The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
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 The German military commander | of Rome acknowledged that serious disorders had broken out in the Italian capital and issued proc | lamation demanding the immediate | surrender of all arms by midnight | tomorrow under penalty of court martial.
 The proclamation, broadcast over the Rome radio, blamed "lrresponsi- | bic criminal elementss for the vio- lence and, admitting by implication that strikes have begun, appealed toI the people of Rome to resume your occupations with discipline"
 Martial law Ordered
 Marshal Erwin Rommel, German commander in Northern Italy, oc- cupied Milan and arrested the Ital- ian commander, Gen. Vittorio Rug- zero, yesterday after overwhelming the garrison in street fighting, aI Swiss dispatch said. Martial law was ordered.
 Only 24 hours earlier, Rommel and Ruggero signed an accord pro- viding for German control of Milan, but specifically stating that Nazl troops would not occupy the city, sec- ond largest in Italy.
 The Germans were said to have entered Milan with a formation of Giant Tiger tanks experimenting the occupation forces. The Milanese fought back with machine-guI1s and rifles until their ammunition was ex- hausted, then lied to the surround ing countryside to continue the struggle.
 Some inhabitants opened fire with machine-guns from nests hidden in the ruins of bombed houses, but were driven out by hand grenades, the Swiss reports said. Spasmodic resistance was reported continu- ing last night.
 Holding Out
 Swiss sources also said large sec- tions of Piedmont, Italy's western most province, still were holding out against the Germans, as were cer- tain sections of Venice province to the east. Italian troops still were patrolling the Swiss border near | Chiasso.
 Whereabouts of Mussolini re- mained a mystery. The Nazi-con- trolled Scandinavian telegraph bu- reau reported from Berlin that he had arrived in a German city, but the Zurich newspaper Tat said that he had joined Roberto Farinacci, former Fascist general secretary, in Cremona, 50 miles southeast of Milan, "the present seat of the Fas- cist government"
 A German DNB agency dispatch asserting that several high-ranking FasciSts were on their way to Adolf EIitler's headquarters indicated that Mussolini will confer with his former partner. Mussolini and Hitler talk ed by telephone soon after German paratroops and other NaZ units took the former Duce from Italian custody.
 DINE said Mussolini at present was bringing himself up to date on 1tal- ian military and political develop ments since his deposal July 25, preparatory to forming 6 new Fascist BOVeTuuSnt 4OI 4VuAy aAAU a SoOSA0V army.
 Duce to Choose
 Tt can be assumed that the Duce will examine the idea of choosing Q town in upper Italy for a pro- visional capital of the Fascist gov- ernment and the return of the gov- ernment to Rome also is within the sphere of possibility" DINE said.
 German radio stations broadcast series of dispatches telling of the jubilation with which Italians in German occupied areas hailed the news of Mussolini'S Liberation" but reliable reports reaching Madrid from France said the demonstrations were arranged by the Germans and only a few die-hard Fascists partici- pated.
 Other Madrid reports said that the huge iron doors of St. Peters Basil lea at Vatican City re-opened yester- day after being closed for 4S hours following tine capitals equalization to the Germans, but all gates to the city itself remained shut with Swiss guards on duty.
 The shortage of food and water in Rome was said to be mounting, especially since the Germans have been footing farmers carts even be- fore they reach the capital.