Rioting in Cyprus Serious rioting has disturbed the usual calm
of Cyprus, where a company of British troops has sufficed for years past to maintain order in a population of a quarter of a million Greeks and Moslems. The unofficial majority of the Legislative Council has been at variance with the Governor, Sir Ronald Storrs, partly over questions of local taxation, partly over the old demand of the Cypriote Creeks for union with Greece. On October 21st three Greek councillors incited a mob to demonstrate in front of the Governor's house at Nicosia. The mob got out of hand, attacked the police and set fire to the house which, being of timber, was destroyed, with all the Governor's library and archaeological collections. The police were at last compelled to fire, and dispersed the rioters with a few casualties. On the following day the disorder spread to other towns. Some of the Greek Orthodox clergy took an active- part in encouraging the rioters, who burnt the District Commissioner's house at Limasol.
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