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Sirs: In a recent letter I received from my people in the Island of Cyprus, whose population is composed of Greeks and Turks, I am informed that the Turks are very jealous over the publicity that the Greeks are getting in Albania, and that they are dying to get into the war so that they can take the spotlight away from the Greeks. Like a ham actor whose greatest thrill in life is to be on the stage, even if he is there just to hold a spear, the Turkish soldier is anxiously waiting for that...
...passport, money and letters of introduction was missing. A search began and an appeal was made for its return. As "Wild Bill's" hour of de parture arrived, the Orient Express was kept waiting 20 minutes while the Royal Palace was ransacked. Finally, he departed for Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Turkey minus wallet and passport. He still had his watch...
...Army across the Danube, by spreading rumors and feeding correspondents scare stories, the Germans have already learned that there is no fight in Bulgaria. Last week they turned the heat on Yugoslavia. Rumors spread that Germany had demanded the use of Yugoslav railways for the transport of equipment to Albania, that large German forces were being concentrated on Yugoslavia's borders. Purposes of this little war of nerves were to test the resistance of Yugoslavia, to create distrust of Belgrade in Athens and Ankara...
When he seized Albania's land...
Three days after the fall of Klisura, the Italian Commander in Chief in Albania, General Ubaldo Soddu, also fell-because of ill health, the Italians said. It was another case of shake-up sickness. Benito Mussolini had to have a winning general. He decided to let General Ugo Cavallero, who replaced Marshal Pietro Badoglio as Chief of Staff on Dec. 6, see if he could pick up the pieces in Albania...