ESPERANTO

Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 672, 2 January 1926, Page 6

ESPERANTO

1 RECOGNISED BY TELEGRAPH UNION. Esperanto has just gained its great- ’ ost success. The conference of tin 1 International Telegraph Union decided to fulfil the resolutions of tin League of Nations and to give to the language Esperanto a definite auc official enactment, such as has beci: for a long time enjoyed by he Latin language in international telegraph communications. The conference, which sat in Paris during the whole of September and October, represented more States than the League of Nations itself, because, for example, Russia, Germany, and the United States of America were present. Paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the pro* isenfc international regulations for telegraphy lias been amended to read so that Esperaiito as well as -Latin is now jto be permitted as a “clear language” for telegraphic purposes. The decision raises Esperanto from a mere cod© to the rank of a language, and it is significant that Esperanto is the only!artificial language that has been recognised by the League of Nations and the Governments of the world. The ..practical; result 1 of the decision is that'Esperanto telegrams sent from one country in the union to another are charged for according to the number of words. Formerly every ten letters counted as one word. Although the adoption is a result ! of the recommendation of the League |of Nations, tlie actual proposal was 'made by the French Government supported by the'votes of other Governments iu the Telegraph Union.