The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
CernanForces Report Hostile
 Acts In Italy

London July 29-(UP)-German armed forces were reported attempting to set up defense line m northern Italy today Italian occupation troops were reported returning home from the Balkans and Naz travellers coming from Italy were quoted: "lt Is 1n ished with Italy!'
 Rome radio propaganda broadcasts continued to say that Italy would carry on the war; but there were growing indications that decision on peace or continued support of the Axis would soon be forced on the cabinet of Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio as a result of widespread disorders and troop move ments in northern Italy.
 The Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet quoted Nazis arriving in Switzerland that Italy was "fnished.
 London sources believed that time limit for Italian equalization probably would be may already have been indicated by the Allies
 through third party such Turkey, but that the time limit would be step short of an utmatum which the
 Allies expected to issue later if there reason to DeeVe Badoglio is stalling.
 Germans Trieste
 "A CBS broadcast from Switzerland said the Germans had openly occupied Trieste Plume and Pola and were taking all of northern Italy after moving troops through the Brenner Pass.)
 There were unconfirmed reports from Madrid that German forces moving from Austria into northern Italy and Italian endorsements had been sent orthWaro to halt the Germans
 Swedish newspapers published reports from Switzer land that Italian fleet had received orders to be ready to put at any moment, but the dispatches didn't make clear who issued the orders It was stated however that the fate of the fleet point of great controversy between the Badogio government and the Germans whe probably would like to move it to French ports.
 The Italians said to be determined to hang or their warps and to prevent them from being scuttleo under any circumstances
 Late reports indicated that riots in northern industrial cities Italy being brought under control although grave disturbances continued in some considerable humber of workers said have returned to their jobs but some big war plants were still paralyzed
 Opinion Differs
 Swiss dispatches indicated considerable difference o opinion regarding possible peace move by Badogo It may have been significant that the editor of the Turin Gazetta Popoo Tulo Gordana yesterday called upon the people to obey the governments demand for public order and to leave the open for Badoo to work TOT peace and avoid "enemy occupation of Italy.
 Our final aim is peace," Swiss dispatches quoted GiOrdana "We cannot accept enemy occupation o our mainland and internal order is not maintained Badoglio will be forced to accept nasty armistce and the enemy can demand total occupation If the government must accept peace this is the wish of the entire nation might be forced to accept all conditions demanded by the enemy We must obey the new government and not fall from Fascist tyranny into the unbearable serv tude of enemy occupation
 There seemed little doubt however that the main obstacle peace still the position of the Ger man armed forces Italian soil and of Italian occupa tion forces in the Nazi-conquered Balkans.
 Italy reported in Madrid dispatches to have ord cred home 26 divisions from the Balkans and from France sent 900 troops to the Brenner Pass to stem the flow of Germans into northern Italy.
 Italian troops soon may be fighting their allesu Madrid Sad either in northern Italy elsewhere in Europe the four divisions in France and p in the Balkans attempt to return to Italy through German lines German in northern Italy already have encountered hostle