These things, however, are mere outward appearances. Away from the boulevards and out in the suburbs there is @ great deal of real distress that does not show itself. It is estimated that in the city and surroundings there are now quite 400,000 people out of work, and we are only at the beginning of a war which seems quite likely to last six months. Great efforts are being made to reorganize business and provide employment, as well as to induce capital to come forth from its hiding-places. The banks are releasing a small part of the balances tied up by the moratorium. All this in a slow and delicate process, but it is making headway.
Every day there are great musters of foreigners on the Esplanade des
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