The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-21
TOGO RECEIVES
 NEWSPAPER MEN War Paint of Grim Vessels Shows Battle Stains ALL OF THEM UNINJURED From Admiral to Ship Boys There Is No Sign of Nervous Strain of
 the Past Five
 Months.
 

Nagasaki, Tuesday, July l9. D. m. (de- layed) )-Admiral Togo today received the passengers of the steamer Manchuria (members of the Japanese diet, naval at taehes and newspaper correspondents) on board the flagship Mikasa. The fighting admiral greeted the naval attaches of seven nations in his private cabin and then received the thirty correspondents in the bare unadorned wareroom where rests a piece of Russian shell, which was the only hit sustained by the Mikasa in her five months commission.
 The silent, gray haired admiral, with shy, Drowned clever face and the strong jaw of a born leader, was simply clad in white tunic adorned with an admiral s strap. and the order of the Rising Sun, and dark trousers. He expressed himself honored by the presence of the newspa- per men, who replied briefly with con- gratulatory speeches.
 The Manchuria left her anchorage be- hind the Japanese naval base at 6 o'clock this morning and steamed outside the guardship line in full view of the fleet. There are now only a few troops at the station which is used merely as a com missariat depot for the northern army. The Manchuria sighted a few buoys and the remains of a boom defense ten miles off which had been thrown across the ilsands and the channels likely to be the route of an expected Russian torpedo at tack or an attempt to interfere with the debarkation of troops. The gunboats and torpedo craft stood behind a mass of cogs, cables and wire netting. which. owing to the heavy seas were with great difficulty kept intact
 Unable to Proceed Further.
 When the Manchuria reached Talien bay she was unable to proceed further south for fear of possible mines ana turned on her course, passing gray fiotila of four torpedo boat destroyers and six torpedo boats sliding through the leaden sea to relieve the guard ships off Port Arthur and constantly passing transports and col- Hers.
 At D. m the Mancnura met the Mi- kasa and the battleship Asani and two torpedo boat destroyers under the lee of a small islet in the vicinity of the Japanese base, a tell-tale smoke cloud being visible over the distant hill The grim battleships were battle-stainei and in their war paint, but they were absolutely uninjured. Rusted torpedo nets rested in racks along the leaden colored Hanks of the warships.
 The correspondents were given absolute freedom on board the flagship. The im- perial Prince Kacho, lieutenant of the Mikasa, who is an able officer and who commands 12-inch battery, only received the members of the Japanese diet.
 Entertained on Flagship.
 Admiral Shimamura, chief of stan of the standing squadron, and his fine look ing staff of fleet officers entertained the guests on the flagship. The condition of the Japanese blue jackets after five months tense waiting and successive fights at moments notice, was mar veous. From the admiral to the ship boys there were no signs of nervous strain. Captain Nomoto of the Asani, who has spent many years in Russia, said:
 At first they under-estimated our strength and thought the war joke. Now they begin to realize their mistake. have many friends at Port Arthur. Maybe shall soon see them"
 The party from the Manchuria left the Japanese flagship 10 the strains of the admiral's band, and steamed away for Japan with a signal reading Victory" signalling over the vessel and her crew answering the rousing cheers from the crowded decks of the warships.