OCR Text |
Show 5 English the Wot Id Lnngung. Tho now world language, Usperanto, iccms to have already won moro advo- tntos than tho older Volapsk. No manufactured language however, terms to havo much ctmnco In com petition with nngllxh, which long ago displaced Trench an tho most useful and widely spoken language and which Is gaining faster thnn ever In all parts Df the world. Quito recently tho Oct-man Oct-man government has ordered that all railway officials and employes must learn to speak English. In Antwerp also tho authorities are urging nil I eluscs to study Kngllslr and are pro- riding special facilities In tho public W schools; thn city has become "almost I tn English-speaking port" In Japan M all school children nro now obliged to learn our languago. A few years hence tourists from this country will B bo able to got along thoro as easily B ss on a trip at homn, With Oreat BJH Britain, India, Australia, Canada, the J United BtnteH and largo sections of Africa using Kngllsh, what hope Is J there for nny other lauguageT |