Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-13
An Artificial Speech Which Is
Receiving Attention. Of
Nearly All Nations.
EXPECTED TO Be USED IN
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
Grammar Simple. Root Words but
Few While Vocabulary Is
Almost Without Limit.
ey sllas &. SNYDER.
CnrroHnondauco

EspefantO7
70 not you probably viii some day
fur % 20 the instrument with which
scientists propose Co batter down the
barriers of nations that al men may
speak one tongue and be brothers.
e IL worth while 90 give Esperanto
serious consideration before ID u ab.
s0lutely forced upon us for Il Is no
lad; but a practical linguistic struct.
ure erected according 90 scientific
principles and upon tho true. funda-
mental laws Of grammur. 10 must not
bee COMPOUNDED with "Volapuk" which
never was practicable and which pass
cd into a deserved oblivion after a
brief existence as a fad.
Freshmen entering college this tam
may fiad Esperanto Included IN the
curriculum. before thoy matriculato as
seniors, and IL this 90 feh.ised toe
language will be- taught IN l4a prs.
mary grades of tho public schula 40
Is now being done Ia Switzerland. ln
American colleges there are already
more tnan fifty Esperanto clubs made
up Of students and members OF the
faculty. while all educational socie.
ties and journals are devuting
Thought and space 10 Il. In Europe
hundreds OF thousands Of people
speak, write and read Il and at the
Esperanto congress held az Boulogno-
sur'ker In 1905 three thousand per.
sons representing fifteen countries Al.
tended
Even Japan has taken Il up and rs
Esperanto association has undertaken
| a propaganda under the direction Of
% committee composed OF three odi'
tors, professors from the imperial
universities and high schools, and
the secretary OF the Japan Foreign
Trade association. with tho result
that grammar Ia Japanese charac.
ter IL ready for the press
hy special order from the officers
OF the French army studying the new
language ana Il is proposed that ev.
cry government officer Of the French
nation whether OF the army, navy.
/ diplomatic service of other branch
shan be able 90 read, write aud speak
I On Espemnto, as the government gees
/ in Il International medium uf oniciil
| intercourse which d. soon TO become
universal.
Canada, England. Italy, spalu.
Prussia, Sweden, Belgium, Roumania,
! Algeria and india an have long ago
taken up the study and the most On.
| thuslasiic Esporaniists are the men
who have international business 10
transact. In Germany trade workers
/ such a. litnographeFa and printers
/ nave adopted the language officially
aud u VIII be used in their congresses
and conventions.
In SPAIN the army has adopted Il
and % Nalcnce a regular school 10
Kept for instruction Vt military Off.
GERS, while AZ Geneva, Ia Swiizog.
land. thousands Of the population
speak Esperanto and delight IN a.
Bohemia has sent an Esperanto
section 10 the Earl's Court e1hibi-
ton In London that has attracted
great attention In England and the
/ English press is deyOting columns OF
space 20 iis discussion and no word
Is said except In favor u Il as the
greatest medium yet discovered for
the promotion OF the worlds fratern-
! ity.
Al this rate We may soon look for
an Esperanto literature. for Ia Gene.
va. they are singing songs and acting
dramas Ia the new tongue and am
Esperanto publication tells ST. de-
voices weekly, the news OF the
world and the progress OF the Ian
EnaEe, while Freemaaoua, Christian
Endeavorere and other societies OF
world wide scope advocate its study
Tor use In the International congress.
es ana correspondence.
! Il iH, therefore, not 90 be thought
OF that great educational expoai.
lion like that 20 be held on the shores
Iof Hampton Roads near the city Of
/ Norfolk Va, Ia 1907 Ia celebration OF
of the three hundTedth anniversary
of the settlement Of jamestown
should overlook the development ana
propagation Of this wonderful Ian.
Z guagQ, and, 90 the end that Esperanto
may be- officially introduced 20 tho
American people the department. OF
congresses and special events have
invited the EspeTnntiaia of the world
% meet in international congress az
the lamestOWn exposition They viii
also be invited 10 make an exhibit
and viii be given a special day and
/ permission 90 draw np o program 20
suit themselves. u the very bands
play in strange tongue On that day
/ you'll know rs Esperanto.
The study OF The creation OF Esper.
anio II extremely interesting After
the failure OF Volapuk zamenhof. "a
Russian servant. took up the study of
a universal language. ana writing an.
ior the name OF Esperanto developed
the artificial tongue which has made
him famous. He recognized that " q
new language was 90 be made att
tfactive e must be- made easy and
he flrft set about constructing a
grammar that might be- mastered In
an hour lie eliminated an rules not
absolutely required in the conatruc.
ton of a logical sentence ana ignored
entirely an exceptions.
His next concern was the vocthu,
larry for 10 Is che creates, number Of
roota the vast variety Of words. that
puzzles most the student Of foreign
language. Az case Ia point take the
eNpreasiona We have in English %
eei forth the ldoas suggested 81 the
one conception uf death. dead. dead.
~ 90 die. mortal 90 kill. 10 murder.
suicide. to commit homicide. mortal.
] ~ etc Hamenh0f Fd himself ~ this
greet numler 81 ro0tg by selecting
one and BY means Of a system 81 pre-.