Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-10

desires. am in America and
therefore I am happy"
.
New York, Aug. 3.-Tho United States,
Mt midnight. formally welcomed to Its
shores Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo
Of the Japanese Empire and naval hero
of the Russo-Japanese war. The well
come was given aboard the steamer
Lusitania at Quarantine by represen-
tatives of the state war and navy de-
partments and a personal Representative"
Of Gov. John a. Dix.
Following a few warm words of well
come on behalf OF the nation, tho dele
cation of Americans accompanied the dis
tinguished Japanese In tug to the rev.
enue cutter Seneca slaunng HARDLY,
A few moments later the Seneca was
speeding for her pier ~ 23rd street, Ilud-
son river. where Admiral Togo was
whislied away In an automobile to his
hotel. or the Seneca besides Mr.lIale We're
Captain Templin NJ rotts, L. s. n,
and Lieutenant Arthur b. Cook, l. 5. n.
detailed to represent the navy depart
mont; General Frederick d. Grant, COM
mander OF the department of the East.
and his aid. Captain Fenton; Mr.. Hari-
hara, first secretary of the Japanese en-
bassy al Washington, representing the
ambassador and Commander Hlraga,
naval attache: Consul General x. Mid
zuno, DIR. Takamine, president Of the
Nippon club, and Lindsay Russell prcsi-
dent of the Japan Society of New York
Secretary Hale delivered, on behalf OF
President Taft, the first brief message Of
welcome and was followed hy others of
the deputation.
Seldom has the lower bay witnessed SO
remarkable a night scene Tho whole
ship sat up to bid the admiral good -bye
The rails were black with his fellow pas
seugers as he went Over the side TO board
tie waiting tug boat There was a mo-
mont of silence as he trol the vessel )
deck, broken by hearty American cheers
The first cabin hung over the rail and
watched his progress in the dim light
to the Seneca, peering intontly into the
gloom until the cracking OF the cutters
wireless spread the news of his arrival.
The admirals response to his welcome
WAS almost as brief as the welcome it.
self.
Happiness is tho realization OF our
anticipations," he said in remarkably
good English. "our hopes and desires.
l am in America and therefore l am
happy"
The admiral smiled and shook hands
with all who had come to greet him.
troop of mounted police escorted the
visitor from the pier to the hotel and a
platoon OF patrolmen was on hand to
keep back the crowds
Not all of Togos time in this country
will be so quiet and transformations as
his arrival. Wherever he visits naval
or military station salute of : guns
will boom forth In his honor And near
" every afternoon and evening during
his two weeks sojourn WI. be marked by
a luncheon or dinner.
Practically every minute between the
time the admiral sets his foot on Amer
lean soil and the time 10 crosses the Dor
der into Canada IS accounted for In the
schedule which Assistant Secretary Hale
and Captain Potts have made out with
great care. lie will make d call on Mayor
Gaynor at 1870 tomorrow morning Thi.
will he a purely personal affair, for the
admiral will not be officially in tins coun.
try until he mas paid his respects to The
President at $3.50 o'clock on Saturday aft
ernOon.
TO VISIT LARGE CITIES.
The admiral will leave for the capt.
tai al 3:3S o'clock tomorrow after
noon, ana Will he received there by
Major Archibald Butt, the Presidents
aide He viii mcct all the officials
SOC all the sights, take a flying peer
at Mount Vernon and Annapolis, and
return here on August !, after having
spent a fow hours each in baltimore
ana philadelphia on tho way. on the
evening of his return "A real japanese
dinner will be given for him by the
consul general at his home, 80. West
seth street.
Then there VIII he moro sightseeing
moro dinners, ana a days 5aunt t.
West Point on the Presidents yacht
tho Naynower. The Japan socIctl
ana the Peace society will give large
luncheon at the Hotel Aston on Angus
"a, ana the following evening there
will hc reception at the Nippon cluh
no. A West S5th street. The next NJ
ternoon the admiral will leave 70
Boston ana two days later for NiaRar'
Falls: then over the Canadian PaciA
to Victoria, whence he will sail on th'
Nippon Yuscn Kaisha's liner Tamh;
Naru for Yok ohama.
The signing OF the treaty is hailed f.
France as meaning the extension OF
The arrival Of Admiral Togo in tn
United States renews attention to the re
markable series Of naval achievement
with which his name Is associated. II wa
Togo who commanded the Japanese fee
in front of Port Arthur when the frs
blow was struck against Russia, re
srIting in such n serious Gripping {
Russian naval strength that he
supremacy on the sea was Target
diminished, If not destroyed, at the ont
set From that time forward, Togo
vessels patrolled the waters fronting POI
Arthur, hemming in the remnant Of III
Russian fleet
When the Russian feet made their fam
Gus sortie under Admiral Makaroh,
was the mines laid by the fleet of Toe
which blow up the Russian battleshl
Pehopavlovsk, killing the admiral In con
mand and a great number Of others o
board ana effectually preventing the OK
pected relief from the Russian nava
ships in the Pacific. Following this cam
the supreme effort of the Russian gov
eminent to send a naval armada aroun
tho world In command Of Admiral r.
jestvensky, to re-establlsh the Russia