Statement Presented to House of Commons

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 November 1931, Page 7

Statement Presented to House of Commons

REVIEW OF EVENTS IN CYPRUS.

SITUATION NOW. FULLY IN HAND (British Official Wireless;) Received Friday, 10 p.m. RUGBY, iNov. 13. In the House of Commons at question time Sir Phillip Cunliffe Lister made a .statement on recent events in Cyprus. He said: "The situation is now fully in hand. There are in the island two companies of troops and the normal .garrison of one company, and the naval parties temporarily lauded have been withdrawn. "The ringleaders have been arrested and ten have been deported. Many other arrests have been made. The casualties reported among the civilians are six killed end 30 wounded, and there have been 39 cases of injuries to the police. The comparatively small number of casualties is a gratifying tribute to the restraint exercised by the naval and military forces and by the police. "The damage, in addition to the burning of Government House at .Nicosia, comprises the destruction of the Commissioner’s house and plantation at Limasol, the destruction of a bri'dgb and the cutting of telegraph wires in the Famagusta district and the burning of the Customs sheds' in the village ot Pissouri. Damage was also done to a number of village police stations and other Government property. The Governor has been informed that the rebuilding of Government House should be put in "hand at once and that all ■Government buildings shield be rebuilt as soon as possible, and approval has been given to the principle , that the parties found responsible for the damage' should be made pecuniarily liable. "Letters patent have been approved under which the Legislative Council of Cyprus will ■ cease to exist, end power' to make laws is granted to) the Governor. These letters patent should be regarded as a A ■ emergency measure. It will be necessary hereafter to review the Whole question of the constitutional future of the island."