Crisp, hard Sir Ronald Storrs, who was with Kitchener in Egypt and with Lawrence in Arabia, was not half quick enough last week for the Greeks of Cyprus, a Mediterranean Island which he rules as British Governor.
While Storrs snored in his big bed in Government House, in the inland capital of Nicosia, chattering Greeks (who never seem to go to bed) worked themselves up to riot. Some were inflamed by Orthodox priests who told of a "fiery cross" raised against British rule on the heights of Limassol two nights before. According to the...
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