Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22

fruitfulness is indicated in the follow
ing excerpts from q letter from w. NJ.
Page, an Edinburgh solicitor and pres
ident of the Esperanto Society of that
city:
II feel greatly honored in being able
TO render the League any assistance In
its propaganda and IL I can further
aid tt in any way / shall be very
pleased.
II purpose to distribute copies of
the message to readers of The Esper-
anto Monthly in non-English-speak-
ing lands and am offering copies to
any readers requesting them. The
folders have arrived opportunity, as
the September number will contain
an article on the League of Nations.
The remaining copies will be deliv-
cred TO the Esperanto societies.
May I be allowed to congratulate
you on this method Of propaganda ?
Printed matter in Esperanto is prac-
tically certain to be read by every Es-
perantist who receives It."
Esperanto As n Propaganda Tool.
A similar expression OF opinion
reached the League from n French
soldier who received Mr.. Taft's adj
dress through the Paris Esperanto
Group.
Permit the modest French soldier
that I am" he writes, ito send to you
my hearty congratulations for the fine
idea of printing your message in Es-
peranto; 1t doubly made my heart beat
because I had often asked myself
when the time would come hat the
usefulness Of Esperanto as a tool of
propaganda would be appreciated in
this war and hat no practical society
of nations can exist until Esperanto
shall be accepted as an international
auxiliary language.
ITO those who doubt the usefulness
of an international language I can only
say: Let them come to France and
they will see the differences which we
are constantly having with our allied
brothers and they will understand that
without an easy language. such as Es-
peranto, no language. even English,
car possibly succeed"
The same hearty cooperation and
appreciation evinced by Mr.. Page of
Edinburgh was found generally by the
League in the Esperantist centers of
Great Britain. Franco and the United
States. Everywhere Mr.. Taft's declar-
alton: I'VE of this League, who are the
most peace-loving people of this most
peace-loving nation, now that the in
dependence and liberty of the world
are at stake and it's permanent peace
is attacked by brute force, have drawn
the sword and have thrown away the
%scabbard," met with applause and the
promise of assistance.
job for America and Great Britain,
'The aim of our society is in con-
formity to the internal idea of Esper-
anto,' writes Il. r. Blackett of Bath,
England, and also to the English
League OF Nations Society," To this
last l have already Joined and I intend
to sustain 1t according to what spall
influence l have. If our two nations
insistently labor to make stand this
world tie possible they will he able to
achieve the project aimed for"
c. d. Gibson. another English Es-
perantist, writes as follows:
Truly your printed matter gives
voice to my sentiment. We must
battle. battle and always battle
against the German nation until the
spirit of peace shall vanquish the
spirit Of strife.
when one thinks about the cruel
acts of the so-called 'Kulturists' one
people of the whole world If the pro-
~pagandists of German Kultur were to
succeed"
81 AA3BO VI Il
enlists in these words:
Having just read your call to the
Esperantists Of the world 1 hasten to
send TO you my allegiance to your most
interesting movement. My capabili-
ties. although weak, are, from now
on, entirely at your disposal"
Hughes Gauthey. another Partisan
Esperantist, writes that he has been
deeply touched by the message to
~Esperantists, that the ideals expressed
by Mr.. Taft are his ideals, beautifully
and sincerely voiced, and that he
awaits only further information con-
corning the League to Enforce Peace
to become an ardent propaganda for
1t. Like several others he suggests
that III adoption of the international
language would facilitate the work of
the League.
Virtually all of the letters received
in response to the message addressed
to ~Esperantists were written in Esper-
anto.
In using Esperanto for propaganda
purposes the League to Enforce
Peace is turning against Germany a
weapon which she sought at first to
use in her own behalf. German pro-
pagandists turned to 1t early in the
war. believing APPARENTLY that among
the Esperantists were to be found in
ternationalists and ll-balanced radi-
calls on whose sympathies they could
play to the disadvantage of the Allied
nations.