Renew of Rerievs. 119/06. 



ESPERANTO. 



There is only space to give a resume of Tighe Hop- 

 kins's splendid article in the TiiJmne of June 6th on 

 " The Remedy for an International Nuisance.'" He 

 opens with: '•Till nations can chat familiarly within 

 each other's gates, till they can pass the time of day 

 to one another, what to them are the real benefits of 

 I'entente cordiale?'' "How supremely ridiculous," he 

 says, ■• that the Englishman cannot ask his way of a 

 policeman in Paris, order a bit of dinner in Berlin, 

 or buy a ticket for the theatre in Vienna." " Listen 

 to a group of Frenchmen. Until the ear has been 

 opened you will hear them say. ' Peutetre ' a hundred 

 times running without knowing precisely what it is 

 that goes on in their mouths. When our ear has 

 mastered French colloquially spoken, what about the 

 other European languages? Master them, and then 

 the corresponding member of the Philological Society 

 of Siam may despatch an elegant paper in Siamese to 

 some philological pundit in Bloomsbury. by whom the 

 same is straightway and inevitably pigeon-holed. Is 

 there a remedy? Of course! we are absurdly bashful 

 about putting it forward, that is all. Xo." Mr. Hop- 

 kins continues, ■ I am not proposing English ; bang 

 in a moment would go I'entente cordiale upon any hint 

 of that. Nor am I offering French for our own ac- 

 ceptance, or for that of tlie world at large. We and 

 the rest of Europe would see France in the storms of 

 another Revolution before we gave our acquiescence. 

 No, we won't liave English, we won't have French, 

 we won't have German, and Russian can barely be in 

 the running just now." He concludes by proposing, 

 in effect if not in actual words, that King Edward 

 should advise his subjects and persuade the other 

 royalties to advise theirs to learn Esperanto. 



And now, tell it not in Gath — proclaim it not in the 

 ears of the Professors! But when the representatives 

 of the French Universities were received at the Foreign 

 Office. Mr. Lough, M.P., in welcoming them in the 

 name of the Board of Education, said t!iat, "amongst 

 his auditors the language bar was happily absent, for 

 France and England had been neighbours and friends 

 so long that the speech of the one would be familiar 

 to the other. When, however, .such interchange of 

 visits between the learned bodies of other countries, 

 such as Spain, Italy, etc., became mattere of fre- 

 quent occurrence, Esperanto would no doubt be 

 needed." 



And, oh, tlie irony of it all! Amongst his auditors 

 were Englishmen who knew no French, and French- 

 men who understood barely a word of what he was 

 saying! For in France languages are not taught in- 

 discriminately. In the districts bordering on Italy, 

 Italian is the only modern language taught in the 

 sc'iools; near Spain, Spanish; in Burgundy, German; 

 whilst nearer the English Channel Eaglish of course is 

 studied. Thus a most learned mathematical professor 

 from Montpelier may never have learned English. 



Our readers must turn to the BritisJi Esperantist 

 for an account of the delightful afternoon spent at 

 Earl's Court. No language bar intervened. M. Boirac 

 at tea-time gave a most graceful oration in Esperanto. 

 Attracted by the ' Vivas," spectators crowded doors 

 and windows, and it was amusing to hear one tell 

 the other that the language used was Austrian, 



Amongst the new books are the Gospel of St. Mark, 

 translated fi'om Luther's version, and Macaulay's 

 "Horatio," translated by Clarence Bicknell, 



We give as the passage for translation this week 

 the conclusioa of M. L. de Beaufront's article in 

 L'Esperantiste on Esperanto neutrality. 



(6) N^EUTRALECO KAJ TOLEREMO. 

 Chie kaj chiam ni montru al la mondo la belegan 

 spektaklon prezentitaa duni la Kongreso, che kiu 

 ceite, por esti afabla al sia najbaro, neniu kou- 

 gresano demaudis lin nek pri lia religio, nek pri liaj 

 opiuioj. Sufichis al li scii, ke li estas Esperantisto. 

 Nu. chiam, niaj grupoj au aliaj kuavenoj estu repro- 

 dukton do I'interrilata atableco, de la koreco, kiuj 

 faris la felichon de chiuj en la Kongreso. Ni estu Es- 

 perantistoj kaj ne sektistoj. char la du aferoj forpelas 

 necese unu la aliau en "■ Esperantujo " kaj tial ke ni 

 estas Espeiantistoj, ni havu por la religio kaj la 

 politiko de la aliaj la tutan respekton kaj la tutan 

 toleremon, kiujn ni deziras por la niaj. Alie nur 

 mensogo estus nia neutraleco. l de Beaufbon't. 



ESPERANTO NOTE. 



In L'Esperantiste for April appears the text of the 

 ■ Projet de Resolution," presented by twelve of the 

 ■Depiites." to the members of the French Cham- 

 ber of Deputies, inviting the Government to in- 

 trodnca tho International Language Esperanto into 

 the educational programmes of the country. The 

 document sets forth the advantages of the language, 

 and points out that, '■ In England . . . the Board 

 of Education . . , has officially authorised , , . 

 the teaching of Esperanto," in a certain place. It 

 also comments on its progress in Gennany, Rassia, 

 The British Possassioiis. Japan, Mexico, Peru, etc. It 

 proposes finally that " Scholars have the option of 

 studying English, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, 

 or Esperanto. 



Tho •■ Projet" has bee.i referred to the '' Commission 

 de I'enseignment et des Beaux — Arts." 



ESPERANTA KLUBO, JIELBOURN'E. 



The monthly meeting of the club was held on Friday, 

 the .Srd of August, at the usual time and place. 



After the conducting of the routi e business, the 

 members adjourned and spent the remainder of the 

 evening making themselves acquainted with the Es- 

 peranto chorus, '' Xia Lando." words and music by 

 F. G. Rowe. A very enjoyable evening was passed. 



The Second Esperanto Co: gress to be held at 

 Geneva, Switzerland, at the end of the present month 

 promises to eclipse even the now famous ' First " Con- 

 gress at Bolougne-sur-Mer. All the Esperanto gazettes 

 publish full i>articulars as to meeting, excursions, 

 prices of tickets, etc. 



TRANSLATIONS. 



As we announced previously we now give a transla- 

 tion of the Esperanto passages Nos. 1 and 2, which 

 appeared in our June number. 



The translations sent in were uniformly good, and 

 it is difficult to say which one is really the best, the 

 difference betweeu them being mainly one of more 

 or less free or more or less literal rendering. We 

 have selected for translation No. 1 that of Miss J.H., 

 of New Zealand, as on the whole having kept best to 

 the happy mean; but Mrs. F., also of New Zealand, 

 is practicallv equal, and in some respects superior. 

 M. McL. (Grenthonipson), has exactly caught the spirit 

 of the anecdote, and has rendered it very freely into 



