The Detroit times., 1911-08-08
no. TA[KlNG DEVICE,
IS ADMIRAL TOGO,
JAP NAVAL HERO
But Little Brown Sea Fighter Who
Commanded MikadO's Fleet When
Russians Sustained Crushing
Defeat Thinks o Lot.
Times New York Correspondent
Meets Him and Writes sidelights
on His Reception in Metropolis.

NEW YORK, Aug. Sit was after
midnight. On board the derelict de-
stroyer Seneca were army and navy
officers In full dress. Also officers or
the New York militia whose uniforms
out -dazzled the regulars. battalion
OF newspaper. reporters and photog-
raphers were there. :. 49,. ..,..,
We were all waiting for the revenue
cutter Calumet to bring Admiral Togo
OF Japan from the Lusitania 70 be the
guest OF the United States.
The crew OF the Seneca were lined
up, 70 greet the admiral. The gold lace
and epaulets OF the receiving commit
tee sparkled In the glare OF the deck
lights. The battery OF cameras were
parked In the rear and the photograph
ere were ready with their flashlights.
The reporters, with pencils poised.
were ready for emergency
nut He Didn't Even Blink.
They hardly knew what TO expect.
N an adjutant general of the state
militia appears like a peacock on par
ade. person would need smoked
glasses to view a victorious admiral.
That's what the reporters and photog-
raphers thought. and they were ready
10 zee luminous hero step up 10 the
deck OF the Seneca.
WhBen the admiral arrived he was
saiuted by IL flashlights. which stag
gered the welcoming party. Togo
didn't even blink.
The hero of the Russian war was
hard to find In the throng OF livid
hveries He wore q black derby hat,
gray raincoat and carried cane. He
wasn't an inch over five feet tall.
His build In his younger days was
probably light, but now he has the
heavy settled look of age without any
indication Of stoutness. His hands
and feet are small. His face, but for
somewhat straggly short beard thai
evidently aspires to be Of the Van
Dyke type. would be almost round.
His eyes, when his face is I'm repose.
are utterly expressionless. but when
he talks they light up with quick
CLEANS OF interest or humor.
His Compliment 90 Gen. Grant.
On board the Seneca he was more
at ease than any OF his entertainers,
He told Gen. Grant he knek him by
hiss likeness to his father. Once or
his own countrymen and the laugh
was hearty and CHEEKY, though never
loud.
he was openly pleased at his re-
ception.
Admiral Togo would make an ideal
mother-in-law. He has so little to say.
Even at the London banquet. where
they smeared him with compliments
and heaped him high with hyperbole.
his speech OF response was my coun-
try thanks YOU" He let II 60 at that.
Meanwhile the roof garden comedi.
ans are exhausted from making Ban
AL cocktails (which being named af-
ter the Japanese cheer are cheering in
the extremely
Admiral Togo IL Ave feet of person
atty and courage, He Is so different
from the New York idea OF hero. Har-
rison Fisher never drew any hero like
Togo. New York's idea OF q hero IL
derived from the back end of maya
zihes. where the broad shouldered
mkn OF the hand-me-down clothing ads
hang out. These fellows are seven
feet tail. with shoulders an broad az
the rear Of a hack
He Appears he Up.
The next day after his arrival.
Togo appeared lit up. He wore the
dazzling white uniform OF Japanese
admiral hung with golden decorations
and then everybody had to don his hat
20 Togo. for admirals are scarcer than
hens teeth In these parts.
Although he speaks English quite
well. Togo prefers to wrap himself In
silence. Not even splendid banquet
can loosen his tongne--and everybody
knows q banquet Ii the best little
tongue-loosener we have.