Sing for Peace, Cry for Peace 　　With a candle in her hands, Niki Core, gazing at the portraits of the three Chinese journalists killed by NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, could not keep her tears from falling. 　　"Let us pray for peace and mourn for the victims," she said. 　　Core is one of the over 500 people who attended the Candlelight Vigil and Singing for Peace service at Lafayette Park in front of the White House on May 18 night. 　　The service, sponsored by 36 organizations from the Chinese communities in the United States, was dedicated to the three Chinese journalists, Shao Yunhuan, Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying, who were killed when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) struck the Chinese Embassy on May 7. 　　When Wang Xiaoge, a Chinese American singer, sang the song "Motherless Child," many people were in tears." I dedicated this song to Cao Lei -- whose mother, Shao Yunhuan, was killed - and all those who lost their mothers in NATO's bombing," Wang said. 　　"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child ... Long way from home ... Sometimes I'm almost gone ..." the song said. 　　Addressing the rally, Xu Zhaoran, one of the organizers of the event, condemned the bombing. 　　"We were shocked and saddened by the tragic bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade," he said. 　　"We must join hands to condemn the killings of innocents, help heal the wounds, pray for peace, and mend U.S.-China relations," he said. 　　NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy aroused worldwide condemnation. "Every people with a conscience condemn it," said Malcolm Cannon, Washington organizer of the International Action Center. 　　"We want to express our solidarity with the Chinese people, with the families of the victims," he noted when addressing the event. 　　Cannon said NATO's bombing has only killed more innocent people and created more refugees. "Tens of thousands of civilians have fled Kosovo and thousands have been killed since NATO started bombing Yugoslavia on March 24." The alliance vowed to pressure Belgrade to accept its conditions by the air campaign. 　　"We want to struggle with the Chinese people to bring an end to this bombing, to bring an end to this criminal war, to say no to the U.S. government and to say no to the lies of the media of this country," Cannon added. 　　Most of the participants held a candle in their hands. Some raised signs and pictures of Shao, Xu and Zhu. Different signs read "Stop Bombing, Stop Killing, Stop War" to "Mother/Daughter Killed Just Before Mother's Day." 　　Moving songs were also heard, sung by some American singers. 　　"This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine, let it shine," sang Rose Bellow with tears in her eyes. The song coincides with a feature story written by Shao Yunhuan, who had been a Xinhua correspondent in Belgrade before she was killed. In the story entitled "Long Night without Light," Shao describes the night after NATO bombed the power plant in Belgrade. 　　The songs touched everyone. Many were in tears. With a trembling voice, Joan McCorney, a 60-year-old lady, said, "Tonight we sing for peace, we pray for peace and we cry for peace." (By Yuan Bingzhong) Indepth 1999-05-20 Page6 Full Story in Chinese