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'a ' rMIRAL TOGO, destroyer of the
Russian fleet and greatest naval
hero of a century, will tx I'ncle
Sam's xucst early next month, lie will
arrive In New York on hi way homo
from the coronation, and spend no me
time here looking orer the country.
It Is a reception twflttlna hl deeds
that will be extended him. A flotilla of
(he Atlantic fleet will escort him Into
the harbor, and he will be given an ar
tillery salute. A teclal representative
of the I'nltcd States XaTy will encort
him through the I'nited State, and this
Gorernment will foot the bills out of
secret funds."
The recognition that will be extend
ed Toko I In striking contrast with
the courtesies extended prominent Jap
anese) previous to the Japanese war.
Had not Toa-o had his ureal opportuni
ties. hT exalted rank will entitle him
to little consideration abroad, and It la
likely that precious little attention
would be paid to htm in the L'nited
states.
He and General XkI. the conqueror
of fort Arthur, were among JuVn'i
envoys to the coronation of Kins;
Ge.se V. Having completed their not
ery onerous labos there, they ate re
turning to their country by way of
America, and when they get back to
Japan they will hare cireumnavlsated
the globe.
For Togo England was nothing new.
for he studied there as a young cadet:
but America he has never seen before.
-We think General Orant a man of
few emotions, but Grant was a whirl
wind f sentiment compared wltb
Tngo." says the Boston Herald. Pon't
write any letters." he said to his wife,
as he set forth for the crushing of the
Russian fleet: It will distract my
mind." Loyally, she didn't. But can
anybody Imagins an American saying,
such a thlngT-
He Is of tha Grant tvf physically:
not more than five feet tall, s.iy those
who he seen him. with a gray rous
ta.he. a slight r!fln heard, and a grim,
immovable Grant face. Sturdy, though,
as Grant was. and cmpa.-t!y built.
Grant was a man of the common peo
ple, but Togo Is not. He Is or ine
jianiural. a gentleman. He Is a member
of to Samurai, of Sateuma. one of the
four big warrior clans that brought
about th restoration In the Island em
pire. Ft a long time the Japanese
fleet was officered and manned by the
tianuma In tVie same way that he army
officers were drawn from the Chochu
clan. Nowadays those distinctions are
not observed, but when Togo entered
the navy Its whole personnel was
Satsuma.
IV) ImhmI of To;n.
In the year HS1 or. as the Japanese
would say. In the fourth year of the
period called Kael there was born to
Togo Klchtsaemon a man child, and
Klchlsaemon's wife, faithful to the rltea
of the Pamural. took tha baba to th
shrine of the guardian god of the clan.
ihe gave him the name of Helharhlro.
Placing htm upon the altar, she dedicat
ed the child to the "defense f the
ltnds of tha Gods and the srrvlce of
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crushed the .colossus of Eastern Europe,
removed Russia from the Immediate
calculations of the brlef list of the
.world's naval heroes of the first class.
Aboutthe. time he grew to manhood
Japan wished to learn from the West
ern nations the art of naval war. and
sent her brightest sons to Europe and
America to acquire It. Togo waa one
of them and the destination picked out
for him was England. He laid the
foundations of his nautical training
between decks of the old school ship
Worcester, on tha Thames. That was
more than 40 years ago. Japanese stu
dents were a novelty In those days and
Togo was -conspicuous, but all that
anybody can remember of him now waa
that he was botn the most exemplary
and the most silent boy of all. The
same thing waa true when he studied at
the ftoyal Naval College at Green
wich. When Togo returned to Japan he waa
a competent naval constructor and was
put to the task of building up Nippon's
Infant navy. These were silent years.
even for Togo the Client. nen we
next hear of him It Is at the outbreak
of hostilities between Japan and China.
A transport flying the British flag,
with a British captain and crew, and
rarrrlnn 1100 Chinese sold. era. la
teamin off Corea. War between Ja
n.n n.L intna has not yet been de
clared. A Japanese warship, the Na
bv Captain Togo,
suddenly looms up and fires two blank
cartridges. The Kowshing. ine trans
hAfl ilnfil -
A few minutes later a Japanese Lieu
tenant Is aboard the Kowshing with a
peremptory, order from Togo that the
mniuri must acromoan v him to ts
Japanese fleet. The British captain,
i:.i.r,nhr tried to obey the order,
but the Chinese officers would not let
Mm After trrlng In vain for four
hours to save him Togo fired and sank
the transport.
