Nitobe Inazō
Upon its announcement in 1922, Occidental was at a stage of near but not total completion. De Wahl had not intended to announce the language for another few years but did so through the publication of "Kosmoglott" after hearing that the League of Nations (LON) had begun an inquiry into the question of an international language and after receiving a favorable reply the year before from Under-Secretary General Nitobe Inazō of the LON which had adopted a resolution on the subject on 15 September 1921. The first known publication in Occidental, a booklet entitled "Transcendent Algebra" by Jacob Linzbach, appeared shortly before the first issue of "Kosmoglott" in 1921.