The New York herald., 1921-06-14
Sims QUOTED ALIKE
HERE AND IN LONDON
Is Convinced Of Garbling in
I. S. but Refuses to Dis
cuss English End.
CABLE DELAY Is BLAMED
Believes Failure of DENLY to
Get Reply Promptly Led to
Recall Order
CABLE DELAY Is BLAMED

Special Gable to TnE NEw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
| London. June 13.
| Rear Admiral William S. Sims told
THE NEW YORK HERALD correspondent
here just before going to Ambassador
Harvey's dinner tonight that he was
convinced he had been misquoted in
| America, but when he was asked If he
had been misquoted in London, he said
he could not discuss the matter fur
ther with the newspapers because, in
| view of Secretary Denbys order to
return Immediately, naturally he must
report officially first. He will sail on
the Olympic Wednesday, as he had
| planned.
The question of Admiral Sims being
| misquoted in England has not arisen,
although the quotations cabled back
from the United States agree with the
reports published here. No question
of the Admiral having been misquoted
at all was heard until Secretary DENLY
asked him If he had been quoted cor
rectly in America Several newspapers
here, including the London Times. now
refer to the Admiral's address as his
"jackass vote" speech.
AdmiraI's Belief.
Admiral Sims said he believed Sec
retary Denby's second message order
ing his immediate return was due to
the delay in his reply to the Secre-
tarys first message reaching Wash
ington.
For this delay, Admiral Sims de-
clared. he was not responsible, as he
sent off his answer within an hour
after receiving Mr.. Denby's message
asking If he had been correctly re-
ported in his speech before the Eng
lish Speaking Union, in which he was
quoted as denouncing American hy-
phenates and particularly Irish
American supporters of the Irish re-
public.
Leading inter-London press associa-
tions told THE NEW York HERALD cor
solutely no chance of an incorrect
quotation of what Admiral Sims said
In SO far as they are concerned. be-
cause they will not hire a reporter for
such work who Is not an expert short
hand writer. They stand unqualinedly
on what they sent out to the English
newspapers.
Not Directly Quoted.
The London TineS's report OF thu
Hyde Park speech by Admiral Sims
following the practice OF the British
press. does not directly quote him. but Is
written and printed in the third person.
The passage figuring in the dispute re-
garding the quotation from his speech
before the English Speaking Union In
London last Tuesday evening. which
Admiral Sims in his reply to Secretary
Of the Navy DENLY said was not correct.
that the context was misleading and
garbled and that the report was infer
entially wrong, as ii appeared in the
Times follows:
Admiral Sims declared that his enc
mics had said he was opposed TO the
while Irish nation. He was not going
TO speak OF the Irish question. for It
was partly an American question, but
he had written certain articles in which
he told the truth about the action OF the
Sim Fein faction with reference 20 our
troops during the war. They had no,
had the material % attack directly. 50
they had done so indirectly. and forces
had TO be diverted TO deal with them.
with the result that a great many ships
and a great many lives had been lost.
He intended 10 continue to make that
statement
They had people on the other side
technically American citizens-who were
carrying on war to-day against America
and against Great Britain and were try
Ing to destroy the good relations be.
tween the two countries. To those with
Slim Fein sympathies In America he said
that the simple truth OF the wretched
business was that there was the blood
OF English and American boys on their
hands. They were Americans when they
wanted money. but Sim Feiners on the
platform. They we're like the zebra
either black horses with whito stripes
or white horses with black stripes.
Laughter lie suspected they we're
not horses, but asses. but those asses
had votes, and there were lot OF them.
THE consequence was that American
born citizens found It necessary 10
cater 20 those votes-that was one OF
the Inconvenience OF a republic--whlch
created n wrong impression on this
side. Those who understood the stua-
tion. however. knew how much I'M
portance 10 attach 20 resolutions In
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