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state university. largely attended b

state university, largely attended by
young men from all parts of the country,
as we'll as from foreign countries. There
are four teachers colleges maintained
by the state for the training OF teachers;
there are also numerous private institu-
tons Of learning. Libraries are being estab-
lished in various towns. School attend
ance is compulsory. Now it will be her
policy to establish schools and to foster
education in her newly acquired territory
in similar manner. This will be one
of her first tasks. as education is a funda-
mental requisite to progress in all other
lines.
'Industrially, also, Greece is making
progress. Though not a manufacturing
country, like some others, her people are
establishing industrial enterprises in
numerous towns She is, however, rapidly
building good roads and railroads
throughout the country. Telegraph lines
now connect the large towns, and tele-
phone lines reach nearly all the towns
and villages. We may confidently ex-
pect then, that the same enterprise will
be shown and the same progressive steps
taken in her new territory.
Prominent in commerce.
I'm commerce the Greeks have always
been pre-eminent. Twenty-Five centuries
ago the Greeks dominated the entire
eastern Mediterranean sea. They are to-
day enterprising merchants and traders
throughout the word Saloniki. the best
newly acquired port, will be the chief
harbor for import and export commerce
for the Balkan states as soon as the
smoke of the gunpowder has cleared
away. So we may reasonably expect
them to see to the commercial develop
ment of their new territory, rich in nat
ural resources.
In agriculture. again. Greece is making
compa atively rapid progress. Methods of
farming and stock raising in that country
or three decades. The Greek government
is taking a lively interest in agricultural
development The government now sends
instructors in farming and stock raising
throughout the country to instruct its
people in modern methods of farming.
Agricultural stations have been establish
ed in many sections of the country, which
are managed by Greek experts complet-
ing their education and experience in
foreign countries.
Agricultural Industries.
Greece supplies the world with the
small, sweet, wholesome, nutritious and
seedless currants. Ka. ala, the principal
agricultural territory conquered, pro-
duces the, tobacco with aroma, heretofore
called Turkish tobacco, which is the best
cigarette tobacco in the world. 1t is an
other important resource to Greece. AS a
matter of common interest to its new
subjects and to itself, we may expect the
government of King Constantine to
use it's utmost endeavors to aid in
practical manner the agricultural de-
yelopment of the new territory.
Keeping in view, then the progress
made in the last few years by the king
dom Of the Hellenes. which reveals her
aims and her ideals. we can with reason
expect that the classic nation of Scion
and Them,stocles, of Socrates and
Homer. will see to it that her new teri
tory, whose peoples are Greek peoples
shall have her fostering care in building
schoolhouses, institutions of all descrip-
tons of learning, railroads, post offices
and post roads, connecting the towns and
villages with telegraph and telephone
lines and in developing commerce and
agriculture.
In view Of the commercial activity
of the Greeks in the past and in the
present, as son>e tribute to the mother
of modern civilization, as much as