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< 1i4FS--ssfF--7-s F Athsns. ,4, s.s,sss .e,ss e1eeisreerclde4ce of the ssaeci ia52 %iinass. ,-l} }o.p!ta tha ssoveT g.le' es .51l &tfs ea h %YYecc dur. ing recent maatb4 ouia7iaatirr wit1 the blockade of Greek porla by the allied fieeta and inc abdi@at;o2 cf King C9.-stantiee, Dy some strange ec0aoGtc EcnQs. saa3 tAo country has enjoyed 3 Yo&1.a Vi. eSamllod Dzo9- pority, with kGH HG pt0 iJ@ bling Up, enormous Ga4:ua7 es.#fo.l" es made a5G GufF 2fe aceuuusfat of riches e. modern Greece ta8 never zn0~n ho. 1 fore. aoogt tGc otll1 aae Dt2 wh0 have suffered are the reaIIy poor. WaQ nae been Teag2ed t0 9 State border. 2 ea st2rvatien bv the 3.5aA l3r; roa cad the lack of Good-ttufsS3 eagacd hv tie ll0cEs@e
 The jdackado was in ofs,ct aa95e oig2t ne2tf3g, bC%iniIe.y I},cc~a ae1. 2 last and ln2niDs uatil thia .U'd.sls j. mer when Coast3ntip2 decided t9 aedi- cate. During gil ti3i& period eFeH pc | in Greece Was tightly se9led, b9 g coH0Ja oi Fre2th. British and Ital- 'a '-a"a7.:n n1 which cen lctc'v euetr-
 
 o,t l1.na t2!2nds. Even before Iha ilcefade. tl[o entente ailics lad ex- ol'c:sr a control 60 taat not even to3 Gt.asE pocoseities of life, such as oil ezaid ba r2oUebt n from America 'Y-itAert 2 special license isgued from ore C. the allied lc&&tiong The 2l- iiea wore n control tee, Of railways, telegraph, poaI0fiieoa a}d 6 good many ctaer functions of c1mmuniea- ticn
 Bgt theso ycrv restrictions seemed t0 at;nslatc the people to groataT ccancnv ard thrift, and aS a result. the lest year shows this UuprcceGc0t- cd prosperity &ndy increase Of wealth. Ranf5 made mere money than ever tcfore and people had larger bank dcrosft4. The big corporations 4aid the lar&ast dividends in their history. Greek n,0acv was at premium over French end Italian money, and tao rate of oXch9nga ,at all the great fi- naneial eeaters continues to he strong lv in favor Of Greak money.
 Some of the big profits made under these unusual conditions are as lol- lows: Creek shipping made 2 profit for the y2ar of S45,00G000. This was chiefly hefono inc blockade, but the profits are reckoned for the year. The National Navigation eo0oapy paid dividends Of 76 per cent an; the Eel- lenic company paid the unheafd-of dividend e 165 per cent.
 Bank shares have scared in tac same way during the year So also the big trading compaaies paid from 15 to g per cent dividends.
 People even had money to spare to buy foreign loans, and about 12,000,- coo francs of the French leans were taken in Greece, 100000 roubles ot the Russian loans, and similar amounts of the British lean. New banks wore founded to take care of the growing business, and building operations went ahead with a boom
 These conditions of boom and pros pcritv strike all courtries from time to time. but how they should have struck Greece when the government was in a state of steady convui@qn and the allied fleets were closing Iii all around has been hard for the eN- rerts to exrlain. One theory for the