Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-04


Admiral Togo, the famous Japanese
Tighter and statesman who arrived in
iAmerica from England yesterday to
nay short visit to some of the lead
ling cities of the country, is one OF the
most remarkable of the mikado's sub
Ijects. He probably has. more nick
names than any other man in Japan,
all of which have been inspired, more
or less, by the feeling toward him of
the classes who bestowed them upon
him.
| He is best known by the nickname
of the Silent One, because with Togo
silence is religion. In the seventeen
DAYS in which he will do America
lit is probable that Americans will see
great deal more of Admiral Togo
than they will hear of him.
Togos naval training was begun in
England, which country he has been
visiting after attending the coronation
as a special representative OF the
mikado. As a young man he attended
the naval college at Greenwich. He
also inherited his taste for the sea,
as he came of the Satsuma clan,
tribue noted for its great sea war
riors. Indeed. prior to the time of the
Japanese war with China, the Jap
anese fleet was manned almost wholly
by the Satsuma clan, just as the army
was drawn from the Chosu clan. Now
adays neither army nor navy is given
over to these entirely, which are the
two most powerful clans of Japan.
Returning to Japan, Togo was en-
ployed in various capacities. In 1894,
when war broke out between China
and Japan, he was in the command of
1.-THE Naniwa, a cruiser of $3.50 tons, one
of the vessels composing what was
| then known as the first flying squadron
of the Japanese navy During the war
he greatly distinguished himself and
earned the reputation of being first
class fighting man. 1t was in connec-
ton with the sinking of the Kowshing
, that Togo's name first came into world
wide prominence, however The cpl
lsode created a great deal of adverse
criticism, but when Togo's position
was fully explained the criticisms
passed away.
Togo is now sixty years old. In APP
pearance he does not resemble the
high caste Japanese, for he is of noble
birth. He is an understood, pudgy lit
| tie man, with close-cropped head OF
hair and sharp iron-gray beard, and
eyes that are not markedly almond
shaped. In composure-which is to
say at all times-there is half-smile,
half-scowl about the corners OF the
mouth which defies analysis. His uni
form, like the average American or
English naval officer, fits badly. His
bearing is not what people call mill
tary, and it is said that when the Rus
SLAMS whom he conquered first saw
him, they declared that their humilia-
ton was all the greater because of
the size of their conqueror-forgetting
the stature of their own car.
Togo is a lover of flowers, likes
hunting is a good marksman, reads
more than he admits, loves music
Japanese music. He plays the biwa, a
kind of Oriental guitar of exquisite
tone and expression. 1t is related that
at certain concert Togo's eyes filled
with tears as he sat listening to
great Japanese singer tell the story
of the Entrance to Formosa,' ma
tional song dealing with the tragic
death of Prince Kitashirakawa in the
Formosan war. Togo the Silent, the
Ogre, the Demon, gave way to his
emotions as he heard that song. At
length he could no longer endure it
and commanded the singer to stop.
But this was not the Togo that
Rozhestvensky and the Russian Of
ficers under him knew.