Greece . CORFU.—The Well of Gastouri. Z ALO N GO .— The precipice over which seventy women of Soldi, dancing and singing, jumped with their children to death rather than surrender to the Turks. ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT THE Greeks have always beenfamous as sailors and losses of their merchant marine dur-ing the war, which amounted to morethan 500,000 tons, sufficiently indicatetheir activity in this domain; but whatis less well known is their incessantstruggle to make their land productiveto the highest possible degree. Greece by its mountainous nature is acountry difficult to cultivat
Greece . CORFU.—The Well of Gastouri. Z ALO N GO .— The precipice over which seventy women of Soldi, dancing and singing, jumped with their children to death rather than surrender to the Turks. ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT THE Greeks have always beenfamous as sailors and losses of their merchant marine dur-ing the war, which amounted to morethan 500,000 tons, sufficiently indicatetheir activity in this domain; but whatis less well known is their incessantstruggle to make their land productiveto the highest possible degree. Greece by its mountainous nature is acountry difficult to cultivate. It has onlyabout 20% of cultivable land. Theclimate, which is warm, dry and variable,is ill adapted to the cultivation of grainsand rather favors that of the vine, theolive, fruit trees, tobacco and cotton,which are paying products, but are in-tended for exportation rather than forlocal consumption. Small proprietorsare the rule, and in spite of disadvan-tages and the difficulty of finding theneces
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