Thousands Interested in Esperanto

Good news for Esperanto

A 1911 article by Frederic J. Haskin gives an estimate for the number of people in the United States interested in Esperanto. I’ve already hinted that it’s big, but it’s bigger than you might think. The years 1906 to 1914 seem to have been the glory days for Esperanto in the United States. When Haskin wrote his article, the 1910 Universala Kongreso was only a few months in the past.

While the Kongreso might have been small (while the organizers said that it might be the biggest ever, it was the smallest up to that time, and only the one held during WWI was smaller), it did spark some additional interest in Esperanto in the United States (which is one of the purposes of the Kongreso). In the months surrounding the event, newspapers had had a steady stream of articles about Esperanto.[1] And, as Haskin points out, there were some positive developments in the United States movement.

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