Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-22
BENSON TOLD ME
TO WATCH BRITISH
SIMS

CONTINUED From Page onel
thering agitation in favor Of brigading
American troops. Sims said the mem
orandum probably" was written by Am
bassadOr Page.
It was dated Jan. Il. 1918, and read, in
part:
There was small dinner last night
at which were represented Balfour, Cecil
and Reading and the host. a very i'm
portant person. There was also pres
emit another man who holds somewhat
radical views as to the most efficient
way 20 employ Americas manpower on
the western front, instead Of organizing
a separate army with its own lines OF
Communication and supply.
'sThe gentlemen above mentioned were
greatly Interested in the expression OF
these views and highly approved OF them
and the discussion turned upon the
means to be employed to realize them"
'Manfestly the pressure in favor OF
the scheme Is increasing. 1t is becoming
apparent that the bulk OF the tonnage
assumed 10 transport the army is being
70 bring over the material TO create the
facilities for handling and supplying a
projected army so large that 1t can prob
ably never be landed in France-at least
not In time TO get into the game.
cit Is believed that the pressure Is
now. or soon VIII be. such as TO en-
danger the positions OF those who con-
tinue 10 oppose the scheme.
at is Of course desira BILE TO increase
this pressure as soon and as much as
possible.
"The reasons in favor OF the scheme
are so plain and simple as to be readily
understood by the men on the street.
The reasons opposed TO Ii are purely
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and state pride and
ambition for personal distinction. There
is no sound military resOn against ii,
Therefore, II is of the utmost i'm
portance that this matter be clearly ex-
planned to the man on the street
1T Is up to you and the men Of
your cloth"
This memorandum is intended as Brit
ish propaganda" Pittman declared. cit
Is propaganda against Pershing and
against the establishment Of a separate
army"
SIMS OBJECTS TO
TERM PROPAGANDA.
ut isn't propaganda" Sims retored.
"It ismply predicts what actually took
place. Il is what Bliss recommended and
Gen. Pershins did when the cris came"
Regarding making the American feet
of the British force, Sims is alleged to
have written to the department July 1t,
1917, the following:
THE first course open to us which
occurs to mind, It hat we
should look upon our service as Part of
the combined allied service, OF which tho
British grand fleet is the main body and
all other allied naval forces disposed
the world are necessary
branches thereof"
Charging that Sims favored using
drafted men as shipyard laborers, Pitt
man read from an alleged letter by Sims
t othe navy department Nov. 10, 1917:
ut has even been suggested that, IN
view OF the present situation a good pro-
portion OF our national army could
probably be more effectively utilized in
prosecution Of the war by actually utlliz-
ing the men as labor in American ship
yards"
Sims acknowledged that early In the
war. he favored utilizing a portion of the
American man power in shipyards.
PADERswSKI IN ROME.
ROME, March 22.-Ignace Jan Paderew-
ski, former premier of Poland, has ar
rived here for a vacation.