26 JULY 1935, Page 18

THE . ROLE OF ANINTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

S1R,—As the first of the three chief reasons why ,Basie English is important, Mr., W. Empson mentions its usefulness as an auxiliary international language. But surely for international use we cannot accept anything, short of a full language. , For example, one which all international organizations could adopt as their only official language, in which The Spectator would appear as fully satisfying as, at present, and in which the ordinary. citizen in a foreign country could, converse with the natives, socially and otherwise, as naturally en all subjects as he can in his own language at, home.—Yours faithfully,

Port Said. • C. M. Cazor.n.