The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-06

YfcToR OVER opJE sTyE SKYE;
QUIET AND M DEs 70 u, AZ
STERN AND ELEN TLEss Y
& IN DIS Clip y "
Vice Admira Togo eihachiro|
zones Ms sea "a ght ting blood by|s
sigtlt He is u samurians d the Sat
Anna clan and the men of satsuma
aeIa amonopol III "a naval rank insthei
pla ieldals days of Japan. HIS ances:
inns fors general Ions !furth er back than
lei can count have been sailors and
sea lighters He Swass born ID 4 s57 and
NV liz his youth the awak ening Of
saIan and the Be ginning 81 the new
sIapsnese navy. He was one Of the
first satsuma youths to be sent abroad
10 study and had three years at the,
British Naval Coll ge at Greenwich:
Returntng atos par, Togo entered the
imperial navy us an Sensi 90. IA Sstn:
dent bis well as ID fighter, he kept up
his studies and sdid his part an plan.
ming she rding and discipline of the
new navy X IND LANAI oliss News
The opening Of the war3with China!
II 1894 found him I'M command sof8 the
cruiser anIwas I, $50 tons. He struck
pie tIrst blow of at war. $ The Nan
W. was dispate hed IL; search Of the
Chinese transp port the Kowsbing!,
Toso found Sher, ordered her to heave
g, and when she ran for itk gave her;
~ minutes 10 stop or be- sunk. The
EpwshiHg kept on and Togo sent her
81 ttie bottom. ne commanded the
EaIFsa through all the victorious en-.
sseernsnts ~ that war did his part
ID ste final battle Wei; Hal we, 4and
brought his vessel home only slightly
siaraag iss u
"a the Ten years sof peace which fol.
sgRed, Togo rose the rank Of Vice
ADMIRAL ne became known as n a
strirt discip llnarian and the smartest
kiist cf q Command 81. Already he had
ainsd The ickname The Silent, for
this little bearded jap, who looks
anything hut "a comand er and ID leader,
never sBeaks except. when spoken to,
+ seems always in deep thought
lssss i Japanese comm ntator onSthe
var. " n X
Wien The ar with Russia became
Inevitable and the naval board at
T'ostc plannsd out the opening sur,
Prise ats Port Arthur, Togo was men.
& sitleds with half ID dozen other vice
and rear admirals. for the supreme
command the fleet Togo twas fin.
.,iIs chosen mainly because he had
made epiitat ton striking quickly
and desperatel II and /; On a quick; blow
depended the success sof! the japanese
plahss NJ; ..l3
Z &c vas called 10 the Navy Depart
fient where tie news was 3Sbroken$ir
u taymal speed & Ill
les 81 r'si said Togo; when thu
littister of Marine had finished. J
Iyers one waited for a speech. III
did not come: Togo stood at5salut'
4u6 said thing more. When he de,
me feet against Port Arthur for tn
ifst blow Of the war the units .wer
aIl against Togo The Russian flee
had q strength about equal to his owr
and tie backin of mines and Ian
batteries, II SisS history. that IN til
dashing nigh TORPEDO boat attack 4
February he $50 crippled the Ru
sian Port al thurS fleet that 1t had I
ssHafn bottled IN the harbor f
raenths. Later he lured out the $ba
slessiif Petrop vloysk the best Ru
san vessel ct, Port Arthur, and sun
har. When, ia August, the srepaire
Russian fleet sale 3 out and tried: 4
y escape Togo met them in a fair. stan
M fght scattered them and drove
damaged remnant back into Port
! tiIsir 70 he pounded ito pieces in II
aiegssof the city In all these engae
ments he. lost only one battleshipl al
me cruiser, which were decoyed oy
nine fields by the Russians. 3
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Togo the Silent the Ogre" h
ssIlers call him-is 5a good peg up,
Hhieh 10 hang romance Already L
stofy loving Japanese have a ,thousal
Izsedotes about his courage, his dl
and ihisi Hence TO duty. WI