FURTHER OUTBREAKS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 October 1931, Page 3

FURTHER OUTBREAKS

(Press Assn.-

trouble IN gyprus TROOPS COMPELLED TO FIRE ON MOB LED BY BISHOP COMMUNIST LEADER ARRESTED

-By Telegraph— CopyrigM.)

LONDON, Monday. A message from Nicosia, Cyprus, states that troops were compelled to fire during a riot outside the Commissioner's office at Kyrenia. The rioters were led hy the Bishop of Kyrenia, who was subsequently arrested. Four were wounded. The Mob attacked the poliee station at Famagusta. Details of this incident are lacking. The Conolial Office states that a telegram received from the Governor, Sir Ronald Storrs, this morning reports that the situation in' the towns is easier exeept in Kyrenia, where there is only a small police detachment. The town has hitherto been quiet, but on Sunday a mob was incited to tear down and destroy the Commissioner's Union Flag and to hoist the Greek flag. Military reinforeements were sent, and the situation is now in hand. Reports from the country districts indicate minor disturbances, including the destruction of a hridge and the cutting of telegraph wires. It is alleged that the Kyrenia disturbances were directly instigatfed by the Orthodox Bishop of Kyrenia. Reinforeements from Egypt arrived this morning and were hurried to Limassol, where the moh attacked •and burnt the police station, and destroyed the property of Loyalists. The situation is tense in many districts. There has been further rioting at Famagusta, where the police fired, killing one and wounding three. Numerous arrests were made, including a Communist leader, who urged the overthrow of British rule.