Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-08-16 | Page 4 | Togo's Happy Speeches

TOGO'S HAPPY SPEECHES. Admiral Togo is about to leave thi-i country after a succession of entertainments entertain-ments and. hospitalities, which his heroic system has .been able to respond re-spond to without suffering; although we note that onc of his aides had to be romovod from a banquet tablo in a fit of indigestion. Admiral Togo . himself, however, is. of heroic mould, although not of giant proportions. But what there is of him seems to be of a fiber be3'ond nil .yielding. Throughput his visit to tho United States he had no't only created the most favorable im pression by reason of his modesty and his rotlcc'nco, but also by reason of the fitness of what he does and says, although al-though the latter may bo of small quantity, yet of significant moaning. Admiral Togo's speech at the banquet ban-quet given him by the Japanese Society So-ciety in New York dwelt specially upon the idea, of peace and on tho amicable relations that have always existed between be-tween Japan and the United States. He bespoko the continuance of these relations, rela-tions, and seized the occasion to declare de-clare .himsolf among the foremost advocates advo-cates of maintaining these friendly relations, re-lations, in order that the two countries, which have so long lived in harmony and cordial friendship, may continuo to do so for over. And he revised the old sentiment that peace hath her victories vic-tories no less renowned than war, to "Peace hath its victories more renowned re-nowned than those of war." It was a splendid sentiment, fitly uttered, on an occasion that was well adapted to the utterance. The Admiral will leave America with the abiding friendship of every patriotic pa-triotic American, and with tho knowledge- that at all times he has said the right tiling, and that his visit has worked strongly for friendliness and for peace.