The Archive · 1939

Framework of Togo Shrine Completed Many Distinguished People

Attend Ceremonies

Tokyo, May 28.

Ceremonies marking the completion. of the framework of Togo Shrine, to be erected at a cost of: Y.1,200,000, were held here at 10 o'clock this morning. i Dedicated to, the memory of the late Fleet Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo, who 34 years ago yesterday defeated the Russian Fleet in the Tsushima Straits, the shrine will be built by popular subscription.

Attending the ceremonies, held at the shrine site adjoining the Naval Museum, were more than 200 persons including Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Navy Minister; Dr. Baron Yashiro Sakatani, president of the Togo Memorial Association; Admiral Ryokitsu Arima, Privy Councillor; Admiral Keisuke Okada, former Prime Minister; Admiral Osami Nagano, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, and others—Domei.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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