The Washington times., 1920-01-21
Whoever Said It Spoke Like
A Real American


b Admiral Sims says he told by high official in the
Navy Department not to the British pu the wool
his eyes," and also told that we woud just lief fight
the British the Germans"
Admiral Sims does say that Secretary Daniels told
him this but leads people to infer that such the case
Mr. Daniels says that he did not say it.
Whoever used these words spoke like real American,
and all the rest of who of that breed will say: Bully
for him'
One of the distasteul things done by Mr. Wilson
during the whole the selection of Sims to command
our fleet in European waters.
Most of felt that there plenty of officers in our
navy who Americans by birth and in sentiment per-
fecy fitted to command American ships without select
ing who born British subject and who had never
lost opportunity to exa and magnify the British crown
and the British navy.
. We did forget that this same Sims had in speech
in the Guildha London in 1910 nsulted the ordinary de-
cencie of International relations by promising that when
England got into real she could rely upon the
last ship the last dollar the last and the last drop of
blood of her kindred the speech for which he
was most properly reprimanded and should have been
cashiered.
And when this SIMS in his written account of his
operations after the stated that he and other American
officers we content to leave the freedom of the
in the keeping of the British navy all felt that he was
only running to the true kagophle form he had always
displayed
Nor did thousands of our citizens of Irish descent
get the insulting remarks which the portion meted out
to their kin in Ireland by this wordy hero of the Eng
ish royalty and aristocracy
So feel quite that when Sims the Navy
Department of having told him that just willing
to fight Great Britain anybody else he will not draw
any tears to real American eyes.
For that is just the way real Americans feel about it,
and if Sims real native born American he could
derstand that without being told.
AS for the gross improperly of this public attack wei
only say that many hotheaded sailor has been
put behind prison doors for nsubordnaton half sol
fragrant and twice excusable.
The Senate should not begin by investigating Secretary
Daniels conduct of the The Senate should begin by
investigating Sims conduct during the and since the
processing neutrality that ready fight British
Germans had the right American view and if Mr. Wilson
had held the view and made it known when British
and Germans alike insulting flag AND committing
aggessions upon rights the the would have
ended 1915 without dragging into the conflict and the
whole world would have recovered and been peace and
work this very day.
All sensible men know that now.
And far early shortcomings concerned truly
there many of them in the Navy Department. lust as
there in the British Navy Department. the German
Navy Department every other navy department.
War is not normal condition. War never finds the
machinery of war making all ready to at top speed
The Secretary of the Navy through the war with
credit than any other in the Administration and
ae deserved that credit.
It is shameful thing that he should be the target of
mud singing subordinates jealous subordnates Amer
subordnates.
We have had enough and too much of this pro- British
intriguing in affairs.
When it begins thrust it's fingers into our navy-our
only defense against British imperiasm-the American
people going to speak out clearly that nobody
Washington will doubt what they or how they feel
Sims can be quite sure of that his navy clique
md their aiders and abettors in the Congress-
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