A company of British troops was sent from Egypt on
Friday, October 23rd, by aeroplanes, and, thus reinforced, the garrison and police were able to make head against the disturbers of the peace. Five leaders of the mob, including the Bishop of Kition, were arrested on Saturday, and the Bishop of Kyrenia, with other law-breakers, was taken into custody on Sunday. It is understood that they will be deported. One Greek Consul has been expelled for complicity in the affair. But the Greek Government's attitude has been entirely correct. M. Venizelos at once expressed strong disapproval of the violence displayed by the Cypriote agitators. It must be said that, in view of the heavy financial sacrifices incurred by us through half a century to give Cyprus a decent administration, after ages of Turkish misrule, the Cypriote politicians are ill justified in biting the hand that feeds them.
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