Winning Ills Spurs."
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hegun. Togo had done a dating thing;
l-.e had fired on the British flag. Ja
pan was not In those days the recog
nised equal of the European powera;
her status was a degree above Haiti's.
But Togo was trlumphant'y vindicated
and became the hero of his countrymen.
Ijiter he closed the siege of Wel-
halwel by a daring move. The Jap
anese wished to land a body of men
near the town, and planned by means
of a skillful diversion to direct tha
attention of th Chinese to another
spot. Togo waa assigned to the Job.
and he carried It out by means of a
splenlld bluff.
One nlht when the moon had disap
peared he steamed off with his two
light ships, the t'ho"kal and Atago. In
the direction of the enemy's fleet. Tha
night being pitch dark, he not only
threw them Into utter confusion but.
hastily withdrawing, led them to eup
pose that they had been attacked by
the entire Japanese squadron.
After that we hear no more of tha
Silent Admiral until the Elder Htnrtes
men are debating who shall command
the fleet which will be sent to reduce
I"ort Arthur.
"s'end Tofo," said Marquis Ito. "He
struck first at Yalu. He will strike
first at Port Arthur."
The story of what he did at Port
Arthur Is too recent to need retelling,
and hla great victory In the Tsushima
Mrs He. one of the half-doxen naval
battles of the first magnitude In tha
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world's history. everyone
knows.
tme thing, however, to which little
attention hits been paid, has been
Togo's extraordinary feat In lying1 hid
den from the l.noo.uoo eyes of the world
for six weeks after Hojestvensky
passed Slngspore. "Every way you
turned." says an enthusiastic jap
aneso. "the question cnote. 'Where Is
ToroT and no one ever knw until the
day when Itojestvensky appeared in
the Tsushima Straits and found Mm.
"It Is no small thing to hide a great
fleet in the most populous quarter of
the globe for so long In esuch a way
that not only the enemy has no hint
where or when the blow will come,
but that the rlvlllxcd world Is kept
In the dark."
It might have been easy in Nelson'a
day: today It la Increditile. unprece
dented. Nobody but Togo could do it.
But It waa done.
How He Handles Men.
One way In which A'dmlral Togo dif
fers from the great sea captains of
other times and of other nations la the
manner In which he places responsibll-
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, fleet and on the men under bis com
mand. Unlike many sea fighters of
this and other times. Togo does not
plan either slnglehanded or with the
aid of a few favorites. His behavior
In this respect would be a revelation
to our merlcan Admirals.
He not only summons a conference
of his officers, but he makes each- one
lay down a plan Instead of merely dis
cussing the thing among them. He
himself says nothing. If he likes a
plan he points to the officer who of
fered it and says: "This plan Is good.
Back to your ships, gentlemen." If
he does not he dismisses them all and
evolves a separate plan of his own.
But after all, America will be chiefly
interested not In the deeds of this
greatest naval hero of a century but
In hla personality. His deeds it knows,
his personality It does not.
There are two sides of Togo's .char
acter. Here ie'one:
"Although a quiet, blunt-speaking
man. like General Grant." saya Dr. Jo
klchl Takanlne. "Admiral Togo has a
tender heart. It Is related that at a
certain concert, when a famous artist
was singina: ine patriotic eons cu
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The Entrance to Formosa,' he
to ween until he fairly gave
way to his emotions, and was obliged
to ask the musician to discontinue hi
singing.
. "The song described In artless, ex
pressive Japanese how the beloved
Prince Kitashirakawa died in fighting
for his country in the Formosan War.
It was all so pathetic and graphic In
the simple description of how the gen
tile Prince died that the terr General
of great wars, together with the audi
ence. Was moved to tears."
That Is one side. Here Is another:
"When he left me," said Lady Togo,
"the only thing he said to me in fare
well was. 'Be good enough to look
kindly after my dogs." His gun and
his dogs are the chief weakness of his
life."
