Tomosaburo Kato has been a long succession of successes and triumphs, remarks the "Japan Adver-riser," but probably never again will he find himself on the same; heroic plane as that on which he acted his part in the tremendous} drama of May 27, 1905, when the Japanese Fleet under Admiral Togo annihilated the Russians in the Battle of the Sea of Japan, Kato, then a rear-admiral, was Admiral Togo's chief of staff. On him fell the duty of giving the tactical orders for accomplishing the purposes of his chief. An eyewitness describes the behaviour of the chief of staff during the tense minutes when the decision to alter the course of the Japanese fleet so as to run parallel) with the Russians was being put into action. Admiral Togo, his big decision made, stood firm and unshaken, not the slightest movement of any muscle of his face showing any trace of nervousness. The chief of staff stood with his arms crossed, his thin face paler than
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