The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

The communique said:
 "Our units, continuing to advance in the Epirus region, reached the KalamaS river at many points. Un- favorable atmospheric conditions and destruction of roads carried out by the retreating enemy did not slow down the movement of our troops.
 Tn East Africa one enemy mech anized column, pushing toward Gadurra along the Kenya border, was repulsed with losses for the enemy. We suffered no losses. |
 Enemy planes dropped bombs on Buna, M&ssawa, Lugh-Ferrandi, Karin and Berbera, causing a total O. Eve 4ead and 16 wounded, in cluding 13 natives. Other air raids on Fl Uak and Sardo did not cause victims
 Big Attack Over Frontier.
 Dispatches from the Argyrokas- tron sector said that Italian light army units opened big attack across the Greek frontier today.
 Alpinists, in feathered caps; Ber- saglieri, in plumed hats; infantry and specialists on bicycles and mo- torcycles were reported advancing steadily as artillery shelled Greek defenses and airplanes blasted the Greek lines with bombs.
 A sudden break in the persistent 1y bad weather which had obtained since the start of the Italian opera tionS, permitted a speeding up of the advance, it was asserted.
 Vehicles used were mostly two wheeled ones because of the noun tainous country. Bicycles and mo- torcycles carried machine guns. Mule trains took up heavy equip- ment in the wake of yhe advance guard. Albanian troops in white fezzeS were operating with the picked Alpini and Bersagieri, ac- cording to Italian adviceS. First newspaper pictures of the Italian cavalry being used in the operation showed cavalrymen carrying lances.
 Because O. the heavy rains and cold, army authorities ordered the Albanian raki, strong drink akin to the Italian grappa, served to the men at the front
 Change of Rulers.
 Reliable informantS hinted at the possibility of an early agreement with Greco under which Crown Prince Paul would succeed his brother King George II on the Greek throne, pledged to cooperate with Germany and Italy.
 It was represented that Paul was : the leader of a secret pro-Italian bloc in Greece and that after Greece had felt the full force of Italian attack there might be a change of feeling which would re- suit ;n speedy conclusions of peace.
 Newspapers gave prominence to reports that Gen. John Metaxas, the Greek strong man, had confined Prince Paul to his palace under heavy guard and might hand him over to tn. British to be confined in the island of Crete.
 Paul, 38, is married to Princess Frederick Louisa of Hanover, Ger man.
 Under any agreement, 1t was said. Greece would agree to Italian occupation of strategically impor- tant areas for the duration of the European war, and probably would De asked to agree to postwar ter ritorial adjustments, including the cession of Ciamuria Province to AL bania and Aegean Sea ports to JugosIayia and Bulgaria.
 1t was said that any change in the Greek rulership would be effect d iu similAt manner to that in Rumania where King Carol was succeeded by his son, Grown Prince Michael.
 Gen. Metaxas would be required to change the government, and Paul would become the political leader.
 Reports If the possibility of an agreement with Greece seemed to be based partly on a feeling by Fas- cists that Great Britain had prom lsed big scale aid to Greece and would not be able to give 1t, and that consequently the Greek people would soon tire Of Fighting italy.