Editing Esperanto (section)

===20th century===
[[File:1905-03-ge-frankf-mapo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Map of Esperanto groups in Europe in 1905]]
After the [[First World War]], a great opportunity for Esperanto seemingly presented itself, when the Iranian delegation to the [[League of Nations]] proposed that the language be adopted for use in international relations following a report by a Japanese delegate to the League named [[Nitobe Inazō]], in the context of the 13th World Congress of Esperanto, held in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esperanto.ie/en/zaft/zaft_2.html|title=New EAI pages|website=esperanto.ie|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002210/http://www.esperanto.ie/en/zaft/zaft_2.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ten delegates accepted the proposal with only one voice against, the French delegate, [[Gabriel Hanotaux]]. Hanotaux opposed all recognition of Esperanto at the League, from the first resolution on December 18, 1920, and subsequently through all efforts during the next three years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-dark-day-for-esperanto.html|title=Imp of the Diverse: A Dark Day for Esperanto|first=John|last=Dumas|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529090329/http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-dark-day-for-esperanto.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, two years later, the League recommended that its member states include Esperanto in their educational curricula. The French government retaliated by banning all instruction in Esperanto in France's schools and universities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-french-say-non-to-esperanto.html|title=Imp of the Diverse: The French Say "Non" to Esperanto|first=John|last=Dumas|date=July 16, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529094456/http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-french-say-non-to-esperanto.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="impofthediverse.blogspot.com">{{Cite web|url=http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-danger-of-esperanto.html|title=Imp of the Diverse: The Danger of Esperanto|first=John|last=Dumas|date=September 10, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529074440/http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-danger-of-esperanto.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The French Ministry of Public Instruction said that "French and English would perish and the literary standard of the world would be debased".<ref name="impofthediverse.blogspot.com" /> Nonetheless, many people see the 1920s as the heyday of the Esperanto movement. During this time, [[anarchism]] as a political movement was very supportive of both [[anationalism]] and the Esperanto language.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Esperanto kaj anarkiismo|url=https://www.nodo50.org/esperanto/anarkiismo.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423014718/https://www.nodo50.org/esperanto/anarkiismo.htm|archive-date=April 23, 2020|access-date=|website=www.nodo50.org|quote={{lang|eo|Anarkiistoj estis inter la pioniroj de la disvastigo de Esperanto. En 1905 fondiĝis en Stokholmo la unua anarkiisma Esperanto-grupo. Sekvis multaj aliaj: en Bulgario, Ĉinio kaj aliaj landoj. Anarkiistoj kaj anarki-sindikatistoj, kiuj antaŭ la Unua Mondmilito apartenis al la nombre plej granda grupo inter la proletaj esperantistoj, fondis en 1906 la internacian ligon Paco-Libereco, kiu eldonis la Internacian Socian Revuon. Paco-libereco unuiĝis en 1910 kun alia progresema asocio, Esperantista Laboristaro. La komuna organizaĵo nomiĝis Liberiga Stelo. Ĝis 1914 tiu organizaĵo eldonis multe da revolucia literaturo en Esperanto, interalie ankaŭ anarkiisma. Tial povis evolui en la jaroj antaŭ la Unua Mondmilito ekzemple vigla korespondado inter eŭropaj kaj japanaj anarkiistoj. En 1907 la Internacia Anarkiisma Kongreso en Amsterdamo faris rezolucion pri la afero de internacia lingvo, kaj venis dum la postaj jaroj similaj kongresaj rezolucioj. Esperantistoj, kiuj partoprenis tiujn kongresojn, okupiĝis precipe pri la internaciaj rilatoj de la anarkiistoj.}}}}</ref>

[[Fran Novljan]] was one of the chief promoters of Esperanto in the former [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. He was among the founders of the Croatian {{Lang|hr|Prosvjetni savez}} (Educational Alliance), of which he was the first secretary, and organized Esperanto institutions in [[Zagreb]]. Novljan collaborated with Esperanto newspapers and magazines, and was the author of the Esperanto textbook ''Internacia lingvo esperanto i Esperanto en tridek lecionoj''.<ref name="Šiklić">[http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1917 Istarska enciklopedija] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210003219/http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1917 |date=February 10, 2021 }} Josip Šiklić: ''Novljan, Fran'' (pristupljeno 23. ožujka 2020.)</ref><ref>Pleadin, Josip. Biografia leksikono de kroatiaj esperantistoj. Đurđevac: Grafokom 2002, p. 108-109, {{ISBN|953-96975-0-6}}</ref>

In 1920s [[Korea]], socialist thinkers pushed for the use of Esperanto through a series of columns in [[The Dong-a Ilbo]] as resistance to both [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese occupation]] as well as a counter to the growing nationalist movement for Korean language standardization. This lasted until the [[Mukden Incident]] in 1931, when changing colonial policy led to an outright ban on [[Esperanto in Korea|Esperanto education in Korea]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yang|first=Jinsuk|date=2016-02-10|title=A historical analysis of language policy and language ideology in the early twentieth Asia: a case of Joseon, 1910–1945|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10993-015-9396-5|journal=Language Policy|volume=16|issue=1|pages=59–78|doi=10.1007/s10993-015-9396-5|s2cid=146666430|issn=1568-4555|access-date=March 18, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207055648/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10993-015-9396-5|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>