Tokyo, May 27.
The countryside celebration of Navy Day—the 29th anniversary of the Battle of Tsushima Straits—bas been marred by the news that Ad-Imiral of the Fleet Count, Heihachiro Togo, Grand Old Man of the Japanese [Navy and revered hero of the Russo-[Japanese War—is now in a critical "The admiral, who has been confined his bed with sciatica since last Jsummer, has taken a tum for the, worse owing to bronchial complica: ons and throat trouble.
Considerable anxiety is being felt jas Admiral T. 30 is 88 years of age. The news that his condition has be-Jcome critical has marred the celebra tion of Navy Day, in which every-tone from the Emperor to. school children has been participating.
"As Commander-in-Chief of the [Jepanese Fleet, Admiral Togo gained complete victory over the Russian Jnavy in two great engagements at Port Arthur and in the Sea of Japan, the larier on May 27, 1908, when Adral Rodzestvensky's armada was
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