Ogden Sun | 1905-09-19 | Page 4 | Togo's Flagship

FLAGSHIP following the disaster on tho ben hington ning ton tho loss by fire on the japanese teaches the navies of tho world that theao great fighting machines on the water are to be watched lest they destroy themselves and their crews after all tho surmising and investigating it has never been made certain that tho maine was destroyed y any external cause it is believed that the alro on tho was started by the failure of insulation of the electric wires there has always been a suspicion that tho maine magazines were exploded by her own electricity it that was so it was a potent spark for it caused a war that changed the political and commercial geography of the world tho was destined to be tho old ironsides of the japanese bavy her intrepid commander Is just now tho foremost naval hero of the world lie fought in tho front at port arthur and in the decisive battle 01 the sea of japan she was often hit and hurt ant never put out of action men and officers tell on her decks but her flag never dipped and her hoarse gum novar silenced now nearly brave sailors have gone down her but while the bravo ot the world lament them as tho martyrs of our maine and bennington were lamented there is mingled with it a feeling ot alon that her admiral grim old togo was not involved in the disaster great sacrifices are sometimes necessary to install great precautions A thousand perished miserably in the iroquois theater firo in chicago but millions have ben safer by tho acs son taught by that awful disaster so with the men ot the maine ton and have not died in vain it the naval powers of the world are taught tho need of forethought la safeguarding their ships against such appalling sacrifices on the maine and lost than we did dennington wo more in battle in the spanish war and on the japan lost more than were killed on her ships in the battle ot tho sea ot japan