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Show AMAZED AT TOE POWERFUL GUNS Washington. Aug. S. Admiral Count Togo, amazed, stood at tho muz-zlo muz-zlo of a new 14-lnch gun at the Washington navy yard today, the first to be completed of the twenty-four most powerful rifles in the world with which the giant xmerlcan battleships Texas and New York aro to be equipped. equip-ped. The Japanese admiral stuck his head Into the breech of thc gun and looked through a glistening barrel of 52 1-2 feet, the longest the United States navy has yet attained. Admiral Admir-al Togo looked enthusiastically at the latest product of ordnance In thc United Uni-ted States. He continued with renewed Interest Inter-est his visit through the yards and, although he moved around rapidly, he received a vivid Impression of the resourcefulness re-sourcefulness of the United States naVy. When he put on smoked glasses glass-es and watched the oxlacetyllne process proc-ess of welding and casting metal, a sight that Is not usually shown to visitors, vis-itors, he marvelled at the ease with which the workmen toyed with the metal. The admiral complimented Captain Beatty on the cleanliness of the yard and extenslveness of Its equipment. As he left the ynrd nineteen guns wore fired In salute, a Japanese flag being hoisted on a staff near by. |