The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-02-12
TELLS HOUSE sims
SHOULD BE 0USTED
BYRNEs CHARGES HE ENDANG.
ERS PEACE TO Crafty SPITE.
Calls His Figures False.
British, as Well as Americans, He
Says, Resent Flattery by Slander
of Our Army and Navy.

The following is from the New
York Times of January %, under
a Washington date line:
Admiral Sims was sharply
criticised in the house of rep
resentatives today for his Off
cial acts and his recent outburst
against the navy. by Representative
James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina.
Mr.. Byrnes reviewed some of Admiral
Sims statements to him and others,
called him an anglophile, accused him
OF making false statements, and in
sisted that if he had been told by a
superior officer that this country
would as soon fight England as Ger
many" by his divulging this CONVEX
sation he deserved the condemnation
OF every American and dishonorable
discharge from the navy.
Mr.. Byrnes's speech was interpret
ed by some to be the Administration
reply to Admiral Sims's recent as
sertions. The speech was frequent
ly cheered, not only by Democrats,
but by Republicans, especially the re-
mark that the most deadly peril Ad-
miral Sims had faced during the war
was the dining tables of London"
When Mr.. Byrnes concluded his re-
view of the doings of Admiral Sims
and the differences that arose between
him and Admiral Wilson, and called
for his "dishonorable discharge from
the navy" the house cheered. ..
Admiral Sims wrote book on the
war; said Mr.. Byrnes. 'tRead that
book. and you will clearly see that the
Admiral has convinced himself that
he, and he alone, won the war. But
while this book was gratifying to his
vanity and the remuneration salts
factory to his pocketbook, still it was
not sensational enough to win the
publicity for which he ever yearns.
HE therefore determined to spend
his declining years writing letters ex-
planning that his superior officers
were all at fault and that he had won
the war in spite of them.
while the men of the navy, many
Of whom had braved the perils of the
sea, were praising it, Admiral Sims,
who faced nothing more deadly than
the dining tables of London, began on
Dec. II the greatest battle of his ca
reer-the Battle of the Medals.
Says Sims Prefers British Medal.
'tHe declared that the duties of the
men at sea must always be secondary
in Importance to the service of those
ashore who direct the operations. 1t
was not surprising that Admiral Sims
did not accept medal from the Navy
Department. Having been decorated
by the British Admiralty, no decora-
tion of the United States Government
could have, any attraction for this
distinguished Admiral, who long
since justly won the title of the best
British Admiral in the American
Navy.
'NSims was born in Canada under
the British flag and seems unable to
get over it.
"The admonition that Sims receiv-
ed not to let the British pull the
wool over your eyes,, shows that he
could not be trusted. He must be
made to say who gave him the admo-
milton he alleges he received.
"If he now cared so little about
violating the confidential instructions
of his superior officers, does any man
believe that he has not long since told
officials of the British Government
that he received this admonition
when he left for Europe?
Il confidently believe that in all
the army and navy there is no other
officer who cares so little for the coun-
try that has honored him that he
would endanger the peace Of the ma
tion in order to- crafty his personal
spite.
''Sims not only belittled the
achievements of the navy of the
United States, but slandered the
army. I charge that he made false
statements as to both.
t'Sims was so busy :ightlns the war
over the dining tables OF London that
he did not know how many ships he
had under his command, or else,
knowing the facts, he willfully mis-
represented them in order to pay tri-
butte to the British navy and belittle
the work of the Americans.