The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-12
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Registered In sy@anlSof's ! address,
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ciattoa, oticiail il 4. reafs J Bred! Sixty
jonggpsls in or,;ab6ak Nm ian guagea are
pqR4sehd ~ every carnar Of the
,sASah, including Peru, Roumania,
Bakil, Algiers. adaeAsaar, Japan,
Bohemia, and f:haA, and, On suoh subs
iebts as, sciences meS&fcahe, relisions
soclAlism. paci4sm humor, com
merle. lAerAtGre. christian Endeavot
and teeShtnG.s MSrs than 2. 900 booltl
AayessasxSed m ahe language, VIII
transaattons from SHAKESPEARE. Goe-
the, Schiller. .M9lisSR. the Pible, and
scientific works, BESIDES not. FEW
imnertant original prodactions. The
International - language is otf1ciaty
recognizeasby> the sEoHdon Chamber
Of Commerce, the French TourinE
cob, College de France, the Internal
tionaf Peace Oongfess, the United So.
cieties OF Christiaa Endeavors and
the Independent Order Of Good
Templars, *. -. -
Four international;sE peranto4 con-
crosses have, been, held to date, sue
oesstyelys, in France, Switzerland,
England and Germany. Each Of these
gathering lasts a; week and all bush,
ness, Gncluding PROPAGANDA of the
language, questions OF. International
interest aud sectional meetings Il; for
the: furtherance. Of every braneA Of
human aetivityl,. isseonducted In Es-
peranto. At the last congress-, held
ihIDresdep. Germany, 1900 delegates
represented SIS eoQntries. of the
world. Tie United: States govern
ment was officially represented by
Surgeon Major Bszaa H., Straub, Of,
Washington, One otsthe many inter-,
esttng features Of this odhgfesseatwSS
a play rendered In Esperanto, its ~
characters beingarspAeeented by per
sons Of II diff&fent nations, the
principal role being played by a New
York actress, The next World Con-.
gress Of Esperanto will be held next
August at Chautauqaa, IN. Y, under
the: auspices of5the sShautauqua In
stitntion; whose curriculum now In.
cludes the international. language.
The permanencel of Esperanto is as
sursd> by the following considera-
tiora: ,..~
i. An International language Is
needed. To disucss this ,point would
be to insult the intelligence of the
reader: -, ~ -.
>2lS An International language is
possible It's possibilityrand adVan-
tage' nave been demonstrated by the
congresses referred to above. ..,"@. -.
Common senae Guarantees and
history demonstrates that, that which
Is DOLE needed; and possible will some
day he completely esta blished. -.
l.. No national language Ais the
DIE English, spoken by only $780,
100000, against@a world population
ora 1900 100000 is not universal.
Every other national tongue iseless
so: International rivalry absolutely
Preeludes the consideration OF anY
natural tongue for the International
role The only practical language,
which offends no one and has certain
advantages of its own =, These ad-
Vantages are. FIRST, ease of sacghfre-
ment Esperanto may be learned in
three months); second, d1more .seien-
tine medium-for being information
al IN character, 1t answers better to
needs, than a national
tongue that is designed to serve a
single race. ..'.r
.. Esperanto can have no. artifi-
cIak rivals. 1t has mons at present
though there have been. mo- less. than
zoo attempts in, the last 800 years to
introduce an international auxiliary
language. Now that Esperanto. has
thoroughly entrenched itself in. prac-
tlce' the VeSy idea Of International
language declares that there shall
De put one, such, and, that. future
changes shall be introduced gradual
~ INTO the particular language that
has captured the field. ~ - .'|..> ..
These principles being bedrock,
we can readily see that Esperanto is
simply an historical instieabiof,, just
as the alphabet or printing.
ANY information concerning the
international language will be cheer
TT1Ipleyj furnished Con receipt of! post
agea 10y the West ~Virsisis4 Gsneras1
20 association, Secretary; Herbert M