Nation in Mourning for Admiral Togo: Tributes to Distinguished Naval Officer Tokyo, May 30.
Fleet-Admiral Marquis " Hethachiro 'Togo died this morning at 6.35, and the whole' Japanese Empire mourning the greatest sailor this nation has produced.
Admiral Togo, who has been in failing health for some time, was in his 1th year, Tu his" simple, austere dwelling, reflecting the simplicity of his own life, Marquis Togo breathed his last three days after the national celebra~ tion of the 20th anniversary of his great victory over the Russians Tsushima Straits.
Minoru Togs, who hastened from the two sons, Including Commander naval base at Kure, were at his bed-Side when the "Nelson of Japan' expired, while the aged Marchioness, Who has been bed-ridden for seve years, was brought to: her husband' Beside on a" litter shortly before midnight, Vice-Admiral Naganori Opasawara, who served under the deceased in the: Russo-Japanese war; Admiral M. Csumi, Minister of Navy; and Admiral Ryokitsu Arima were the only if at the death bed. night immense throngs of men, "and children of all classes "spent the whole night in a vigil around the Admiral's. dwelling, praying for his recovery and anviously awaiting news of his. con ition, to-day witnessed the arrival fof countless visitors at the residence to express their condolences.
Tt fs offteally announced in London thal Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, will proceed to Japan aboard his flagship, H.M.S. Suffolk, to repre-gent the British Government at the funeral of the late Admiral of Fleet Marquis Toro.
IMS, Suffolk, with the Commander-in-Chief aboard, Telnglao, where she arrived ye evening.
Admiral Dreyer, who visited Japan last year, called ai the modest awell-{ing of the late Admiral Togo and had what has turned out to be his first and last chat with him—Reuter, British Tribute London, May 30.
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Bolton Eyres-Monsell, has cabled Japanese "Minister of the Navy. Admiral Osumi, offering his deepest sympathy with "the Japanese people the loss they have sustained with the death of Admiral of the Fleet Marquis Togo.
The British Navy, he says, recalls with pride that Admiral Togo car~ Flee out some of his early sea train-{nge in Britain and feels that it may allowed to have a share, with the Japanese Navy. in, the undying. memory of the late Admiral's. great achievements.
Gen, Sir Tan Hamilton interviewed to-day as one who, in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5, knew the heads of the Japanese forces in-
Nihon Dempo Photo.
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