Britain's Colonial Possession {again came up for Niecabiea, lia. With the, end a one. war the question of the dis; of Cy; 1
Vale visited this country and attended a deputation of island dignitaries "Great Britain undertakes not to the Peace Conference to urge that engage in any negotiations regard- it should once more be "restored," ing the island of Cyprus Presale they put it, to Greece.
consent of France."—Reuter. a ted Pow mong i aft yh ne Beate them a thought. Why should they ith Turkey. signed at Sevres inst d these words; still fewer gave wi, - £ at penn & gust, Cyprus was at last What is Cyprus that they should! formally recognized as a British worry about its future? An island possession in the Mediterranean—it interests rise them not, writes Mr. G. C.|, Now by this latest agreement it Lawrence to the "Globe." is definitely to remain Britisn France apparently attaches more Unless we satisfy France that importance to the island than we Were better in other hands. do, or she would hardly have What, then, is to become of the insisted on the inclusion of that island? Is it to be made a valuable significant clause in the Franco-: addition to our Colonial possessions British Convention, which has just or is it to suffer the neglect thet been sigcied by Lord Hardinge, the; has been its portion in the past? British "Ambassador in Paris, and M. Leygues. defining the limits of A Heaurn Resort.
British and French interests in At present it is primitive both Syria and Palestine. in method and outlook, and France A Porextia, Hezicozaxp. will have done us @ real service if,..|by her insistence on its importance She realizes that Cyprus is still she brings us in this country to a potential Heligoland, and that revise our views. its retention in friendly hands is Cyprus has a future as an agricul-a matter of vital concern to herself tural community, with the growing and to the peace of Europe. of wheat and tobacco, and the Cyprus came into some little raising of stock as its principal prominence in the early days of industries, industries which will inthe war, when Turkey threw increase in value as more up-to-dace her lot with the Central Powers and methods are introduced. It has a the island was formally annexed: future, too, as a health resort, for by Great Britain. We had held its climate rivals Switzerland and it conditionally since 1878, it is the Riviera both for summer and true, but it was not till 1914 that winter visitors. In time it may it really became British. even become important as a naval In the following year Cyprus was station. again brought before the public) There are but three directions when Tino was sitting on the fence! which the development of Cyprus considering whether to join th>|may be expected to take. But 'Allies or the Central Powers and' these three alone make it an island when his help was urgently desired to be reckoned with in our future by both sides. He wag then offered Colonial policy. possession of the island as an andacern ent fo" 1¢in wp mith Great traditional enemy. But German A SONG OF A TRAVELLER tain and ance against is 7
influence was too strong in the Greek ooutt, and Tino rented: By Meng-Chiao.
in the later stages the war Trana i had wood person to congratulate Pranslated by Witter Bynner and ourselves that he did refuse, for ale Fea Cyprus, from being a mere pawn The thread in the hands of a kind-in the diplomatic game, came to hearted mother be of the greatest service to both Makes garments for the body of her General Allenby in Palestine and wayward boy; General Milne in Salonika. Cayefully she sews and thoroughly she mends, Haven oF Here. Dreading the delays that will keep When Gallipoli gave place to him late from home.
Salonika.gnd Palestine as a theatre A49, 0" yeh Tave has the inch: of war Cyprus was found to pro- For three spring months of the vide many of the requisites of light of the sun? victory—mules and_ muleteers for the Army Service Corps, goats for the Indian armies, firewood for the} Tye court of first instance in aerate on che island gave the Manila was '"'stumped" recently British Tommy in Egypt his daily When it bad to decide what, penalty ration of potatoes at a time when '© sive a murderer who had already no one else in Egypt could obtain been sentenced to life imprison-such luxuries for love or money. ™ent for another offence. As the It provided a safe resting-place for death penalty in the Philippines is some 5,000 Turkish prisoners of limited, the court was at a loss wae when the prisoner, who killed a Tt was a hide of refuge for that fellow convict with a pickaxes, was gallant band of British officers who brought before it. Eventually the escaped from Asia Minor and, judge hit on the happy solution wot toiling over the Taurus Mountains, giving him two life sentences. The saw in Cyprus a haven of hope} prisoner says he will "take his after their wonderful journey. chances" on the second one.
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