The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-05
TOGO, TYPICAL JAPANESE.

The career of Hahachiro Togo, Admiral of the Japanese fleet which spanned the semergence of the land of the Rising Sun from the seclusion Of centuries into status of world power, typfed to the world the dominant philosophy of the Japanese people. He was six years old when the frigates of the United States under Commodore Perry visited the islands in 1853 and when in 1863 he turned definitely to the a career, the navy was itself only eight years old At Is he was thor oughly grounded in the frugalty, featy and filial piety which constitutes the essentials of the samura code.
 Organized first by the Shogunate the navy was split in the clan wars which accompanied restora- tion of the empire in 1867. The following year Togo had his baptism of fire, being aboard squadron which attacked ships under Yenomoto, an officer of the Shogun navy who attempted to set up an independent realm the island of Yezzo, now Hokkaido. Soon after that fight he sent to England
 Togo returned in 1876 to nation that was just becoming navy conscious. Two years later the first ironclad was acquired from England. Also in 1878, a 1,900-ton cruiser steamed westward with an all- Japanese crew, the first vessel to display Japans flag in European waters. The first naval expansion construction program was undertaken in 1882 when 20 cruisers and 12 torpedo boats authorized. The first batteships were started in 1892, but were not ready when war broke out with China in 1894. five days after Togo's guns had sunk Chinese transport.
 Togo, now Captain commander of the cruiser Naniwa In the fleet 27 other cruisers, the largest of 4300 tons and two dozen torpedo boats The Chinese fleet led by two 8000-ton ronclads. When the groups met off the mouth of the Yalu River, the Chinese Admiral placed his two big ships in the center, only to his right wing destroyed by the Japanese cruisers beyond the of his heavier guns. The other wing scattered and the two battleshps steamed back to home waters
 Within the next decade the Japanese navy was expanded and modernized and Togo climbed to the rank of Vice Admiral In command of the main battle fleet he fired the opening of the Russo Japanese War in night attack by torpedo boats upon Port Arthur. This February B. 1904 two days before Japans formal declaration of war
 Another Japanse fleet sent to keep the Czar's vadivostok squadron bottled up Minor engagements occurred off both ports until August 10 when the Russians sallied from Port Arthur Togo smashed them, the crippled remnants creep ing back to the shelter of the land batteries Four days later similar sally from Vladivostok resulted in another Russian defeat.
 These results meant there were no more hostile naval threats to Japanese transports bearing soldiers in increasing numbers to the battlefelds of Man churia In St. Petersburg the Czar and his Minister decided to correct this condition by dispatchine its Baltic fleet under Admiral Rojestvesky to tn, Orient
 The fleet sailed from Lbau October 13, IA anc IS. Its nervous crews fired upon British fishing boats off the Dogger Banks and near, caused war with Great Britain It sailed pas Europe and Africa and when Rojestvensy reachet Madagascar he learned that Port Arthur had fallen Reinforcements were dispatched to him and he wa ordered to proceed to vladivostok. The whole fleet battlesips, cruisers, destroyers colers supply an'