The Daily News. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18. CURRENT COMMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81905, 18 December 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18. CURRENT COMMENT.

The proposed Constitution for tlf Transvaal ;ij:ik'-*rs In !iav:- mini:- Lor.! Milncr a nun, liv ilie *•;»hjcnl reports of hi.-. -p<-riii ;ii .\iancin : si er List, Saturday "Premature re. -ponsiidc < ii.v.-nuiM'nt for the 'trans vaal would." !u\ said, "result ill an economic eat'.i.sirophc," * ul d J'I'*- 1 '*- LominUsi/jner added: "'l'm only iiope in tin 1 (.IfSjKTiLtt'iit'.-r. of th. 1 position was sober minded Transvaal politicians.' iiovv it is to reat the Kmpirc's hopes upon tlase sober-minded politicians wiliiuut giving tiiein ii chance ui exercising their powers by giai.Uiiy lespon.-dlui' t.ioj verniDi'Jit ins lords-nip tint not stale. The •'economic catastrophe," too, iia~ a smack about, it of old time arguments. When Aero roasted (Jiirisliai.s in Komc, wlien Puritan persjcutcil Quaker in America... when the Jdaon ate his pri*unei> of war, and, or U, come nearer Lord .Uilner's speech, when the nutc iinpcivU'd lulu South Airita, ti'f nvoiihuisc of uoiiiic calm>Uvi>l>i«' was the jusliiicu11UI1. Cin'iofe.y, IJOWI'UT, wiieu ill.' ksL named e.vpt.lii.ioiit was iwiilv the "auljL'i'-jiiiiuluil politicians ol the 'l'raiisvaal,' or oi any oilier colony HrlL' tin: hlSl WllOsU opinions i-OVll AIII.ILT L'OllsUliOU.

Kducalional schemes are being eon stanliy Untied oiu ami inaue to oo duty in tins land of ciiiighlcumcnl. Of the inai.iiig ol new schemes t.iuu is apparently no end. The principal of tin.' Wellington College, a practica. and successful teacher, had solu.'l i.iug to say on mis mailer at a cerciuouv neld in connection v..til tne Lubegi last week, lie declared: ill cddca tlonal matters there are two cause.-. of people who nave no ditncuil.es u. uoiiots. i'hey are, lirst, taose wuo kiiuvv Homing at all about the stm jCcl, aiiu, secohu, tllbse who know cialn sai"e ol ti.cir ground are ,-.n,... success only to incir.scives, wish n. lorcc their views on al 1 uu.cic. we have long oeeu tout men. 1.-. 110 royal load to learning, ,. et some o.iiiiisciciit crmca are continual;,! pointing out town loads wiucn lead--stlien.ts of education, ee saui it via. well to hasten slowly. .\early all ui i.iev ci.iiiiu-d 100 iiiucu alia too eaiij. nicy gut their lesliiiiomais 111 tne ■iiiue i.ay as the wurlu lamed huniiii: agitation lljitn set in a lew ~ eu.. ago 111 iavohr ui upiigiit writing, samples ol bcamum upn;U,i willing v.elc puo:,shed—-samples ui bad ll[, light !.riling wee nut published. i.x j-cilfllcc hail siiown v.luu coihi.i.msc.isc lorcsinv, that 3011 coo.d linu sampii'.. 01 bcauliliii Willing and 01 c.uicinci,! uad Willing in tin- vine style 01 m, mini. .inii wiio is lucre vvilo v,.;. tiiat Air illtll is out ill his ltc aolllllg! Another extraordinary scheme io that suggested by hir Joseph Ward at Xupicr tne <ither Uay, i.e., tlie'iuclus,oii of "hsperaulo" in the school curriculum. Mr Joseph, ii will lie remembered, said that though literary men i.iigni not allogenic!' agree wii.ll liie proposal for tne iiilrodiittion 01 i.sperauio into the schools,' be was

satislied m his own mind mat in view of lae elloits that were being made to bring the nations together, some ianguage of a general and common ciuiractcr that might lie used bv the people of all countries should he taught so that people who could no: speak French or German would not be quite at sea. "A man in a very high educational position in the em ony'" laid written lo him staling iha; the writer and many olucrs were agreed that in addition to iiencli, Latin, and German, Espcrahlo siioulu be taught in ihe schools. it was submitted that Esperanto could be "mastered in six montli.-, whereas Flench, Latin, and Gorman could not be mastered in less man three years even by smart linguists.

it Bvi'iiio tu us unit tin; number, of aiuijL'iis in Urn primary sdiotil .-,v;iauna 11 iu iiiiViUly tuu many iur liir tllllUßll 111 111-csl. IlMCl'liUg i>J)iTaiau i» uii a j;.u' viilh luiitlnug souio vi tin; new sti.iiu ul lnu inuiirt-i.i.ii yuuiu Uial

control the cuucuuomil ucliiuo oi uic c010n,,. iouuiing L pcianlo, we notice a Ucllingio.i p.-oie.-sor gnes it a» nis opinion u.al i,. • i.myiiayc n.nsi siand in the same lean,,: to any l.a coue sluoU .o ;. uei, .wiueu teller. Hie ptoicssur uteri, n „u tne fae.. H.at m me nalc.ial language worea iwaull oi' a:.-oc..uion,. iiuwciel" coiutmicntc of liaWng u. language for luicriiauoiial communications;' u Would oe useful lor traue circulars', pnec-usis, auu so on. uau, of course, a sunpie system, of grammatical construction. Aiivone «Ui, a l.uowicugo oi i rencli and Latin could -pieu it up in no tunc,' Out Uiio case in learning did presuppose imu knowledge. Otherwise 'Lspcranio would Oe qilile a» nurd to acquire as

t anything else. Tile professor was asked whether he cousin,-,, d practicable sir «j, Jr t .j,i t I oe tnic.,,,. in tlie Stale nc.iool.-. lie icpbeu la.it wiih ti.e present uimeiij sioii, oi tuc syiialius, the iciiucucv J was to dinunisii rather than incre.u'c. f tne number of subjects:, '» Nr ! land there w-- , , -" / -'-''- '■•■»- ..e inure subjects iaichi "' the primary schools liiun in i,!.,"en. rtirnl wa., wanted wa, e-clsloii, not lln; im-iuslun of ire.,l, "■•■ aim .vial N.,::,e of J,spera',ii 0 f would ■i oc unusable to miii.e room for ii '». "•« by jettison™- [ u J ;;;;"S HseMUe ime.ueuer qu^io,,,,!. .. es-o, on Zcdl.lz a„sw m ,l l(|al Ihuc would be nine to cou-ulor ,;,.,; yesiioii when Ksperanlo had '' " '''■ , 'l".' ,v, ' iii, W «'""' ■■■;■!■' in v!;VlV l 'li .-.• u lanugo w be-h 1 "' «" l«M-lu ; ular educative iuluc '"'■= a wa.-te oi tune.