The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-19
DANIELS DENIES
ISSUING WARNING
Never Made Statement
Regarding British,
Says Secretary
CHARGES UNJUSTIFIED
Naval Secretary Declares
Navy Assisted In Sue
ccssful End of War

WASIINGTOS, Jan IS Sorrc-|
taty Daniels boo o. letter forwarded
toutg'h tu Chairman rage ot the H'u.
hto naval afftiIa committee. declared
hat % WlH not h' who had told Roar
Admiral william IS Sims before the
admiral IS departure Iu March. lJI g..
for London, mot tu let tho British
Iuil the wool over your eyes, and
. mat the United states "wOuld no. soon
fight the British as the Germans
TeslifylnE yesterday before . senate
naval suh-commlttcr Investigating
awards Admiral Sims said such dd
moniton had been given him by q
high official before he left the
United states. and quoted from e
lcttor recently written 10 Nr Dan
irls ana cutillod certain naval I".
sons of the great wnr' whiru az.
rg.gucd iu SHARP toruia many aspects
of the navy dtpartmouta conduct ut
the war
Secretary Daniels lu his letter to
Senator Page snId th1t Admiral SiuIa'
letter had houu referred TO th, gen
cral board Of tho navy for action and
that at the proper tim" ana In tho
proper way any fair minded iuScsti.
gator viii hc convinced that the ale
cations reflcctiuE upon tho vigorous.
effective and succrsHtul prosecution
OF the war, So Ear as W. navy depart
mcnt ana th' entire navy are CON
Cerncd. arc based ON opinions which
are without justification
No Extend Investigation.
because Of tho attachment made
yesterday hy Admiral SIMS, 1t ap-
pcarcd likely tuu.gat that th" scope
81 the senate investigation would De
extended
Tho naval socrctarS IN his letter Ia
Chairman Page sliGs
II Observe hat Rear Admiral Sims
on Satur lay read TO sub commit
tee Of the naNll affairs cummitto ot
the senate . copy Of u paper recently
sent TO tho department. which he en-
titled certain naval lessons nt tho
great war The original of this has
been referred 10 the general board of
the navy Tor action, At the proper
time and In the proper way any
fair minded investigator viii be con
WINGED that the allegations rcficctinR
upon tho vigorous. effective and sue
cessful prosecution OF tho war, sO
far as tho navy department and the
entire navy are concerned, are based
upon opinions which are without Jus
tiflcation.
at Is not my purpose at this time
10 comment on the letter as n whole
hut one passage iB OF such a nature
having hearing ns II does upon
International relations. that I visa
to say that never TO Rear Admiral
Sims did | say: Don't let tho British
pull the wool over your eyes. II Is
none of oar business pulling the!i
chcstnuts out OF the fire. We would
ss soon fight the British as the Ger
mans
Irobcd Submarine Situntidn.
In the later part OF MayCh, 1917
after relations had been broken OF
with Germany ana the American
navy had begun to arm merchant
ships, Rear Admiral Sims was sum
moned To Washington. He was in
formed by me that he had been So
lccicd to so TO London as spccin
and confidential representative OF
the navy department lie was giver
explicit verbal instructions to visi
the American ambassador AZ London
to get in touch with the British ad
miralty TO Investigate the sinking,
by submarines and the situation
generally and inform the navy de
partment fully, or course his mission
was confidential, as the United state,
was then u neutral
"At that time congress had not de
clarcd war. Rear Admiral Sims wa
cautioned to perform no act and I,
make no public statement mat coul,
commit this country To any cours
pending declaration OF the country
policy by the president aud the con
grcss. In this connection | reminded
him OF the statcmeut In his Guil,
hall speech In England when he wa
"a younger man for which he wa
reprlmanded by Pres dent Tart. i
the day ever comes when the Britis
empire is seriously monaCed 10y an
external enemy, IL iS my opinion tina
you can count upon every man ever
dollar, every drop of blood OF you
kindred acrosa the sea. told hir
he was selected. not because of thi
speech, but in spite Of H., bclcvin
ne would exercise the discretion an
diplomacy which tho confidential ma
turs OF his mission ncCcssitAtcd an
hat his wide acquaintance wit
naval leaders abroad would facilitat
his obtaining from the department a
first hand the information desire
10y this government.
Coming THE Rainbow Girl." --