Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-29
ENGLISH AND
FRENCH To BE
WORLD TONGUES
Professor D'AVeSne Sees Them
As Two Languages Which
Will Dominate
WHY THEY WILL WIN OUT
French Tongue Second Today
in Usage in Many Lands


The inevitable predomiuance Of the
EnsIish and French tongues after the
war is the subject OF an interesting art-
Gle complied from authoritative statis-
tics by Professor a. d'Avesne OF Boston,
who is on tour as lecturer Tor the army
y vi. q, a RE beheNeS HoNiiiIE tgA soy
/ lhe progress OF ftthtu anu L's''s g
world TONGUES aliet lae wal p,
Professor AFeShe says IN part as 4o'-
IN +i,,.s 4,,,t. s,9f ,,o,.e now whom
l,,,.,,, n, +,,,5t. ,. fr,,sr7itte5 from one
- cf fbn atorI5 IN tbe otber II, bnf a
gl,,. ~ -,tt.s ls,+g,,saa is o,e nj he most
st ,,e Nh f,.,c t} ,nrid
WIZ LIZ -,ri,,, AZ M ratfon ~ lie
eoT,ngctS fr5itfuI ana also lasting the
1-irtor, Of he Allies Win have To he kent
ana strenctnened on the economic and
social basis In order 10 achieve the
ruin OF pam Gcrmapism and make forever
ip1nossihlc lis ambitions it is necessary
That the alliance OF English and French
realize absolutely the Entente Cordiale on
Inc linguistic ground To use She OK
preston OF A. DaNzat the necessity OF
such an Entente is clearly seen iES' o4
all dictated ny motives of national orders.
common not only 10 France and her A.
lies. but also 20 most OF inc nentral
countries and most especially 10 the
United states.
The STRENGTH of this Entente is the fact
that IL Gives the solution of the prob
len, which for generations pcople have
tried 10 solve without succeeding. how
evorl through means which could have
6ad bnt 1fttIa' chance for success. since
rbs,. y,era ,1trar1y, superficial This prob
lem I'm which an the countries OF the
world have been deeply interested is that
nf "a Universal language.
t.,,a.siI,i,;,,, Of ~, ,,,,io,,a Ian, s,,are
me lInpqsslplllty o. an u45lu' ,"i,Fu'<5o
i'8a ueot' 0e ilioltSl s. esu - 80 ~ -, 80
esSa5y - 5il'eat ,i4el,, i.gor,9 IL ne
,,nti5
......t-.... t.,,+
hHsuail Us sue nus W ,1'.E 9p' Iit y w.. w.,
fthe pehtt 1tiyt aStTt4@'!t vt !" - rs 80
,HfoH6houl tus 100 u i5o> 49,,
nY the nunoef o. lllu'y iVt'S ~ NJ 49,,
u as maternal laloSHl. put r. ti'T t11
OF nose VINO nav" lfaflleu " nes' t'lq'5
national lanS ana use u 40 4" s'oNiN
one
ID Is therefore, OF small Importance
that hnguisticslly speaking, we count 80
millions of Germans or 20 millions OF
~ aus ssfH5 millions 81 I5asI1eif
people, when the question Is TO Know
which Isl the language most widely known
outside the country's frontiers
From this standpoint, the question Is
all to the advantage of the French ono
Of the reasons being that German or Rus
anyone understands OF speaks Russian
outside Of Russia As for German If we
make exception Of the three states where
10 is one of the principal national Ian
It's utility is limited to its frontiers and Of
no account outside Of Europe to such
an extent, that according to German
DR. MOienaar, English had taken Its
place on the very steamships coming
into Hamburg Notwith Sstandins ne neg
etnonY OF germany III f"'ioPt uu! NE 1lle
past half century. German lad gained ouJ
little ground, and IN order 10 expand
their economic influence m the CONNER
ciai world. the Germans were onliged 10
use the languages oil thef competitors
II not their enemies
The German language was almost Of
ficfaNv banished from Hungary, and the
highly educated Hungariaus even af-
fected not to understand H. After the
final break. This tendency will be ac-
centusted so that the Germanic influ-
ence win he Of no effect in tho non
C;eru7anic states Of The dual empire.
French is much more widely known I'm
German styifzerland than German is I'm
E'ranch -cuifzorland Denmark and Swe-
de7, sem, ia he fbe only C;errnanlc
cctI,,friee ,,,here ar, accoIint of reograDb-
icsi r.n,-jrniffes and commercial relations.
scrr,1,a14 ig tpc baet l,noy0n foreien Ian
mag i-l'''' This is but a small advance con
siJa7ire, +ba LsrLZrard sfen n win have
Holland two equally C1PTyu4nic countries