At the adjourned inquest held last Friday at the Mixed Court on Stopani, a young Russian journalist, who was believed to ave shot himself on the night of March 26-27, a remarkable farewell letter, written by deceased, was produced in evidence. The letter was written in Esperanto, a few hours before his death. A translation is as follow:
"T killed myself. My friends of both sexes: please give the information about my death to the Oriental Review and the U. F.
A. (probably Universal Esperanto Association). Do not think that I meditated for a long time about causing my death. No, I die with a smile on my lips. Can one fear the place where he is not, or the time when he does not exist? It would not be correct to form the opinion that I killed myself owing to the hopelessness of life. No, the true opinion would be that
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.