The Washington times., 1920-02-01
Sims Used His Office
As Clearing House For
Propaganda of British

clothes In Queenstown and going up
anyway. But the procssding started
something else.
-ssiieS Dove Special"
Csrk 10 Queenstown.
There happened 20 be at Cork. re-
cruitod from everywhere. from Eng
iish ports some OF them. a corps OF
young women. Their business7 Well.
call IL the Department OF Public Ar
fections which was the phrase OF an
army chaplain friend OF mine used
In speaking OF them. These young
creatures said: "If our friends can't
come TO see us. there are trains run
ming to Queenstown. weli go TO see
them" and they did. One train which
left Cork for Queenstown every even
ing carried a crowd OF them so reg
ularly TO Queenstown that IL came to
be- known as the "Soiled Dove Spe-
cial"
Now Queenstown Is a pretty moral
little place and the Catholic clergy
there take an active interest In the
morals OF their people (for one thing.
no American sailor was allowed to
marry a Queenstown girl until he
brought along a ticket of health
from the surgeon OF his ship). The
nightly presence of tho young wom-
en- visitors became . scandal In
Queenstown. SO much 30 that Cath
Ollie curate at the Cathedral preached
a scorching sermon from the altar
about II. He said some measures
should be taken to protect the young
girls OF the parish from contact with
these creatures.
Young Bey. Peitea
Them with Mad.
IL was ne doubt ~ = result sf that
priests protest that enc eveainG ~
the usual party cane eat Of the sta
ton fron the special they were net
by a crowd Of young boysb they were
not young menJ they were younG
beyu of twelve or thirteen years Of
..xs, and Il being the rainy season In
Queenstown there were clodS OF mud
in the street. These yeusG boys
peited the visiting young women With
Jumps of mud and drove them baek
to the station, and from the stat on
the young women took the next train
buck and troubled Queeastown no
more.
That is the history Of that riot. rs
got II from residents OF Queens
town and an American naval officer,
who was on that same train and came
out of the station with the crowd OF
Young women. But what did the
propagandist make of 1t? The press
dispatches went from Queenstown TO
London and from London to here that
a crowd of young women visiting
sailors of our fleet had been set upon
and beaten by a gang OF young Irish
men; all with the intent OF showing
of course, that native young irish
men had no use for our fellows, ana
II they had no use for our bluetackets
II could be true that they had no use
for our country either.
Sims Used His Place
To Spread Propaganda.
An American correspondent whom
Iknow very we'll, a man OF national
reputation, also one who was on
most friendly terms with the British
admiralty, retold that story as the
prcss dispatches had 1t, in a weekly
of tremendous circulation, adding to
IL that here, no doubt. was one way
in which the Irish had earned their
fame as fighting men-beatinS up
women. He knew better. but his
boss is one If the most pro-EhSl
editors in 'ue United States.
y.-." .hese two illustrations OF
how l,ry manufacture ana spreae
propaganda against ireland, because,
as 1t happened, I can give hrst-hand
evidence of what actually hsppens
and because Admiral Sims usedt his
place to help the British government
spread them. This In their gamei
Separate US II they can from every
people who do not advance the polftf-
cal methods Of the British govern
mcnt.