Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-24
TELLS OF USE
OF ESPERANT0
Letter Written to New York
Globe of H. W. Fisher.

Esperantists of Perth Amboy and vi
entity will be interested In the follow
ing communication by H. W. Fisher and
published in the New York Globe Mon
day;
Editor Of The Globe, SRI have no.
ted with much interest In your columns
letters relative to the merits of Esper-
anto and lido. This subject has fire.
quently been discussed, and always
without any apparent advantage on
either side relative to the merits of
one language above the other. I have
discussed the subject with linguists,
who have made a careful comparison,
and believe the general opinion is that
lido is constructed 80 as to possess GER
tain advantages for French and En-
glish speaking nations, while Esperan-
to is better adapted for an in~ternation-
al language.
Be that as it may, L hold that any
differences between the merits Of the
languages are insignificant compared
with the all-important fact that Es-
peranto is established, and, to my GER
tain knowledge, has developed at a re-
markable rate during. the last three
years. In substantiation of this I
could give an array of facts, but one
or two will be sufficient.
The Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce has recently commissioned D. E.
Parrish, who knows only two languages,
English and Esperanto, to give descrip,
tive lectures throughout Europe, Asia
Minor, and Northern Africa relative to
the advantages of living in California.
He has been provided with a complete
~stereopticon outfit by the Chamber of
Commerce, and he will use Esperanto In
most of his lectures, which will extend
over a period Of one and one-half years.
1t is self-evident to any one that a
practical commercial organization like
the aforementioned would not incur SO
great an expense without positive as
surance and proofs that Mr.. Parrish, in
this manner, will reach a large number
of intelligent and desirable persons who
would make good California citizens.
Moreover, the news of this trip will I'M
doubtedly be printed in most of the
120 or more Esperanto journals, and
thus further advertise California. I'm
doubtedly these and other considera-
tons led to this undertaking, which is
a shrewd and far-reaching move on the
part of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce.
The Commercial Club of Portland,
having a membership of 1900, has just
issued an illustrated booklet in Esper-
anto relative to the State of Oregon. In
this book the club states that their
foreign advertisements in Esperanto
brought better returns than their ad-
vertisements by other means.
In conclusion, the playwright, Iris
tan Bernard and his colleagues recent
ly made a test to see which language
could be best used in making transla-
tons from French into their languages.
A prominent man of letters, Abel Her
mant, furnished the French text, an
original composition of living, varied,
and rich style. This, by experts, was
translated into English, German, Span
ish, Italian, Russian and Esperanto.
Then another set of experts made the
TRANSACTIONS back into French. Mr.. Ber-
petition at the Theatre Ferina, in Par
is, on February %. He said the jury
was astonished to find that the Italian
and Esperanto double TRANSACTIONS re-
produced the original text almost ex-
actly Spanish and English coming next.
AS a result of this test, Mr.. Bernard
stated that hereafter he will have his
translations made by means of Esper-
anto experts. This is a remarkable
confirmation of the often claimed fex-
ibilty Of Esperanto and the accuracy
with which translations can be repro
dueed by it and ought to remove all
doubts in regard to this fundamental
requirement of an international Ian
guage. H. W. FISHER.
Perth Amboy n. j. May 70.