Leaves Sick Bed for War.
He was lying sick in bed wlien the
summons came from Admiral Tama
moto, the Minister of the Navy, to 're
port at Toklo yust before the Russian
War. The sick man raised his head
from his pillow and called for his uni
form. "But you are not well enough to un
dertake the Journey," said his wife.
"No," said Togo, "but I will, be all
right the mordent my feet are on the
bridge.'
Yamamoto was an old schoolmate of
his. He waa enormously pleased wITtf
the fact that the Elder Statesmen had
given him this privilege of putting his
old. friend In a position of such pos
sibilities. He could not resist the temp
tation to. save the Port Arthur ap-
oolntment for the last.' and for two
solid hours he made a speech to Togo
about the Immense responsibility rest
ing on him. Togo never said a word.
Yamamoto spoke of the difficulties he
must encounter and overcome, of the
fate of the empire depending on his
deed, and finally wound up by telling
him of his appointment.
"Hi Majesty's ships are waiting for
you at Sasebo," was -the peroration.
"Is that all?" asked Togo.
"It is," replied the Minister.
The sole auditor of the historic
speech rose in silence, bowed and said:
"I shall execute your orders."
Nothing more.
At Sasebo, aboard his flagship, the
Mikasa. the day. before the United
Squadron sailed for the battlefield it
must be remembered that there was no
declaration of war. and that Japan was
about to strike without one he as
sembled his officers and made this
speech:
"The squadrons will sail today. I
have the honor to announce to you,
gentlemen, that the enemy of our
country files the Russian flag."
While the Mikasa was still lying at
Sasebo the Admiral, still pale and weak
from his Illness, recelyad a visit from
his only daughter, Yachiyo. When she
asked him If he had any message for
home he said:
"Nothing in . particular. Tell them
that I am well and happy, and that
they must not distract my mind by
sending letters from home while I am
away."
An iron man. It is hard to oeueve
that Dr. Takanine's story of his weep
ing at a patriotic "song can be true.
Yet it Is of record that Togo loves
flowers: he is a most devoted husband
and father, and his wife and children
would lay down their lives for him.
His wife's maiden name waa Tetsuko;
she is the eldest daughter of the Vis
count Kaieda. Toga has two sons, Hyo
and Minodu, and one daughter. Yachi
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yo. A relative named Arlmura also
assists In the household duties. The
admiral himself, though belonging to
the gentry, is not a nobleman but his
wife belongs to one of the old noble
families.
If Togo's character has not been suf
ficiently indicated in what has gone
before, this well-authenticated anec
dote will make it plain. Just before
the fleet sailed from Sasebo to attack
Port Arthur the Silent Admiral said to
liis officers: "Bring your wives and
children, and we will be merry for a
day before we leave port." The wives
and children came, there was a Jolly
time, and at last they left.
An Impressive Symbol.
When they had all gone the admiral
ordered his captains and leading offi
cers .to report to him aboard the flag
ship singly and in the order of senior
ity. One by one they entered his silent
cabin and he spoke no word of greet
ing, but only bowed his head in grave
recognition. In full uniform, his
sword girt on, he sat solemnly upright.
Resting on a cushion that lay before
him was the keen-bladed hari-kari
knife of the Samurai.
Each officer saluted in turn and
went out. And as each one went the
lesson that the chief had given him
was burned on his soul. He knew that
Togo expected him to conquer or die.
The hari-kari knife showed him what
was expected of him and what he
might . expect.
Satsuma, the province from which
the Count comes, has given to modern
Japan nearly all its great warriors.
The Count's features proclaim his class
and race. There are two extreme types
of-Japanese face. One is the elongated,
aristocratic type, made familiar by the
figures on vases and fans an oval
"contour, slanting - eyebrows, almond
eyes, aquiline nose and a delicate, enamel-like
complexion; the other is the
face of the Japanese Hodge snub
nosed, red cheeks, projecting teeth, and
a chin advancing beyond the line of
comeliness. The type which Count
Togo represents is midway between
these extremes. His is not the face
of the-Japanese Vere do Vere, in which
refinement has supplanted strength.
