SITUATION CALMER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 5

SITUATION CALMER

UPRISING IN CYPRUS EFFECTIVE BRITISH MOVE SMALL NUMBER. INVOLVED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Oct. 24, .11 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. The Colonial Office has issued a statement that the situation in Cyprus has calmed down since the arrival of the warships, though if is still unsettled. The cruisers Loudon and Shropshire, and the destroyers Acasta and Achates arrived at various ports of Cyprus. .Seven Vickers Victoria troop carriers landed at 11 a.m., bringing 150 fullyarmed and equipped Air Force and infantry mon from Egypt, covering 550 miles in 7£ hours. It is believed that only 15,000 of Cyprus’ population of 350,000 participated in the anti-British demonstration. The rebels have little ammunition or money, and it is believed that the display of naval, military, and air power will quickly cool tempers. The agitation is further likely to be carried on in tho hope of inducing British concessions, especially in the way of taxes. The Cyprus Government is enforcing a censorship, and code telegrams are accepted only if the key is supplied, enabling! the contents to he deciphered. In the name of God and the fatherland, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Larnaca, raising a cross at Limassol on •Tuesday, appealed to a mass meeting at the Stadium to fight for union with Greece, thus lighting the torch sof a revolt which spread throughout Cyprus. Police and soldiers erected barbod wire barriers around the Government offices at Nicosia and told a threatening mob that they would not hesitate to answer violence with bullets. The malcontents soon dispersed. An Athens message states: Differences between tho people of Cyprus and Britain cannot create conflict between Britain and Greece, declared M. Michala Popoulos, Greek Foreign Minister. The Government did not encourage or support directly or indirectly the Cyprus manifestations