The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-17
TOGO SOON TO BE GUEST OF
 UNCLE SAM
Japanese is Now the Most Dis tinguished Sea Fighter in the World and Head of Mikadn's Navy

| Washington, July 17,-Admiral To
 go, of Japan, who will be the gues
 of the United States for seventeen
 days next month, is regarded as the
 greatest living sea-fignter in the worlo
 to-day.
 He bears the distinction of having won a brilliant, unqualified victory 1T the greatest naVaI engagem ent O1 l modern times. He is the only com mander-in-chief in any navy who has successfully directed a Titanic con- l f1ict between great fleets of warships of the twentieth century. The ser ies of victories of Admiral Togo, in | the war between Russia and Japan | in 1904-05, eliminating in the battle l of the Japan Sea, were the justifica- | ton of the present type of sea-f1ght- | ing craft which has revolutionized
 naval warfare.
 Since the war with Russia, Admiral
 Togo has held the position of Chief of the Naval Staff of Japan, position
 corresponding to that conferred upon
 George Dewey, who is the Admiral 1 of the United States Navy and Presi-
 dent of the General Board Togo | is the popular idol of his nation. He comes to the United States frem England, where he represented the Mikado at the coronation of King George V last month. When the Japanese Foreign Office broached the plan for the Nipponese naval he TO to visit the United States on his
 way home from England, the sugges- tion was most cordially received by President Taft and Secretary Knox. Through the Department of State, all arrangements for his visit are being
 made and the plans thus far decid- ed upon assure the distinguished ad-
 miral of one of the most cordial and
 elaborate receptions ever accorded a
 foreigner by the American nation.
 The tentative program for his visit
 includes entertainment at New York Boston, Philadelphia and Washington.
 The official functions will culminate ct Washington, where elaborate prep
 arations are being made. Dinners
 and lunches at the White House, the
 home of the Secretary of State and
 the Japanese embassy are already de-
 cided upon and other entertainments
 of a semi-public nature are being ar
 ranged. Admiral Togo will also go
 to Niagara Falls, thence into Canada
 and to Vancouver, where he will take
 the steamer for home.
 American naval officers and diplo-
 mats who are acquainted with Ad-
 miral Togo declare that modesty and
 reserve are his most striking char
 acteristics. He is described as
 man or IeW WoTuS, dIiIoSl HeVei mentioning his own deeds He is
 small in stature, even for Japan ese, though stockily built. He wears beard, which, though trimmed close, almost wholly conceals his feat ures. He is said to be exceedingly simple in his tastes, and a man of delight in his family, which con- Hunting is said to be one of his fa- vorite pastimes when on shore. Togo is a member of the nobility, with the rank of Count, and bears the decora- tions of the Japanese orders of the Golden Kite, First Class, and the Grand Gordon of the Chrysanthemum. He was decorated with the Order of Merit by King Edward.
 Togo Heihachiro-it being the GUS tom in Japan to place the given name second-was born in 1S47, the son of a petty retainer of the Lord of Ka- the Satsuma. In Togo's youth, the Satsuma contested with the Shogun, or council, which surrounded the Elm perOr, the supreme power in Japan. | The Satsuma were famous for the mill itary prowess of their young men, and it was in the Satsuma navy that To- go began his career. It was from over the Shogun forces, that the Im- | perial Navy of Japan was created 1 The story of Togo's career is coin- cident with the birth and growth of | the Imperial Japanese navy.
 The young cadet had hardly enter ed the Satsuma navy when he got his | first taste of sea fighting. Strange ly enough, his first engagement was fought against ships of the English navy, which bombarded the town of because of the attack 1pon some British merchants by the Satsuma. The Satsuma fleet return ed the bombardment and young To- %, stripped to the waist, passed am- up to the gunners.
 Tn the civil wars of the next few years, in which the Shogunate was Togo fought in many of he naval battles, but without espec- al distinction. With the triumph of nucleus of an imperial navy out of he. victorious Satsuma warships. To- 70 saw his opportunity. He applied or and received a commission to go o England to study for, naval ca ger.
 He went to London in 1871, and oon afterato Plymouth, where he be- an a course in naval apprenticeship n board H. M Training Ship Wor- ester. While there, he received his as second lieutenant in he new Imperial Navy.
 In 1876 his course was finished, but 'ogo remained in England to super-t ise the construction of the new Jap 1 nese Ship Hyei. on which he return d to Japan in 1S7S.,
 While in England he spent months t Cambridge. His tutors have since aid that he learned English with diff culty and was considered poor stu ent except in mathematics
 In 1882 Togo, then a vice captain, yon a present from his government or his services and gallantry in lead- lg landing party to quell disturb nces in Seoul, where the Korean king ad permitted insults to the Japan se. In 1884 he was. sent to observe le progress of the Franco-Chinese ar after which he made a special eport to His Imperial Majesty. ( In 1891 he was placed in command f r the Naniwa, the warship from o hich, three years later, Togo struck le first blow of the Chinese-Japanese a ar An incident during his first \ nearly closed his career. 4 At a time when war was expected ut not yet declared, the Naniwa fell !. with British steamer, loaded !. ith Chinese troops. Togo ordered Y, le British captain to follow him. The h hinese officers on. board the trans Q )rt prevented the captain from do- Ii g so, whereupon Togo sunk the ves- Ii I with a single shot. Togo's ac- f.
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