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Letter from Evr. Mavropoulos to E. Venizelos asking him to take an interest in the question of the Greek currant, setting out the reasons why the channelling of Greek currants into England has become problematic and why he himself is remaining in London.

173.389.020 · 1932 Ιανουάριος 29 · el · machine-generated, not reviewed

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Title (el)
Επιστολή του Ευρ.Μαυρόπουλου προς τον Ε.Βενιζέλο με την οποία του ζητεί να ενδιαφερθεί για το ζήτημα της ελληνικής σταφίδας, αναφέρει τους λόγους για τους οποίους η διοχέτευση της ελληνικής σταφίδας στην Αγγλία έχει καταστεί προβληματική και για ποιούς λόγους παραμένει ο ίδιος στο Λονδίνο.
Archivist's abstract
Letter dated London, 29 January 1932, from the Aigion currant merchant Evr. Mavropoulos to Eleftherios Venizelos. Taking advantage of Venizelos's presence in London, he asks him to extend his interest to the position and future of the Greek currant in England, an important source of foreign exchange for Greece. He attributes the heavy losses of Greek currant exporters and the ruin of the Aigion merchants in the current year chiefly to the fall of the pound from the gold standard. He lists the further adverse factors: the weakening of Greek export trade, Australian competition, the 'Buy british' movement, the poor quality of the currant, and credit anxiety arising from the retrenchment of English capital. He foresees that even half the former quantity will be difficult to sell in England next year. Though himself ruined, he has remained in London for two months at his own expense to study the matter and intends to prolong his stay in order to see the situation settle.
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173.389.020 p. 5

Original text (diplomatic transcription)

OCR: needs review · claude/opus · Agreement of two readings 0.97

5 ἐπιόντος ἔτους ὄντως προβληματικὴ ἡ διοχέτευσις εἰς τὴν Ἀγ- γλίαν καὶ αὐτῆς ἔτι τῆς ἀναλογούσης ποσότητος πρὸς τὴν ἡμίσειαν τῆς ἄχρι τοῦδε καταναλισκομένης. Καίτοι, κι ἐγὼ αὐτός, συμπίπτει νὰ εἶμαι κατεστραμμένος ἐκ τῆς φορᾶς τοιούτων δυσμενῶν περιστατι- κῶν, ἐν τούτοις ἀπεφάσισα νὰ ἔλθω ἐνταῦθα, ἵνα ἐκ τοῦ σύν- εγγυς παρακολουθήσω τὴν ἄλυσσον τῶν ἀφορμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀντιληφθῶ ἅμα ἰδίοις ὄμμασι τὰς μεταξὺ τούτων ἐκδηλουμένας σχέσεις ἢ ἐπιπλοκάς, τὰς τοσοῦτον ἐπαχθῶς καὶ ἀποσυνθετικῶς ἄλλως τε συνεργούσας εἰς ἀπώτερον καὶ ὁλοσχερῆ ἴσως ἐκμηδενι- σμὸν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ταύτῃ τοῦ εἴδους ἡμῶν. Ἀπὸ δύο ἤδη μηνῶν, ὄχι ἐκ βάρους ὀργανισμοῦ ἢ τάξεώς τινος, ἀλλὰ δι᾽ ἰδίων μου ἐξόδων παραμένων ἐνταῦθα διὰ τὴν σύγχρονον μελέτην τοῦ σπουδαιοτάτου ζητήματος, ὀφείλω νὰ ὁμολογήσω, ὅτι, τοιαύτη ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω συντελεῖται διάσπασις ἢ μεταμόρφωσις τῶν ἐπικρατούντων ἐνταῦθα τρόπων, συστημά- των ἢ συνθηκῶν, ἐν τῇ ἐννοίᾳ τῆς τε ἐμπορίας, ὡς καὶ τῆς κατα- ναλώσεως τῆς ἑλλην. σταφίδος, ὥστε αἰσθάνομαι τὴν ἀνάγκην νὰ παρατείνω ἔτι τὴν ἐνταῦθα παραμονήν μου, ἐπὶ σκοπῷ ὅ- πως, ἐν τῇ ἐπαλλήλῳ τούτων ῥοῇ, ἀρυσθῶ σαφῆ εἰκόνα τῆς ὁρι- στικῆς τούτων ἀποκρυσταλλώσεως. Ἤδη νῦν ἐν ῥευστῷ ἔτι διατε-

