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Show TOGO TALKS TO SPIRITS .Addresses Departed Men of His Fleet in Endcar-; Endcar-; in? Terms. TOKIO. Dec. 31. 7 p. m. At the funeral fu-neral here today of several officers and rnen who were killed while fighting under un-der him in attacks on the Port Arthur ' fleet and fortress. Vice-Admiral Togo addressed their spirits in the following I j . words: . j "As I stand before your spirits I can . hardly express my feelings. Your per-f per-f sonalitles are fresh in my memory. Your corporeal existence has ceased, but your passing from this world has been in the gallant discharge of your duty, by virtue of which an enemy's fleet on this world has been completely disabled, and our combined fleet holds undisputed command of the seas. "1 trust this will bring peace and rest to your spirits. - "It is my agreeable duty to avail myself my-self of my presence in this city, whither whith-er I have been called by our Emperor, to render a report of our successes to ; the' spirits of those who sacrificed their ' earthly existence in the attainment of . . so important a result as that above i rendered. . '"Most humbly me. In person. - "HEIHACHIRO TOGO. ' "Admiral of the Combined Fleets." |