The Washington herald., 1920-09-12
WANT ENGLISH
WORLD TONGUE
Logical Medium for Ex,
change Of International
Ideas, Say Germans.
BY FRANZ LEHNH0FF.
United Press stan Correspondent

Berlin. Sept. 11.-English is ia
vored in Germany as the interna-
tional language that it is admitted
will be almost a necessity for use
in world Communication when wire
less telegraphy and wireless tele-
phony have been made thoroughly
practical.
Besides difficulties of transmission
OF long distance messages, most OF
which have now been overcome by
use Of high frequency stations. Graf
AFcO. Germanys wireless authority,
in an interview with the United
Press declared most trouble in com
pIcte interchange Of Ideas in the
future may be found in the present
use Of so many languages.
while I am an enthusiastic Is
perantist." said ArcO, Il believe
popular vote would elect the Eng
lish tongue to be. used generally IN
the transaction Of business anu
transmission OF news, because II Is
now spoken by the largest group ol
people on the globe.
Naturally, there are many ma
tions that would raise objection TO
the use of English as the world
language on account Of the beileI
maj the study Of il would kill their
own nationality. Such fears, how
ever. are Hnfounded, because IN
sacb land the mother tongue would
be taught. plus English for inter-
national transactions
DifncuIties Overcome.
Apropos Of the beginning OF work
on stations that will carry cleo
tric currents by wireless between
Germany and Argentina, Graf Arco
said:
wireless teIegraphy has reached
z stage Of development in when
previous difficulties encountered in
long distance transmission have
now been overcome. The Ereatest
distance now practical Is an eartn
quadrant or 10000 kilOmeters. Ihe
chief dificulty hitherto encountered
was with the transmitting station
but high frequency machines nave
been developed, so that now TINS
trouble no longer occurs.
"As a result, the proposed con-
nection with Argentina will be vIr-
tually perfect. Germans and Ar
gentinians have collected practi-
CsIIv all the necessary capital, so
that the erection of the oversee
s1Daratus could be undertaken"
Graf ArCO is optimistic as to the
future of wireless telegraphy-and
also wireless telephOny-particu-
Iarly il the nations will undertake
a broad gauge international regula-
tfon Of the traffic so as to AVOID
Transmission and receiving dtnlCul-
ties arising from too many stations
sandinz in conflicting directions or
at improper times.
Has Advantage over Cable.
He pointed out that about $4,000
words can be transmitted daily by a
wireless station. whereas with
cables there is a considerable delay
from the fact that. since the war;
roundabout routes must be followed.
He held that, with wireless tele-
phonv. greater difficulties exist
than with teIegraphy. but tests
made daily at the big Nauen sta
tfon have proven that wireless tele-
phone messages can be picked up
from all quarters of Europe.
Nauen is waiting an opportunity
to demonstrate Jnat conversations
are possible with America. Fifteen
years ago. Graf ArcO. as an April
Fool joke. printed d supposed wire
less telephone speech between
America and Germany.
To-day. however, what was once
merely an April Fool joke is today
merely a question of need and Of
prohtableness." he added. Incl
dentaIIy. he related how recently
he had heard the Dutch Indies dis
tinctly through the wireless phone.