SITUATION IN CYPRUS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20394, 14 November 1931, Page 13

SITUATION IN CYPRUS.

STATEMENT IN HOUSE Of? COMMONS. i DAMAGE TO BE PAID FOB. ; (aarasn emct&i. wmsxaeti {Received November 13th, 5.5 jub-> I2ITGBY, November 11 Is thp House of Commons at qimtiw time, Sir Philip Crasliffe-Lister, Secretary for the Colonies, made a statement on ..the recent events in Cypros. He said: "The situation is now faOy is hand. There are in the Island tnra companies of troops, and the garrison' of one company, whife the naval parties temporarily landed &ave been withdrawn. "The ringleaders have been anpewted and ten have been deported. Manr other arrests have been made. T!»« casualties reported among einfiaiß at* six killed and 30 wounded, and tkes* have been 39 cases of injuries to tk« police. The comparatively auQ ber of casualties is a gratifying; to the restraint exercised by Ike aanl and military forces and by the poßee. "The damage, in addition t« tie burning of Government Hoes* at Nicosia, comprises the destnaetiorn of the Commissioner's house an<l plantation at Limasol, the jestndiM »? a bridge, and the cutting of tefegxaplh •wires in the tlithirt the burning of Customs sheds is tiw village of Pissouri. Damage was aim done to a number of village pfin stations and other flmi iiimiisl perty. The Governor has lie*® ratformed, that the rebuilding «£ Gn«n- < ment House should be pat In fcan<l at " : once, and that all Govenuaest Mbfi should be rebuilt as soon as and approval has been givest t» th» principle that the parties *M»i *n. sponsible for the sfewH ,b« made pecuniarily liable. "Letters patent have beta. under which the Legislative Caracal e€ Cyprus 'will eeaseto exist aad tto power* to make laws Is granted to tie Governor. These letters xnrtmt should bo regarded aa an measure, as it will be necessary Tiiih after to review the whole Tpiwfifni e£ the eonstitotunaal fntnre «f tfa Island."