The sincerest condolences will be extended to Japan on the loss of her great. son, Fleet Admiral Marquis Togo. The name of the Japanese Nelson has been one to conjure with in naval circles since he proved his worth in the Russo-Japanese War when he secured victory for Japanese arms both at Port Arthur and later the battle of Tsushima. He was aman with that wonderful gift, which after all is the true source of genius, the capacity for taking pains in all that he did. The magnitude Of his services to the island Empire, the unassuming manner in which he accepted the honours conferred upon frum by an Emperor who thus unerringly interpreted the veneration in which he was held by the people. whom he had served so well, and indeed his general worth made him a character capable of attracting not only the admiration of his own, countrymen but of all able to realize the qualities which went to make up.
fine a character. There is som thing in the passing of this great me which comes home to the average Briton very closely indeed. As a young naval_ officer he received his training in England and applied the principles which he there learned achieving the victories which later added so much lustre tchis own and his nation's glory. He was moreover a true servant of the Empire actuated by a self-sacrificing desire to rend-for it the greatest possible service which Is "one of the fundamental motives of the real patriot. His passing will necessarily be a grievous foss to Japan, but there is some comfort in the idea that he leaves behind him an example and a tradition which his fellow subjects may well be proud, the example and tradition of a great and gallant officer.
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