Admiral Togo's Flagship in the Historic Sea of Japan Battle to be Saved From Out Own Connesroxoanr Tokyo, Nov. 25.
The Mikasa, flagship of Admiral Togo during Japan's fight for freedom against Ressian aggression, has been definitely preserved for the nation. The formal dedication ceremony was presided over by, His Imperial Highness the Prince Regent and among those preseat were Admiral Togo himself and those surviving officers who were with him in the memorable Battle of the Japan Sea, The vessel was elaborately dressed up," a feature being the ig of the signal flags which To-
Admiral Count Togo, Ja} Admiral Togo woe Commander-in-Chief sea forces in the Russo ighted and which read: "The rise or the fall of the Empire depends on this battle." How the Japanese tars acquitted themselves is a matter of history, Togo, with his officers and men, annihilating the Russian fleet.
The Mikasa is to the Japanese what the Victory is to the British and its preservation is regarded a sacred relic, besides being a tangible landmark designating the most critical point in the unfolding Modern Japan's national life and, history.
Foreign Sympathy It was during the Washington Conference that tie idea of pre-Serving the Mikasa first cropped up. According to the stipulations of that agreement, the Mikasa was doom. ed to the scrap-heap, but a wave of when it was The Mikasa, Admiral Tago's flagship, now preserved for the nation.
The picture hows the dressed on the occasion of the dedeation ceremony.
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