The agreement of the Disarmament Washington Naval Treaty that a 10:6 tonnage ratio of capital ships, being cut down from a 10:7 ratio which Japan contended, between the navies of the United States and Great Britain and Japan drove generals exasperation, but Togo is said to have urged them by saying that 'there was neither ratio nor limit in skill-up training.'
ワシントン軍縮条約の結果主力艦の保有比率が対英米6割と希望の7割より低く抑えられたことに憤激する将官達に向かって、「でも訓練には比率も制限もないでしょう」と諭したと言われる。