ESPERANTO AND RADIO.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10065, 1 August 1925, Page 3

ESPERANTO AND RADIO.

uHE EDITOR.)

Sii;, —Puruon me icr again tax ng lip space in your v:i.uab.c_ mu oui-g----,..g, nowspuper. jiiu, womanlike, .. must try tu nave tne n.sL \* oru. iuao .ur U -ucjua tu.nits n.iusoii; an cxpuit on tne siiPiecu ot an mterna-L-omil janguage iur radio amateurs proves iliai, idco iflai.y egotists, in; is so blinded by las own opinions he uoes not- iiiiow liuw l.ttie no ie<u.y uoes know, ne says ixsperaiito w never supersede English as a means oi exchi.nge w.tn xureigu amateurs and quotes the little- lie and a few others have done with a “lingo” and a few “slang” expressions thrown m. That may do for him and others for the At tic they do or are ever likely to do in the important positions or the men who journeyed to Bans to represent the largest radio clubs of the world and the fact that 30 of the largest str.t.ons in Europe havo for over a year used Esperanto as an international language and that it is used by thousands in the world of j’adio every day and night, wdl mean Dir o”Meani and his kind will be left in the cold. Just to refer to one or two of the countries lie mentions. Ho has communicated with Argentine. That country has _ long ago adopted Esperanto ns its international language and all business col'egos and schools, Post and Telegraph Departments, Customs, etc,, make it a compulsory subject, by order of the Government. I dial enge Mr O’Meara to name any Radio Club or any important international gathering which lias ever used English as a means of international language. China and Russia havo paid professors teaching Esperanto in flic colleges, also Denmark, wlvch is ahead of Sweden and many other countries in educet : on, as is also Argentine aeh ad of Mox’co or -Oldie. It Imppens that whatever Mr O’Meara and others tike him may think of English as an auxiliary language, foreigners general 'y think their own language quite as good, perhaps even better than ours; hence only a neutral language would appeal to them as an international ruxliarv language, even in spito of Mr O’Meara’s appeal, if thev ever hoar it.—l am. yours etc., "MRS. J. LOW-KING, ESP.

P 3. —The London Chamber of Commerce, Pko many others, semi supervisors and jjive prizes at Esperanto examinations. Mr O'Meara- has failed to Quote any authority unless he counts himself such', in support of tits argument.