Stamps and notes

  • stamp circular collection stamp (Benaki/ΜΠΗ), illegible lower right, over the last line
  • other ε left margin beside first line

Uncertain readings

  • κι ἐγὼ abbreviated/ligatured form in cursive; could also be κ᾽ ἐγὼ
  • συμπίπτει letter forms ambiguous; read from context
  • ἄλυσσον λ resembles γ in this hand; spelling with double σ as it appears
  • ἀποσυνθετικῶς middle letters unclear
  • διάσπασις could be διάπλασις
  • συνθηκῶν letter forms unclear
  • Ἤδη partly covered by stamp
  • ῥευστῷ partly covered by stamp; ending uncertain

Demotic Greek

5 ερχόμενο έτος πράγματι προβληματική η διοχέτευση στην Αγγλία ακόμη και της ποσότητας που αντιστοιχεί στο μισό της μέχρι τώρα καταναλισκόμενης. Αν και κι εγώ ο ίδιος συμβαίνει να είμαι κατεστραμμένος από το ρεύμα τέτοιων δυσμενών περιστάσεων, εντούτοις αποφάσισα να έρθω εδώ, για να παρακολουθήσω από κοντά την αλυσίδα αυτών των αιτίων και να αντιληφθώ συνάμα με τα ίδια μου τα μάτια τις σχέσεις ή τις επιπλοκές που εκδηλώνονται μεταξύ τους, οι οποίες συνεργούν τόσο επαχθώς και αποσυνθετικά άλλωστε σε έναν απώτερο και ίσως ολοσχερή εκμηδενισμό του προϊόντος μας στη χώρα αυτή. Εδώ και δύο ήδη μήνες, όχι με έξοδα κάποιου οργανισμού ή τάξης, αλλά με δικά μου έξοδα, παραμένοντας εδώ για τη σύγχρονη μελέτη του σπουδαιότατου ζητήματος, οφείλω να ομολογήσω ότι τέτοια προς το χειρότερο συντελείται διάσπαση ή μεταμόρφωση των τρόπων, συστημάτων ή συνθηκών που επικρατούν εδώ, τόσο ως προς το εμπόριο όσο και ως προς την κατανάλωση της ελλην[ικής] σταφίδας, ώστε αισθάνομαι την ανάγκη να παρατείνω ακόμη την παραμονή μου εδώ, με σκοπό, μέσα στην αλληλοδιάδοχη ροή τους, να αντλήσω σαφή εικόνα της οριστικής αποκρυστάλλωσής τους. Ήδη τώρα βρίσκονται ακόμη σε ρευστή

Turkish

5 İngiltere'ye, şimdiye kadar tüketilen miktarın yarısına denk gelen miktarın bile sevk edilmesi gerçekten sorunlu hâle gelmektedir. Her ne kadar ben de kendim, tesadüfen bu tür elverişsiz koşulların darbesiyle yıkılmış durumda olsam da, yine de buraya gelmeye karar verdim; amacım bu nedenlerin zincirini yakından izlemek ve aynı zamanda aralarında ortaya çıkan ilişkileri veya iç içe geçmeleri, ürünümüzün bu ülkede daha ileri ve belki tam bir yok oluşuna çok ağır ve ayrıca çözücü biçimde katkıda bulunan bu ilişkileri kendi gözlerimle görmektir. İki aydır, herhangi bir kuruluşun veya sınıfın yükü olmaksızın, kendi masraflarımla burada kalarak bu pek önemli meselenin eşzamanlı incelenmesiyle uğraşıyorum; itiraf etmeliyim ki, Yunan kuru üzümünün hem ticareti hem de tüketimi bakımından burada egemen olan yöntemlerin, sistemlerin veya koşulların parçalanması veya dönüşümü öyle kötüye doğru gerçekleşmektedir ki, burada kalışımı daha da uzatma gereğini duyuyorum; amacım, bunların birbirini izleyen akışı içinde, kesin kristalleşmelerinin açık bir görüntüsünü edinmektir. Bunlar şu anda bile hâlâ akışkan bir

