Esperanto in Borneo

His name was known
in Borneo

On Sunday, January 13, 1907, the Washington Times included an article about Esperanto in its magazine section. It looks at the great prospects predicted for Esperanto in the coming years. To put this into some historical context: the meeting where Ido was unveiled was still about ten months away. In 1907, things were looking up for Esperanto.

The item in the Times is just a bit of a puff piece. We get a nice picture of Dr. Zamenhof, and a summary of some of the things that are going on around the world. The subhead states “Religious papers publishing primers of new tongue and missionaries in Borneo are using this language.” Were there really Esperanto speakers in Borneo? Yes, there were.

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