The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

The Esperanto language has gone
beyond the trial stage and has come
to stay, this has been proven without
doubt at the sixth International Con-
gress Of Esperanto held at Washing
ton, D. c., during August, 1910
1t has often been said when refer
ring to the Esperanto language, 1T
will never take the place of the Eng
fish language which will some day
be the world language" the German
says it will never take the place of
the German language and so doubtless
say all nationalities.
Any one understanding the matter
we'll knows that the Esperanto langu
age is not intended to take the
place" of any other language but is
firmly established as a secondary lang
uage.
Esperanto offers a language which
is adequate for all needs OF CONVEX
satiOn, commerce and literature,
which has for it's basis the common
elements of the principal European
languages.
The authors OF Esperanto simply
searched out these international
words, reduced them to the simplest
spelling, gave them a pronunciation
according to the spelling, broadened
their application by a system Of pre-
fixes and suffixes and with a grammar
so simple that it's rules can be print
ed on a postal card the language was
complete. 1t Is not a creation or an
invention, but an adoption.
You may ask: "Well, what of it,"
Take the medical profession for ex-
ample, medical experts in Toxic, st.
Petersburg. Berlin, Paris and London
are working to secure certain results
along certain lines in order to "com-
pare notes" and give each other the
benefit of their discoveries, their re-
ports must be printed in five langu
ages, they must be translated, all
must know a common language or
each must know all five of the langu-
ages current in the five different
cities, but not having that common
language they must remain to a great
er or less degree in ignorance of each
others progress.
Esperanto disposes OF that.
Then the great American question
is asked viz: Does 1t pay.
1t certainly does.
Assistant Manager Crissey Of the
Portland (Oregon) Telegram recently
inserted on advertisement in the pub
LEGATION "Amerika Esperanto" which
goes to the world speakers of this
cosmopolitan tongue: communications
from practically every country of the
globe are reaching the Commercial
Club. When Assistant Manager Girls
sew opened the morning mail he found
batch of communications with the
strangest aggregation OF postage
stamps he had ever looked upon in
one day; after examining them he
found that men in Russia, Germany,
Denmark, Belgium, the Philippines,
France. Italy, Holland, Sweden, Au-
stria, Canada. Mexico and other Am
erican countries are on the list. They
all wanted to know OF Oregon. of the
opportunities for homes in that state
and of conditions attending emigra-
ton.
At Mourmelon lie Grand, the great
French Aviation school, nothing is
spoken by the initiated among them
selves but Esperanto.
Ernest Archdeacon, who has done
much for aviation by offering prizes,
is an advocate of the universal langu-
age Henri Farman, who runs his
school for flying at Mourmelon is
master of Esperanto. and among his
pupils in flying is NJ. Ehnoff the Rus
sian: NJ. Won den Born and Nine.
Frank are proficient. The pupils are
of all nationalitiez, so perhaps that
is one reason why aviators have taken
up the language
Rut started to tell Of the Sixth
Congress.
twenty-five nations were represent
ed:
South Africa, England, Australia,
Austria. Brazil Philippines. France.
germany, Spain, China, Holland, Can
ada, Italy, Croatia. Mexico. Poland.
Porto Rico, Scotland, Russia. switz-
erland. Uruguay. Persia:
The government of Japan also sent
a delegate, Mr.. Mitsumatsu, but unfor-