The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-04
COUNT TOGO
 IN AMERICA
|cELEBRATED JAPANESE SEA
 FIGHTER IS WELCOMED TO AMERICA AT MIDNIGHT.
State, War and Naval Departments Represented in Greeting, Accord ed the Hero of Great Sea
 of Japan Battle.

New York, Aug. 3.-The United /, States at midnight formally welcom- led to it's shores Admiral Count Ilei-
 hashiro Togo of the Japanese empire and naval hero of the Russo Japan
 ese war. The welcome was giver
 aboard the steamer Lusitania, al quarantine by representatives of tho state, war and naval departments and la pe.-eii.a representative of Cover lnor John A. Dix.
 Following a few warm words of welcome on behalf of the nation, the delegation of Americans accompanied the distinguished Japanese in tug to the revenue cutter Seneca, stand ing by. A few minutes later the Seneca was speeding for her pier at Twenty-third street, Hudson river. where Admiral Togo was whislaed away in an automobile to his hotel.
 Long before the Cunarder's big hull blackened the horizon at Sandy Hook, the Seneca was on her way to quarantine With the welcoming party aboard. The delegation con- sisted of Chandler Hale, third as- |sistant secretary of state; ca~sain 1T. NJ. Ports. of the Navy: Major General Frederick D. Grant, com mander of the department of the East, Adjutant General William ver- beclG national guard of New York and attaches of the Japanese embas- Isy at Washington. They found the
 admiral waiting to receive them when they boarded the Lustiania af- Iter two hours stay at quarantine.
 Secretary Hale delivered, on be- half of President Taft. the first briel message of welcome and was follow led by others of the deputation. Seldom has the lower bay witness led SO remarkable midnight scene.
 The whole ship sat up to bid the admiral good bye. The rails were black with his fellow passengers as he stepped down the stairway on the vesseTs s.ae to tEe waiting tugocst. There was a moment of silence as he trod the vessels deck, ended by hearty American cheers. The first cabin hung over the rail and watch ed his progress in the dim light to the Seneca peering into the gloom un- til the cracking of the cutters wire less apparatus spread the news of his arrival.
 The admiral's response to his well come was almost as brief as the welcome itself.
 Happiness is the realization of our anticipations," he said, in remarka~ bly, good English, "our hopes and de- sires. Pm in America. and therefore 1 am happy
 The admiral smiled and shook hands with all who had come to greet him.
 He chatted with the party on his way from the Lustania to the Seneca and boarding the cutter gave the ss- sociated P1ess his first interview
 Il think the international arbitra- tion treaties between the United States and England and the United States and France are a very good thing" he said. fSuch treaty would be good also for Japan.
 The trip aboard the Seneca to her pier was made without incident, the admiral appearing to be the least fla tigued aboard the boat. Accompan- fed by his aide, Commander Tama- guchi and escorted by Secretary Hale and the others of the part, Admiral Togo took all GGromobile there for his hotel.
 Admiral Togo plans to go to Wash ington tomorrow night. where he Will be received by President Taft. Sec retary Knox and other members of the presidents official party. Off, cial dinners. visits and sightseeing tours will engage him during the coming week. He will return then to New York, where two formal func- tions will await him, and he will leave here for Boston and Canada via. NI- agra on the sixteenth or seventeenth. He will board the steamer for Japan lat Vancouver.
 Chandler Hale, third assistant sec retary of state and his party steam led down the harbor tonight In the revenue cutter Seneca to welcome