The Washington times., 1915-10-14
Hyman, Levine Narrates
{ Some Incidents That lndi-
cate How Scientific Lam
guage Has Softened Wars
Horrors.
On Battlefield and In Hos
pital Fellowship Has Been
Developed and Practical
Value Demonstrated, AS
serts Lecturer and Teacher
of Esperanto.

fkT sPhKAN X NJ ~ ru,mrs with
the hope that their lam
- guaRe will eventually be
a strong factor In preventing an
other war. There Is always bond
Of sympathy between those speak
ing the same language"
Such was the statement made
today by Hyman Levine. who is to
speak on Esperanto at Work. at
the Public Library this evening. In
further explanation he continued:
There is ample proof for what !
have said You know the way that
the people speaking English are
at heart sympathizing with the
English in this war. while the
German speaking people sympa-
thize with the Germans. To be
sure. the causes OF war are largely
economic. but common speech
would do much to obviate the dif-
culties which may inausurate tho
unpleasantnees between nations.
Brotherhood Of Speech.
Esperanto has already been In
valuable since the beginning Of the
present war. II so happened that
a congress OF Esperantists was
scheduled to begin it's sessions at
Paris on August I. 1914, Just two
days before the beginning OF the
war. Even at that time 300 dele
eating had assembled. Though a
number were called home to mill
best OF friends. and their brother
hood OF speech came to rescue more
than once when II was necessary
to cross hostile territory on tho
journey homeward
There are other cases where the
practical side Of Esperanto has been
proved 1t has frequently occurred
that when the Russians took num-
Der OF German prisoners and found
II difficult to communicate with them
they chose a German who spoke Es-
peranto and communicated with his
comrades through him. Numbers OF
times Esperantists have been able to
Esperan prisoners OF other ma
tionalities.
"At present there are several Red
Cross ambulances operating along
the western battle lines with doctors
and nurses speaking Esperanto. By
English Esperantist raised a fund
for purchasing ambulances and fur
ther assisting Red Cross work.
TT0CtIC8I 8luCs
Much practical assistance has
been given by Esperantists In sup
plying news of friends and relatives
to soldiers In the contending armies.
More than ~ men have volunteered
their services In this work. which 10
carried on in Switzerland. at Gene
va, l think. The Swiss government
carries such mail FREQ. and has do
mated the use OF government build
ings for the purpose,
you may conceive what has
been accomplished when ! tell you
that in the three months from last
October to last January the COM
mitttc OF 200 communicated with
800 900 prisoners and 1900 other
soldiersi wI9te n@n S ,sS;9oS Letters str ana ana
forwarded 7so, 900 psckages. 9s0.o00
clippings from magazines and
ntwspapers, and 400.0o francs
$50, ,6oo6 In cash. Esperantists
subscribed 100000 francs, or $50.
900. for this. ArRentinians con-
tributing $4,000 francs.
Issue Bulletins.
at tho beginning Of the war
Germany found some difficulty In
transmitting her official ANNOUNCE
ment. Of what the armies were
accomplishing. Al length the Es-
peranto societies OF the empire be.
gan Issuing bulletins on yellow
paper, giving the authorized &C
count Of progress in all campaigns
These were SO satisfactory that
the German government began Is
suing illustrated letins. semi
nonthls. In Esperanto. For people
in the empire these cost -four