CYPRUS.
NOT TO BE HANDED TO GREECE. BT TEI/EGBAin—rBESS ASSOCIATION—COPIRiaUT, (Rec. Oct/14, 0.55 p.m.)./..' . . Athens', October 14. Mr. Winston Churohill, Uhdor-Secrotary for the Colonies, inforniid a Greek deputation at Larnakathat there is- no prospect of Britam handing Cyprus to Greece. - ■ :■■'< Cyprus' nominally belongs to Turkey, but has Men actually occupied' and administered by ; Britain .since-1878. In"-1882 Cyprus was granted; a constitution. Larnaka is tho chief port of the island. Greece has coveted both' Cyprus and Crcto, and' in tho - latter island— which possesses autonomy under Turkish suzerainty—there was a rebellion in 1905 in favour of union with Greece." The Undbr-Secretary for tho Colonies is at Cyprus, en route for Mombasa, East Africa.- Ho will examino the British East African and Central African, territories;'and'will return via tho Nilo and Khartoum; '.'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 17, 15 October 1907, Page 5
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129CYPRUS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 17, 15 October 1907, Page 5
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