Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-15
THE "YELLOW TIGER z OF
THE SEA"
Personal PecuIiarities of the Japanese Admiral
Who Has Wiped Out the Sea Power
of Arrogant Russia.

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none with which to compare him.
Farragut, Decatur, Lawrence,
| Nelson-such famous sea fighters
simply upheld the records of their
race and added glory to the fame
already possessed by the flags
under which they fought. But
Togo comes of race with no ma
val record; his career and the
rise of Japan as a sea power are
one and indissolvable. He is the
most brilliant example of what
occidental means many accomplish
when grated upon oriental meth
DDS. If Japan has many men OF
his caliper to hurl into the marts
of peace as well as into the arena
of war. then must the white men
of the West look well to their
laurels.
The persistence, the patience
the self.sacrifce, the bravery, the
energy. the adaptibility, the IN
itiative. the accuracy of Judgment,
the power of Observation-Disclosures
traits of character displayed by
Togo, by those whom ne has al
rected and by those who have al
rected him. if turned into the
channels of manufacture and trade
as thew have been utilized in war,
will make of the despised yellow
race of the East competitor cap
able of rivaling if not eAceIlln9
the best efforts of those races
whose energy and ingenuity have
been the drivewheels Of progress
and modern civilization. Japan
has but just now discovered her-
self She is in the self-assertln@
mood. She is the marvel or the
present and the enigma OF the 1u-
ture.
This Togo? What manner OF
man is he who may well be called
the Yellow Tiger of the Sea-,
Old? That is the impression one
gets from the pictures OF HIM, as
well. somehow. as from his grim
silence. his logged determination,
his splendid discipline, the ar OF
mystery surrounding him. "Old
Togo, ''say we as we speak OF HIM
and his marvellous doings. Old!
He has not yet seen his 4Sth birth
day. Despite his grizzled mus
tache and chin beard, his close
cropped gray head, his scanned
and weatherbeaten skin, Togo IS
still a young man. A decade
hence, yes 20 years from now, ne
will in all probability be capable
of directing the japanese fleet OF
that day, tripled in its power with
all the energy and ability which
have distinguished him in his fight
with the Russian Bear. What an
amanda, what a commander, II
will require to hold him in check
if in the years to come japanese
necessity or japanese AMBITION
again sets him to securing the
seas!
OF family of the lesser nobll-
itv he was sent to England at the
time when Japan was waking
from her long sleep. There ne was
educated. There he drank in the
WAYS of the occident without los
inc in the smallest degree the nat
ure of the orient. There he served
on training ship and spent years
in a naval school. When, still a
lad. he went back to the Land OF
the Rising Sun prepared to do MS
full share in that marvellous trans
formation which has changed ia
pan from sleeping land of rom
ance to "A place among the great
powers in a modern and progress
sive world.
He was placed in charge of the
Japanese navy yard. He watched
and directed every detail. tie
knew every feature Of the great
fighting ships which the Mikado
ordered constructed as intimately
as a cook knows the range in her
kitchen. There was no spot or
place on board. no duty great or
small. with which he was not IA
miliar. At a moment s notice he
could have taken any position
from stoker to commander and
done his duty to perfection.
When the war with China broke
out 10 years ago he commanded a
battleship and aided in bringing