The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
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4 attaches and visitors of distinction
I from abroad, sailed upon the Manshu
! Maru; they were taken to a certain
| place-the rendezvous of the Nippon
fleet. Admiral Togo received them
aboard the Mikasa. Our foreign
friends could hardly believe the tes-
tiuOny of their own eyes: before them
stood d man small in stature-even for
a native Of Nippon modest with that
/ bluShing shynesS of young girl i'm
possibly silent and who carried upon
his slightly bent shoulders the weight
/ of the fate of his homeland; upon his
head and upon his beard was the snow
of over fifty years. They had PIC
tured him in their dreams as one or
the heroes of the west, rich in sweep
ing gestures, Respondent with gold
clothes and everlastingly busy in manu-
featuring melodramaIic periods after
the fashion Of Caesar and Napoleon
They We're disappointed
Even among his own servants said
Lady Togo of the admiral. my nus
band is often misunderstood. Because
he speaks so rarely to them, and be
cause whenever he does speak he
speaks as a man TO whom words are
more precious than Jewels, they often
jump to the conclusion that he is dis
pleased about something only ms
smiling eyes reassure them. When ne
ed squadrons of his majesty, the only
thing he said TO me in farewell was
&c Be good enough to look kindly aft
er my dogs
His gun and his dogs are the chief
Weaknesses of his life
His gun and the company of his
dogs are the only luxury the admiral
allows himself.
His life is simple vigorously simple.
" h in FOX in
month of this year, one of the foreign
ENJOYS, wishing to present him with
his respects and the congrat ufatIonS IN
behalf of his government, paid the ao-
miraI a personal visit. This envoy hao
a very hard time in finding the house
of the admiral. Many times he passed
in front of the modest house without
recognizing ii; how could IT be pos
sible for the world-famous admiral TO
dwell in a house too modest for the
humbleSt of secretaries of his lega-
ton?
Many years ago the British minister
to Toxic. Mr.. Parks, l believe his name
was, paid visit to General Saigo, IN
questiOnably the greatest military ge-
MUS the new Nippon has produced,
man of Satsuma, like Togo, and who
at the time was the minister of war.
Mr.. Parks saw a man working IN a
garden inside the gate of Saigo's resi-
dence and said to him:
rs your master in This IS the
house of the minister of war, General
Saigo?"
AS far as 1 know, you are correct"
was the answer. Il believe I have the
honor of knowing the man of whom
you inquire; my friends call me Cen
eral SaIgo."
1t does not take a British minister
to mistake Admiral Togo for a good
natured oId-tin1e gardener. even if you
had seen his photograph q hundred
Ir1oa in revRear
1t was on the eth day of January,
1905, and the place was the Grand park
The crowd that gathered there was
the largest Toxic had ever seen, and
the most enthusiastic as we'll To please
the people Admiral Togo took up
spade and planted a laurel in memory
of his visit. As he stood there. fenced
in by millions Of his countrymen, he
was the first IDOL in the viewless tenn
pie for the hero wOrshipers of the new
and civilized age. In the brief address
he read in answer to the enthusiastic
reception ~ the party of his country
men, however, he declined TO accommo-
date the pleasure of the people: he
declined the pedestal in a rather blunt
manner. and without ceremony. To
the sovereign virtue of his majesty
the emperor, to the bravery of his
man, and to them alone the success of
Nippon arms on the sea was due. he
said. and he took pains to add that
PEELED to see the necessity of telling
the people of Toxic such an apparent
and seIf-eVident thing. which he had
thought everyone understood without
being told.
Now that the sea is cIean-to his gun
and to the amiabIe company of his
dogs He would hardly like to take
the trouble of parading his ships up
and down the Nippon and the yellow
seas with brOOms dashed to their maSts
No doubt he would be willing to give
all the gilt glOries of earth if you
could only save him from public din
nerS and speeches. They are the pen
alties of fame he hates to pay-even
TO please his friends. The idea that
one can afford TO pay any nrice for
the priceless privilege of risking his
life for the defense of the Land of the
Gods and for the honor of the flag and
in the service of the emperor makes
him philosophical for all his social
trials. ADACHI KINNOSTrKE