17 JULY 1947, Page 15

REVENUE FROM CYPRUS

SIR,—Mr. Moore-Bennett, in your issue of July I I th, paints a very gloomy picture of conditions in Cyprus. It would be easier to decide how far one can accept his statements if he had not himself said, in Tke Spectator of February 15th last year, that "not only are the inhabitants in full possession of their lands, customs, way of life and languages, but actually are in most ways very much better off than our own people in the United Kingdom." Has this catastrophic decline come about in only eighteen months?—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE Ell LL.

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