ADMIRAL TOGO.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3774, 19 September 1907, Page 4

ADMIRAL TOGO.

It may be remembered that some time after the memorable naval conflict in the Japan Sea which resulted in the destruction of the Russian fleet by Admiral Togo, a number of Dunedin gentlemen who were impressed by the great skill displayed by the Japanese Admiral, decided to show their admiration of him in some' appropriate manner. A warmly congratulatory illuminated address was prepared, and this and a very handsome silver casket were in due course sent to Japan, through the British Ambassador at Toki'o, for Admiral Togo’s acceptance. It has been a matter for surprise for some time that no acknowledgment of receipt ot the address and casket had been received, but last week (says the Dunedin Times) this came to hand in the shape of a fac-simile letter addressed by Admiral Togo to each of the gentlemen who signed the address, accompanied by an excellent portrait of the great naval officer, with his signature attached. The following is the text of the letter, which is written from the Navy General Staff Department, Tokio, and dated February 25th, 1907 : ‘‘ Allow me to tender you my most sincere thanks for the very kind address you have sent me in recognition of the slight services I rendered to my country during the late war. The beautiful silver casket which I received through His Excellency Sir Claude Macdonald, I shall treasure as a memento of the kindly feelings which have been shown towards me by unseen friends beyond the seas. I beg in conclusion to thank you once more, and request you to do me the favour of accepting my . portraits, of which I herewith present one, as a slight token of my j gratitude, to each of the gentlemen | who have been good enough to sign the address.—l am, gentlemen, your 'most obedient servant, Admiral H.\Togo.” The portraits will, no doubt,, be treasured by the recipients. \