ESPERANTO

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 28

ESPERANTO

WELLINGTON CLUB. The weekly meeting of the Wellington Esperanto Club was held on Tuesday evening In the Y.M.C.A., Mr. E. O. Jack presiding. At the conclusion of tuition classes, under the guidance of experienced Esperantists, the president spoke on “Esperanto, International.and not Universal.” He said that many people had tlie erroneous Impression that Esperanto had been brought forward to supersede national languages. Esperanto was merely an auxiliary language—a second language for all— Invented for the sole purpose of facilitating, international intercourse. The language was so widespread now that the League of Nations had advocated its use, among business men. Important international congresses with delegates from all parts of the world were using Esperanto solely in their .business because of the extreme facility of the language. A delegate could speak the language fluently and without national prejudice after a short study. Whereas a national language required years of close study and practical application. Esperanto, he felt sure, would be taught in the schools at a not so very distant date.