The times., 1897-11-23
MARK TWAIN IL VIENNA.
A Literal Translation OF His Speech
Before the Press Club.

Il
tFrom the New York 3ournaI)
''It has me deeply touched, my gentle
men, here so Hospitality received 10 be
from colleagues cut o fmyown profession, III
this from my own home 50 far distant land.
Ny heart is fun of gratitude, but my Pow
erty of German words forces me to crater
economy % the expression. Excuse you.
my gentlemen. that read off, what you
say Will.
..The German language speak I not
good, but / have numerous oOhnCiGeurs
me assured that her write like an angel
Maybe moybe-I know not That comes
Iater-when 1t the dear Col please-it has
no hurry.
''Since long, my gentlemen, have :he
passienate longing nursed speech on ''fr-
man to hold, but one has me it not per
mitIed. Men, who no feeling for tue art
had Iai1 me ever hindrances IN the way
and made naught mvdesire Sometime by
excuses, often by force Always sail
these :aen to me: Keep YOU still, yoar
bighnessl .5flencel For Gods sake seeS
another way and niea ms yourself obnpSio1s
10 make"
In the present case, as usual. IL Is
me difficult become, Iof Inc the per MS
sion IT, ortein. The committee sorrow ID
deeply, but it could me the permission
not grant On account of a law which
from the concordia demands she shall
the German language protect. D1 Iebe
zeit! IIowso had one to me this say couid
might -cared-should2 l am, ind ed, ,ne
tTuest friend of the German Ianguage-lId
not only now, but from long since-ycs.
| before twenty years already. and :Iever
have / the desire had the noble language
TO hurt. to the Contrary. only wished he
to iInproye-l would her ouly reform. It
is the dream of my life been. l have r
ready visits by the various German gov
eTnnients paid, and for contracts prayed.
l am now 10 Austria in the same task
| come. l wOGld only some changes effect
l would only the Language method--he
luxurious, elaborate Construction compress.
The eternal parenthesis SUPPRESS do away
, with, annifilate; the introduction of more
| than thirteen subjects in one sentence for
bid; the vert so far TO the front pull that
one it without a telescope discover 'dn-
With one word, my gentlemen, | woald
your beloved language simplify so that,
my gentlemen, when you her for pTa fer
need, One her yonder-up Understands
Il beseech you, from ME yourself coun-
sci to- let, execute these mentioned r.
forms. Then win you an elegant language
| possess, and afJerward when yo1 some
thing say viii, VIII You at least yourself
understand what you said had. But often
nowadays, when you a mile1oEg sentence
| from You given and you yourself somewhat
| have rested. then must you touching il
| quisitivrneSs nave yourself t. detern.in..
what you actually spoken have. Before
| several days has the correspondent of
| local paper q sentence constructed whicil
/ hundred and twelve words contain, aud
| therein We're seven parentheses smuggle,l
/ in, and the subject seven times changed.
! Think YOU only, my gentlemen, in the
| course of the voyage Of single sentence
must the poor, prosecuted, Iatigued SUB
| Ject seven times change positioni
I Now, when We the mentioned reforms
| execute, will iu no longer so bad be-
| Dech noeh eius. l might gladly the sep
| arabic verb also little bit reform.
might none Go let what Schiller cid: he
| has the v hole history If the Thirty Years
| War bet W cen the two members of a sep
arabic verb IN pushed. That has even Ger
many itself aroused and one has Schiller
| the permission refused the History Cf tha
Hundred Years War to cumpLse-6od De
IL thanked. After all these reforms esta3
lished be Will, VIII tue German language
the fo!iest and the prettiest on the world
| be.
Since to you now, my gentlemen, the
| character % my uissicu known is, be
| seech l you so friendly % be and e
me yOnr valuable heap grant. Mr. PoetA
has tie public believed ma ke would that
TO Vienna come am III order the bridges
to clog up and the ira fife TO hinder, willis
l observations gather and note. Allow yuu
| yourselves aber nit from him deceived. Ny
| frequent presence ON tie bridges has an
entirely innocent ground. Yonder gives it
| the necessary space, yonder can one a noble
| long German sentence elaborate, the bridge
railing along, and his whole contents wi.h
one glance overlook. On the one end Gi
| the railing paste l the first member OF
| 81 separahle verb, and the final member
cleaye 7 tc the other end-then spread I
| the body of the sentence between it ont
Usually are for my purposes the bridges
of the city long enough; when I but
PoetzIs writings study will rhIe | out
AMI use the glorious endless imperial bridge
But this is a cslumny; PoetZI writes the
| prettiest German. Perhaps not so plEahIe
as the mine, hut in many details much
better. Excuse you these batteries
| These are we'll deserved.
Now my speech execute-uo, / would
say 1 bring her to tie close. / am a
foreiGner-Lut here. und er you. have l yot
it entirely forgotten. And vet again an,
50 again pFOfferI you my heartieSt tuanls -