Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-13
ENGLAND HELPLESS
TO POINT OF PANIC,
WILSON TOLD SIMS
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plan that promised to stop the egress
of German submarines, his mind was
closed to the above and, as many
other extracts show, to every plan
looking to the great offensive which
in the fall of 1918 was the most eff
fective foe of the submarine
Admiral Sims cable to the presi-
dent suggested that the proper policy
to pursue was to adopt the recon-
mendations he had made to the navy
department, most of which had been
decided upon and put in operation
before Admiral Sims suggested
them" Secretary Daniels declared.
Favored British Organization
"He added" the secretary contin-
ued, that we Sohuld adopt an organ
ization similar in all respects to the
British squadron, and virtually trans
fer all naval authority to his head
quarters in London. He was careful
not to say, though he regarded the
Queenstown base and surroundings
as the critical area that as rapidly
as American destroyers arrived the
British destroyers were removed to
another area, although he now makes
the prepoSterous statement that the
failure to have more destroyerS in
that critical area eve had thirty
four at that time out of our total of
fifty) occasioned the loss of 500, 600
lives and fifteen billion dollars of
money"
Two remarkable and significant
statements" in Admiral Sims reply
to President Wilson were cited by
Mr.. Daniels as evidence that the ad-
miral was go hypnotiZed by British
influences that he was willing to try
to lure the president of the United
States into the feeling that regard
less of future developments, we. can
always count upon the support of the
British navy"
The first was that the views he
had expressed were in all cases an
independent opinion, based upon spe-
eifc facts collected in the admiralty
and other government departments.
The second was as follows:
depend upon the fact, which /
believe to be true, that regardless of
any future developments we can al
ways count upon the support of the
British navy. I have been assured
iicials.'
"sops for Simple"
at would be interesting to know
what British government officials as
sured him that regardless of future
developments the United States can
always count upon the support of
the British navy" said Mr.. Daniels.
admiral could have regarded such as
surances as worth paying tolls to
transmit. Every school boy should
know that in a democratic govern
ment no government official could
pledge his country's navy to support
another government regardless of
future Developments 1t is to be
hoped that if Admiral Sims has such
assurances he will send copy of
the pledge in writing with the names
of the important government OIL
Gals appendedsthereto to be filed in
the archives Of 'sops for the simple"
Admiral Sims was under the spell
of influences that made hims believe
the British government could be de-
pended upon more to take care OF
America than that America should
depend upon her own strong right
arm said Mr.. Daniels.
"This attitude of acceptance of ev-
erything British" he added, "un-
doubtedly accounts for his opposition
to the creation of an independent
American troops sent abroad should
be used as an annex to the British
army, quoting General Bliss as rec
ommending that policy. When Cen
eraI Bliss read that Admiral Sims
had quoted him as advocating such
rotary of war declaring the truth to
be exactly the reverse"
Mr.. Daniels also asserted that Adj
miral Sims told G. c. Carlin, then
congressman from Virginia, VlSltlaS
London during the war, that "as
compared to the British navy our
achievements had amounted to little,
that England had protected us upon
the seas anG we could always rely
upon her to do so. and that in view
of this friendship there was no ne
cessity for US to desire a navy which
would in any way equal that of Great
Britain" Mr.. Cariin, Mr.. Daniels
said, declared Admiral Sims should
have been on the British payroll, not
Americas.