English

5 coming year the channelling into England of even the quantity corresponding to half of that hitherto consumed becomes truly problematic. Although I too myself happen to be ruined by the onslaught of such adverse circumstances, I nevertheless decided to come here, in order to follow at close hand the chain of these causes, and to perceive at the same time with my own eyes the relations or complications manifested among them, which so burdensomely and, moreover, disintegratingly cooperate towards the further, and perhaps total, annihilation of our commodity in this country. For two months now, not at the charge of any organization or class, but remaining here at my own expense for the simultaneous study of this most important question, I must confess that such a breakup or transformation for the worse is taking place in the methods, systems or conditions prevailing here, in the sense both of the marketing and of the consumption of the Greek currant, that I feel the need to prolong my stay here still further, with the aim of drawing, in their successive flux, a clear picture of their definitive crystallization. Already now, while still in a fluid

Open issues

p.KindLanguageTextDetail
5uncertain_readingκι ἐγὼabbreviated/ligatured form in cursive; could also be κ᾽ ἐγὼ
5uncertain_readingσυμπίπτειletter forms ambiguous; read from context
5uncertain_readingἄλυσσονλ resembles γ in this hand; spelling with double σ as it appears
5uncertain_readingἀποσυνθετικῶςmiddle letters unclear
5uncertain_readingδιάσπασιςcould be διάπλασις
5uncertain_readingσυνθηκῶνletter forms unclear
5uncertain_readingἬδηpartly covered by stamp
5uncertain_readingῥευστῷpartly covered by stamp; ending uncertain
5ocr_review8 uncertain spans in 183 words; agreement of two readings 0.97
5translation_uncertain_sourceelκι ἐγὼ αὐτός, συμπίπτειΑβέβαιες αναγνώσεις στην πηγή· το «κι ἐγώ» (δημοτική μορφή) είναι ασυνήθιστο στο καθαρεύουσα ύφος της επιστολής, ενώ η φράση «Καίτοι… αὐτός» θα ήταν πλήρης χωρίς αυτό.
5translation_uncertain_sourceelἄλυσσονΟρθογραφικά αλλοιωμένη μορφή του «ἄλυσιν» (αλυσίδα). Αποδόθηκε ως «αλυσίδα».
5translation_uncertain_sourceelἐν ῥευστῷ ἔτι διατε- / λούκιων καταστάσειΗ λέξη «⟦λούκιων⟧» στην αρχή της σελίδας 6 δεν αναγνωρίζεται· αναμένεται το συνέχισμα «διατε-λούντων» («βρισκόμενων») ή «διατε-λούσῃ». Αφέθηκε αμετάφραστη. Η διαίρεση της λέξης «διατε-/λ…» μεταξύ των σελίδων διατηρήθηκε στο σχήμα της μετάφρασης.
5translation_uncertain_sourcetrκι ἐγὼ αὐτός, συμπίπτειBelirsiz okumalar; 'ben kendim de … yıkılmış bulunmama rağmen' biçiminde yorumlanmıştır.
5translation_uncertain_sourcetrδιατε-Cümle sayfa sonunda 'διατε-' ile kesilir; sayfa 6'nın ilk sözcüğü ⟦λούκιων⟧ belirsiz bir okumadır ve 'διατελούσῃ/διατελοῦντα' benzeri bir biçimin (bulunmak) bozuk okuması olabilir. 'bir durumda bulunan' diye çevrilmiştir.
5translation_uncertain_sourceenδιατε- / λούκιωνThe last word of page 5 is split ('διατε-') and its continuation at the head of page 6 is transcribed as ⟦λούκιων⟧, which is not a Greek word. It is probably a form of 'διατελούσῃ' ('being/remaining'), as in 'ἐν ῥευστῷ ... καταστάσει' ('in a fluid state'). The word is left as ⟦…⟧ on page 6, and the sense 'is still in a fluid state' is given on the strength of the surrounding words.