The late Premier will always be gratefully remembered by his countrymen for the great services rendered when Japan was at death grips with Tsarist Russia. As Chief Executive of Naval Administration, which post he held for many years, he was instrumental, with Admiral Yashiro, in bringing the fleet of Japan to the pitch of efficiency and strength it now enjoys. comparison of what Japan's navy was in 1904- 1905, during the Russo-Jazanese war, and what it is today is the most convincing proof of the services that he has rendered in this direction. It was Admiral Kato who laid down the "eight-and-eight" scheme for his country's navy, and it was he also who destroyed that scheme when limit
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