THE DOVE SPEAKS ENGLISH

The wife of Monsieur La Fontaine, president of the Belgian Senate, thinks that a common language and that English can bring understanding and peace to the world. She is tired of watching her husband struggle so futilely in the interest of peace to break down language barriers. Her point is further developed and removed from the completely humorous by an emphasis upon the tendency of small countries to use the language of larger ones. America's commanding position at the present time should enable her to effect world peace decides the Belgian lady. At all events the dove of peace must speak English.

Yet the modern La Fontaine is not without its tabular fabric. The delightful little gathering at Dayton last summer was an excellent opportunity to observe the workings of a common language and a diverse attitude. And there are gentlemen within the limits of Cambridge who never agree except in the nasal quality of their English. Madame La Fontaine errs with the devotee of Esperanto. A common language does not imply a mutual spirit.