LEARN A LANGUAGE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3390, 20 January 1920, Page 6

LEARN A LANGUAGE.

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(By AILAN DILNOT.)

"my ~ : I "'11? ‘I: :'.‘='.ll~¥'-N "-"J! * Every ofher b11S~'lI&-‘_6§.‘?.l‘,’,«ll3.{:1.Il!1.'lI1 Europe will be learning a__n_e_w language shortly if: hegis W.iS,es~e Already, {he booms; has started. here and‘ ‘_on the Coentin_e-nt: A. managerof one of the forr.-most- language. -insti-' tutes told rue the. other. day that Freneh business qiieorlle were over-‘ whelining his ..sehools._ They all wanted to learn English. In England employers, especially in the nortli, are/gu.rgling and~J~oft'ellv paying their employees’ fees so that they may learn .\*orwegian.»,‘l;atcr these men will be sent to Scandinavian eonntries to improve trade. Span-' isih is being tal<ell_np§._LQ'.._a,,_l,l =gxt.raor-' dinary degree by '('le'llil'olblll‘sed"‘officel's who are anxious to; S.'lT'E\;.Tti.;3/h,3‘l‘sC3'§‘t\‘.h_}’C career. in Souffi‘ America.

With onllance,d,s,p'g:pd i,r;.,},fE.§§.}ll,,srl/aort all countries are being brotlght closer together. This I'edu9i}ng .c.>,f._.L‘;.il,‘rae and space means at closer 1-irlte..r2_n,i.ng]illg of the races al.ldva moire. ill’fili)_‘a;"r:(2iA_‘;:;s,-t sociati.on._ Hence _the boorJn‘il‘lHlian‘;

guages. . No nation can offord to ffllk ifs own

language to a'foreigl} country. In a little while’ aeroplane Travel ‘will be, we believe, as common as train travel, and the ensuing and increased illterllli.§ing of 3.11 ties makes it essential tlla.’[“_we shbulid at least have a ‘workillg knowledge of our nearest neighbours’ “ba’c."’_—— London “Express.” ' __ 1 -raw