Garland Globe | 1906-08-11 | Page 7 | English the World Language

English tho World Language. Tho now world language, Esperanto, tpemB to have already won moro advo-tntos advo-tntos than tho older Volapak. No manufactured language, however, teems to havo much chance in competition com-petition with English, which long ago displaced French as tho most useful nnd widely spoken language and which is gnlnlng.fastcr than ever in all parts sf the world. Quito recently tho Ger-an Ger-an ijbvernment. has ordered that all 'ittllwaf officials and omploycs must learn 'to speak English. In Antwerp also tho authorities aro urging all classes to study English and are providing pro-viding special facilities in the public i schools; tho city has become "almost an English-speaking port." In Japan all school children aro now obliged I to learn our language A few years honce tourlstB from this country will be able to get nlong there as easily as on a trip nt homo. With Oreat flrltnln, India, Australia, Canada, th United States and largo sections of Africa using English, what hope is Uioro for any other languagoT