hold,“ The cancer-stricken Mr, Mitr ton-and. who was given a stand» ing ovation after his speech, also praised Germany’s soldiers for their bravery and their love 01' their country. ’They accepted the loss of their lives for a bad cause, but their gesture had nothing to do with that," he said Mr. Gore said May 8, 1945, 1'91} resented a triumph of good over evil and added "Now, with the perspectivp of a half century, we can say that V E Day means not just victory in Europe. but Vic wry for Eiuope “ Ml‘. Major stressed the post war reconciliation aiming for mer enemies. both those of the Second World War arid of the Cold War. “We are. as it were, still rub- bing our eyes after 1589 wonder ing it it czui be real It is [I‘as- cism and curtunuiiism hr hPhlnd us The: two great enemies of reason have been defeated." Mr Chemomyrrlui sounded a note of caution when he hailed the net» trust between East and West Wanme 1m fragiln u was It was nil! easy lol' any of us to got rid lit 1hr» iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall and develop (REMY DE L4 MAUWNTEREMJJDMXM Press) mutual trust," he said. With a clear hint at Moscow‘s opposition to any expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty 0r- gariizat'ion to Eastern Europe, he added: “The 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe has to be the start of the con structirm of a genuine pan~l5um pezm system of security and sta- bility on a bloc-tree has‘ " At the heart of the remem- bianoe celebrations in London was the Queen Mother. 94-year old widow of the king, and a be- loved figure who has grovm more important to the nation as the younger generation n! royals have run into family troubles, 'lbns of thousands of Britons flooded the square in front of Buckingham Palace to wave tht- red-whitcrandrblut- Union Jack and sing nostalgic songs. Brit most of all, they came to see the Queen Mother stand on the bal- cony where she and the king had stood May 8. 1345. to share the nation's relief. Cheers of pndu and affection nuig arinss the palace forecourt when the small, frail figure. dressed in a peach colored dress and hat, emerged onto the bal- cony. The Queen and Princess \lzu garct Joined their Infithl'. as they did b0 years ago.