In 1887, L. L. Zamenhof published 'Dr. Esperanto's International Language' in Russian on July 26, 1887 in Warsaw, and over the next couple years later editions were published in Russian, Hebrew, Polish, French, German, and English. Zamenhof declared, 'an international language, like a national one, is common property.' Zamenhof signed the work as 'Doktoro Esperanto' and the title Esperanto stuck as the name of the language which, in Esperanto, means 'one who hopes'. The fathers of the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris needing hope for a shattered continent. They saw clearly the opportunity to build a new Europe around a common language, building the foundations for today's Komunumo (community).