Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-08
DANIELS S ORR ' THAT HE LET
 SIMS TALK
Secretary Takes Back His Recommendation of Honor
 For Admiral


 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-Colcluding his testimony before the senate sub- committee Investigating naval decora- ton awards, Secretary Daniels dis closed that a wide difference of opin- ion existed between himself and Rear Admiral Sims during the war on the acceptance of foreign honors and decorations by American naval off cers. Rhe admiral, who favored such decorations while MT. Daniels op- posed the, will again be before the committee Tuesday.
 Withdraws Recommendation After committee members read MT. Daniels commendatory statements he made in recommending Admiral Sims be made a permanent admiral for his war services, Secretary Daniels de- clared he would not now make such a recommendation as developments had caused him to change his mind. He cited what he characterized as Admiral Sims efforts to magnify achievements of the British army and navy and to minimize results obtained i by the United States in injudicious statements contained in a series Of articles by Admiral Sims regarding the navys part in the war, including a "gratuitous reflection on the Irish race" and the officers action in giv- ing out official instructions of a highly | confidential nature as having led to a i change in his views on promotion for the admiral.
 MT. Daniels said he had waived regulations requiring officers to sub- | Tnln fn hn fore publication because "he wished to show Admiral Sims ever considsra- tion and courtesy" and expected ehe articles to be confined to Anerlca 5 naval war activities.
 q am very sorry now that l gave Rear Admiral Sims this latitude" the secretary said.
 1 Scores Ambassador Chairman Hale placed in the record a letter from c. V. Cusachs, formerly a lieutenant commander in the navy and assistant naval attache to Spain during part of the war. Cusachs said he was recalled after Ambassador
 Willard had cabled the state depart ment that a Mir Urgoiti, owner of a
 Madrid newspaper, had informer the
 ambassador that Cusachs had told him
 
 fishing naval bases in Spain, the am
 bassador's message adding, he said
 that Cusachs' indiscretion Is fatal tC
 our interests" The Spanish editor
 Cusachs said, in a letter to him later
 denied he had ever made the state
 ment attributed to him by Ambassa
 dor Willard. The ambassadors be havior in telling him goodbye, the  hypocritical acting"
 Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne
 vada protested against introduction ot
 the Cusachs statement as not perti nent, but Chairman Hale replied thai Ambassador Willard would be giver } an opportunity to defend himself if he desired.
 [ Secretary Daniels had no comment
 he said. Cusachs and Rear Admira Decker, his chief, had both been re called because they were unable t' ? get along with the ambassador, an( that such action was ordinary maya policy in the case of attaches. Debate on the peace treaty of the
 navy's conduct of the war of Ad miral Sims literary ability and man!
 other subjects consumed much of tn,
  { Hale made intellectual efforts to ge the hearing back on the subject O decorations.
 } Secretary Daniels said that meda had been conferred on Thomas A. Ec ison, in recognition of the service h q rendered as head of the naval COT sulting board, but that the invento had refused it after the controvers q over naval awards had arisen, sayin he had served for love of country an wanted no reward OF decoration. Nil Edison, MT. Daniels said, had give his whole time, most of it on nava
 vessels, to study anti-submarine d' , vices.
 }i Chairman Hale read a letter froI { MT. Edison saying hte latter had d' < voted himself to perfecting listenin $ device which would enable detectio : of the direction of torpedoes.'
 There isn't any honor the nav
 could give to Mir. Edison" said tn q secretary. His own accomplish 5 ments and record gave something ( ne H