Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30
TO SPREAD THE new LANGUAGE
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN OPEN
ED BY EsPERANTIsTS.
International Congress Will Be Held
Here Next August-District
Federation to Be Organized.

With view to teaching or interesting
as many OF the District residents as pos
stble in Esperanto preparatory to. the
sixth International Esperanto congress,
which is to be held here the third week
of August. 1910. ii was decided last night
to organize a District federation of Es-
peranto societies, to be composed Of
classes and clubs in different parts of
the city and to encourage the establish
ment of a night school in Esperanto at
the Mckinley Manual Training School
during the winter months. The decision
to- establish the federation came to a
head at big meeting Of local Esperan-
lists in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
last night.
Committee of Ten Appointed.
A committee of ten were appointed. with
instructions to take charge Of orga.liza-
tion of the federation, and second meet
ing is to be held Monday afternoon, at
which a constitution and bylaws will
be drawn up. Permanent officers Of the
new organization will probably be elected
at this meeting.
The committee appointed is composed Of
the following: j. w. Cheney, Edwin &.
Reed, William J. r.. Thomson, I. c. 1.
Evans, F. A. Preston, Prof. w. w. Spill
man, Miss Esther Josselyn Giffln. DR. B.
F. Shubert, Mrs Wilbur +. Crafts, l.. w,
Esterbrock and DR.. Ivy kelleman. I. c.
l. Evans was appointed temporary Sec
rotary and treasurer
Educational Campaign Urged.
The meeting last night was presided
over by J. w. Cheney: After stating It.
purpose, several well known Esperantists
including Prof. W. ]. Spillman. J. c. Reed
and DR.. W. j. r. Thonssen, were called
upon for addresses. Each urged the ne
cessity of awakening wide local interest
in Esperanto and the obligation placed
on American Esperantists to make the
coming congress one of the biggest and
best of its kind yet held. publicity and
educational campaign was urged. the be-
ginning of which will take form In the
small classes and clubs to be organized
throughout the city. 1t is expected that
while the federation Is gaining firm foot
hold local men and women who are famil-
lar with Esperanto will volunteer their
services as teachers for those who desire
to form classes.
Mr.. Reed. who is secretary and treas
.urer OF the Esperanto Association of
North America. referred in his address
to the congress held in Barcelona last
summer and spoke of the ease with which
foreigners communicated with each other
in the new language.
It's a peculiar thing and one which
YOU might think impossible, but there is
little or no brogue or dialect possible in
Esperanto" said Mr.. Reed. THE reason
for this Is that it only has five vowel
sounds, against fifty such sounds in Eng
lish and as many if not more in Russian
and French.
AN interesting thing during the con-
gress last summer was. the arrest of Prof.
no tixy rt,Nf f1~ hi is
alleged anarchistic activities. Prof. Fer
rer was an accomplished Esperantist and
at the time of his arrest several letters
written in Esperanto were found in his
possession. They were not revolutionary
or socialistic in their tone. however, and
the writer's escaped arrest