There will be more than one Japanese participant in the Congress who will not understand English, for some Japanese have ceived their modern education solely in France or in Germany. These, however, are arrangements have been made to have stenographic reports taken of all the proceedings, which will afterwards be translated into Japanese, In this connexion, the Japanese press impresses on the Japanese the necessity-of learning English to the extent that they will be able to exchange ideas properly with representatives of other nations, whet English is much better known.
The hope is also expressed that some day Japanese will be the lingua franco of the world. "When Japan becomes a predominant state, 50 years hence," says one paper, "then perhaps Japanese will be the principal language in international
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