Hla features, like his figure, are sturdy
and full of homely vigor and good hu
mor. William Maxwell of The London
Pally Mall knows Togo and describes
him thus:
"A little man, barely five feet high,
compact of strength and silence and
intensity, an epitome of his caste and
his country. In its first appeal to the
stranger's eye his face is like a mask
stern and passionless in its cold
severity. A ruthless face, people might
say, who never saw it relax into a
smile or caught the keen eyes dancing
with laughter.
"He is well named the Silent Ad
mlraaL for he has a rigorous economy
of words, and the chilly atmosphere
in which he envelopes himself sets one
wondering by what magic he won the
hearts of the people and the devotion
of his sailors.
" There is only one man who caff
use those under him as he uses his
fingers' is a saying in th Japanese
navy. The secret lies in a personality
of compressed force ready to expand at
the bidding of his Emperor, in uncon
scious heroism that krows no fear, in
faith that masters fate, and a cool
head that estimates difficulties and
dangers as they are. You do not need
Jo be told that Admiral Togo is a great
leader of men. You feel it even in a
crowd. i
In 1905, Just after Togo had won his
- ing jags, To the Ed - in - bo - ro
so brags," If s a braw, bricht nicht to
bout rag - ging! Th-re it joat oni dance
- bo - ro jig . gie. Then lay richt dooa
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great victory in the Tsushima Straits,
a Japanese official of high rank had
something to say about him which has
never been printed before. The offi
cial's name cannot be revealed, but he
Is one who knows Togo well. And
hero is what he said in those exultant
days following the victory:
"The admiral is, first of all, one of
the simplest "and gentlest of men. You
would hardly imagine, to see the small,
slender figure, that you were in the
presence of the greatest master of
naval strategy that our navy has pro
duced, or that the world has seen in
modern times. You may be pleased to
know what Is really a wonderful cir
cumstance that in the busy city of
Kagoshima, in Klushiu, were born
Marshal Oyama. General Kurokl, Ad
miral Kamjnura, Almiral Yomomoto,
and Admiral Togo. I am proud of the
fact, for I was born there myself.
Compared to Grant.
"To our people who have read of
your Civil War and of your great mili
tary leaders. Admiral Togo seems to
be comparable to General Grant. The
most remarkable trait about him Is his
silence. You might ask him a question
and he would answer at once, or he
might not answer at all, being wrapped
up in'the thought before his mind. But
an hour afterward, suddenly out of an
absolute silence he would give you the
perfect answer.
"You might think such a man would
not be attractive to other men, but
somehow he is the master of every of
ficer and man In his command by the
simple devotion of all to him. His
officers would give their lives for him
unhesitatingly.
"I think the first -.element in his
greatness is his superlative courage.
His flagship always leads in every
battle, and he simply asks the rest to
follow. The officers all love him be
cause of his bravery, first of all, and
then for his sense of Justice. He has
always been absolutely fair In his
treatment of his subordinates.
"There is no such thing as social pull
in our navy, vhatever there may be in
yours. Absolute equality of privilege
exists.""" Togo lives as simply on board
ship and ashore as he thinks and
speaks. He is a poor man, as you
think of wealth In America.
"Togo has not been a student in
any specialty in naval science. He has
not delved in problems of ordnance
or experimented in the chemistry of
explDslves. For 40 years he has been
absorbed in the study of naval strat
egy. He Insists on the most severe
discipline and the highest ayailablity
in ships and guns.
"He has a charming family, a de
voted wife, two sons, and a bright
daughter. Their home is a modest one
in Satsuma province in a beautiful re
gion of wooded hills and glistening
bays and inlets, where all the people
are happy and busy and prosperous."
Here is Lady Togo's picture of her
husband, and It adds to the truth of
the nickname of the "Silent Admiral:"
"Even among his own servants." said
Lady Togo, "my husband is often mis
understood. Because he speaks so
rarely to them and because whenever
he does speak he speaks as a man to
whom words are more precious than
Jewels, they often Jump to the conclu
sion that he Is displeased about some
thing. Only his smiling eyes reassure
them."
Quite a wonderful man is this who
Is going to visit the United States. And
one of the few great names of earth is
his.
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