To the Editor of the '*Nontu-Cuaxa Dany News"
'Sin,—To-day is the most memorable day to Japan, a day dedicated for the memorial' service in honour of the late Admiral Togo, modern "Nelson" of Japan, who vindicated the vital cause of Japan in masterly fashion some thirty years ago.
The victory of Japan ip Tsushim for the battle of the Sea of Japan, over the Russian Armada was s0 complete that no historian would hesitate to accord Admiral Togo the enviable appellation of a world gute.
Tvery son of Japan ts proud to be able to lay claim to Admiral Togo 'a2 one of his most illustrious compatriots. One may ask why Admit Toco 1s genuinely popular in Japan as" elsewhere. 'The explanation is that he was a true Japanese. Among hhis outstanding qualities, we find three: first, his thorough' preparedness; second, his undaunted courage; third, his genuine modesty. The last.' virtue is the most attractive quality which fascinated every one Jof us. Indeed, Admiral Togo is the shining example of a true Japanese. All his brilliant achievements never hesitated to attribute to the illustrious virtues of the Emperor Meiji and his people. To himself he has denied any share of the brilliant in these days when everyone puts himself above others by hook oF crook, is it not a source of consolation to us that there lived in Japan a man of such a divine modesty as Admiral Togo. In these days of ad-Vertisement, of boosting garrulity, of selfish nationalism and of Parliamentary Impotency, everybody seems learn from our much idolized Togo, In a word, the virtue of Admiral Togo is a moral tonic to the present day world.
Shanghai, June 5.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.