ESPERANTO
WELLINGTON CLUB. The weekly meeting of the Wellington Esperanto Club was held on Tuesday evening at the Y.M.C.A. At the conclusion of the classes Mr. W. H. King, D.8.E.A., delivered an instructive lecture on “The Affixes,” pointing out the unique simplicity of the Esperanto system of word-building. Items of an entertaining nature were given as follow: Mrs. M. E. Potts, recitation, “L'Espero”; Mr. G. H. Garbett, recitation, ‘‘La Vojo”; Mr. B. Potts, monologue, a translation of “The Benches on the Promenade.” The vice-president alluded to Esperanto and the Peace Pact,’ stating that the chief end of the international language was the peaceful relationship of the nations one towards the other. Esperanto knew of no particular brand of polities or religion. Almost every nation prayed lor peace on earth, goodwill towards all men. Esperanto provided the channel through which it’would come. ______
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 290, 7 September 1928, Page 19
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