27 DECEMBER 1935, Page 19

CYPRUS

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

Sin,—In your issue of November 29th it is suggested by a reader that Cyprus has never belonged to Greece.

Allow a Greek reader of your paper to observe that this opinion does not agree with the facts admitted in history. Till 1191, Cyprus was part of the Greek Empire. In 1191 'she was surrendered to Richard Coeur de Lion, but for one year only, since in 1192 he sold her to the Lusignans under whose rule she remained till 1489. That year Cyprus was surrendered to the Venetians who kept her till 1571. In 1571 she was conquered by the Turks under whose rule she remained till 1878.

It is thence proved that Cyprus has belonged to Greece.—

Yours faithfully, MrrsA PERROT'. Athens, December 12th, 1935.