The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

! ReFresentatives OF more than trf-fv-
I fiFe nations of tine Globe gathered Al the
J Arlington Hotel today IL attendance II
! me opening OF the sixth international
. Esperanto congress
/ The picturesque flowing robes CT dele
gates from Tar OF China. the gold braid
ana ace worn by representatives Of the
+ court Of King Alfonso OF spain. and the
( native costume Of the other countries
{ represented blended into the first pic-
ture shown 20 Washington OF men who
know not the respective LANGUAGES OF
their brother delegates conversine IN a
universal tongue
Seldom, If ever before in Washing
ton. has there been witnessed such
2 demonstration Of enthusiasm with
y AIcn lne author OF the language,
II L. l. LdEuenhof. was greeted as
ne arose 10 address the congress And
lnrOughout the course of his haIf-
nour TAX ouTburSrS or applause from
nose Nno nave been drawn together
from. All over the world by hiS e@Fo-fz
were frequent As he CONCLUDED -bs
Sltlre aSseTnbiage arose and "a - the
CliAu lauQua salute midst thunderous
cheering
Presidency Transferred.
The formal transfer Of the Office OF
president 10 the sixth president. John
Barrett, Director General Of the Bu-
reau Of American Republics. and leader
OF the Esperantists of Washington: an
address By Dr.. l. l. Zamenhof. the
author OF Esperanto: election Of repre-
sentatiyes by the delegations from tbe
various countries, and presentation Of
these delegates constituted the opening
business of the congress.
MenberS OF twenty-three foreign Is
peranto organizations met according. 10
their nationality in different rooms AZ
9 O'Clock to choose their delegates ana
speakers FOR The work Of the ensuing
week
The delegates elected are Me1o
SCuZa, Brazil. Francisco Tafo~a CO
temala- Lu Ping lIeu and N7I C.lsns~
China. SrO- GUiIIiame M0ncolo H0T.
dUras, Ali Hui Khan, Persia. Cspt-
r EOStHikoN. department OF industry
ana eYnliaeFcs or RUSSIa5 tenOr Lui-
gos Muaoz- Uruguay
OIIer representatives were Dr. II
W Nemaus- War Department
Charles Stewart. NAVY Dena-fnle--t
Mr. Wolcott and +. c. Reed Interior
department V g. DibbIe. depart
ment Of education of North Carolina.
81 JOAQUIN Bernardo CalvO. Costa
klcan minister TO the United States.
representing the department of ed
UcAtion of his country.
President Barrett II.
Immediately following these eIecticns
the vice president Of the last congress
which met et Barcelona. Spain, Captain
PerogordO, transferred the Office of
president OF the congress 70 the head
OF the local Esperantists. This is usu-
ally done by the former president, but
in the absence Of Sro. Frederico Puiu-
Ia Wales, the honor fell to Captain
PerOrgordo- 8Ir- Barrett being absent
because Of illness. he received the pres
ideuCy through the local vice president
Dr H BV. Temans.
According 10 custom all business was
conducted IN the Esperanto language
and all addresses likewise were In Fs-
peranto- Dr.. Zamenhof PRAISED the
congress for the work IL has accom-
pliSheo IN the twenty-five years the
world has known the language. Of which
he Is the author he noted in partfclI-
lar the manner n which the LANGUAGE
has been adopted and fostered by vir-
tually every progressive nation, and
concluded with the prophecy that Es-
perantO VIII within the next decade be
spoken huently by every educated per
son
Dr. Zamenhof's SaIutation-
DR.. Zamenhofs saIuatfon follows
Land Of liberty. land OF the future.
I salute theeI Thou land OF which
have dreamed ana still dream multi
tudes OF the suffering and oppressed I
salute thee, Land OF a people whfch
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