Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-11
ESPERANTO.

drawn closer and closer together
through science and invention, the mat
ter Of speech has continued to be a
great handicap. Many attempts have
been made to overcome this great bar
rier between races, but most Of them
have have been doomed to failure. Nat
urally each nation thinks its Ianguage
ought to be the universal one and any
attempt to revise any one Of them SO
as to be acceptable to all has failed,
either through prejudice or impractica-
biHty.
It would seem, however, as if a brand
new language has at last been invent
ed that viii meet all requirements, and
Judging from the rapid progress it is
making throughout the world, it is des-
tined to be recognized at no great dis
tant date as the accepted international
language. We have reference to Es-
peranto. A society for the study and
propagation of this language has recent
ly been established in Perth Ambov.
Those who have gone into the study OF
the language and have read of its re
markabIe growth particularly in Eur
ope, realize that the language has more
than ordinary merit. Simple to learn,
easy to pronounce, and with a yocab-
ulary, taken from all the leading
tongues, yet withal, having an indiyid-
uality all its own so as not to favor any
one nation, Esperanto is rapidly com
ing to the front.
One Of the most recent instances Of
Esperanto being put to commercial
use is described in the following ar
ticle published in the San Francisco
Chronicle under a Los Angeles date
line:
Los Angeles, April 1t:-The ad-
vantages of California will be unique
ly boosted in $50 of the principal
cities Of Europe, Asia Minor and
North Africa by d. E. Parrish, an ex-
pert lecturer In Esperanto. He has
been commissioned by the local
Chamber of Commerce to deliver a
descriptive course, and he will devote
a year and a half to the task. He
says he will use the so-called unlver-
sal language exclusively in non-Eng-
disappearing countries, and antici-
pates no difficulty in making himself
understood. Aside from the artificial
tongue, he knows no language except
English.
The Chamber of Commerce Intends
in this way to test the claim Of the
E~spersntists throughout the world
that the composite language has
made such broad progress that 1t viii
be possible to fill a large hall in any
city of the Old World with auditors |
who can understand the speaker. |
Parrish, who Is only twenty-one years
old, has studied the language for
years and has been corresponding
with E~sperantists all over the globe |
In preparation for his undertaking.
The lectures will be free. The
Chamber of Commerce furnished
Parrish a fine s~tereOpticon outfit. He
viii leave tomorrow.
This shows a great deal Of fore
thought on the part of those California
boomers. They have doubtless learned
of the wonderful spread of Esperanto
through Europe and they propose to
address all nations, telling of the
charms of the Pacific coast, through
this one language. In 1915 the Paua-
ma Canal exposition Will be opened in
San Francisco. That city is anxious
that the Esperanto congress Of that
year meet there. BY attracting the at
%tention of ~Esperantists to California
now, a desirable class Of people is be
ing reached, many may be induced to
settle there and thus the foundation
is laid to get Esperantists from all
owe the world to visit San Francisco
four years hence.
But the advantage goes deeper than
that. There are over 100 magazines
published in Esperanto to-day. They
represent practically every civilized
country. All of these periodicals will
seize upon this article here published
to show how the language is growing
and thus California is talked about
from one end of the globe to the
other,
Again, this lecturer goes forth with
his pictures and, although speaking
only Esperanto besides his native
tongue, English, he is assured of an
audience in whatever country he visits.
All through Europe Esperanto has been
taken up ever in the small towns and
country villages. But where the Es-
perantists are not sufficiently numer-
GUS to make up an audience in them
selves, prominent E~suerautists will act