A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON MONDAY

ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK says that a part of the international diplomacy "easily falls for Serb tricks", whereas in western Slavonia "Serb civilians emphasize no one is abusing them." In an article headlined 'It is Easier to Accuse Croatia" a journalist, Ivica Marijacic, says some diplomats got used to the existence the occupier's illegal state in Croatia, the so-called 'Krajina', and now they are trying to protect it. Marijacic adds that Croatia has reason to doubt the objectivity of many mediators, and cites an example of Lord David Owen that may serve as a model for 'the consistent contra-Croatian diplomacy'. A VJESNIK correspondent, Trajko Grkovski, writes a report "Only the Poor Remain" about that how Serbs in Kordun (former Sector North of Croatia) are fed up with the Serb occupation. In the other daily, VECERNJI LIST, Fran Plancic, comments on Croatian and Serbian losses in the limited action of Croatian police and army in western Croatia. He says the morale and motivation of the Croatian armed force and the enemy troops could be reflected in the ratio of human losses. According to Plancic's statistics, the ratio is one killed Croatian soldier to twenty enemy soldiers. "Europe - Advantage and Responsibility" is the headline of VECERNJI LIST's interview with Croatian Ambassador in Strasbourg. The Croatian Ambassador says the European project should be positively assessed, but through discussions Croatia should decide models of joining and engagement as well as the right time and positions for such moves. (hina) mm mms 151135 MET may 95