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the Japanese Diet by the Minister of the The trig statement, submitted to Navy la reproduced from the "Japan I esteem it an honour to report to the House @ general outline of the operations by the Imperial Navy since the beginning of the When war was declared, the Imperial Fleet under instructions from the Emperor, began imme-late action, and all the naval stations also prepared the means of defence in the area of the seas in their respective districts, At that time, the main strength of the enemy's Oriental Squadron made its whereabouts obscure in the South and the remaining portion hid itself at Tsingtao. Whereupon, the First Squadron of the Imperial Navy concentrated its main strength from the Yellow Sea to the northern yarr of the East Sea, for tracing the enemy's
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