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JAPANESE FLAGSHIP
S AVED AS MEMORIALJ.
Tokio, Jan. I~.
Having received the cotoent of
all the signatories to the Wnash.ing
ton naval treaty, as wel as chat of
the navy, the '"Save the M:ka'a"
Society, with Admiral Togo as Fon
president:, this afternoon deciLad
to preserve the historic battlnRhip.
irhich *buld otherwise have bean
sorapped under the terms of th"
treaty, as a national men?orial
similar to the Victory. The pre
sent state of the vessel renders it
impossible to move her from YooK
suka, where the memorial will be
established. The navy has, con
tributed the cost of scrapping to'
the preservation fund, for which a
national appeal is being made.-
(Reuter).
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