The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-25
Admiral sims Seems In Good Spirits
When Leaves White House Con.
ference With President After
His Reprmand
BELIEVED MEETING OF
CHIEF PROVED CORDIAL
Summoned TO Presidents office
After penby's Public ccnsure Of
"Jaekassr Speech Given
While In London.
by United Prcss.

Washington, June 25.-President
Iiarding's conference with Rear Ad
miral Bins. whiol occurred imme.
diatels after the latter had been pub
llcally censured by Edwin Danby.
secretary OF the navy for his now
famous London "jackass" speech.
was believed today to have taken
some of the sting out of the raari-
unana.
There was no official authorize
tion for such an assertion. but the
impression prevailed being based
somewhat on the admiral's demeanor
as he emerged from the White
House. that his meeting with the
president had been cordial. despite
the official rebuke which had just
been administered by the secretary
of the navy.
The reprimand of Rear Admiral
Sims by Secretary of the Navy Ed
win DENLY, stated that this was the
second time that a public reprimand
OF the naval officer was necessary,
the previous occasion being because
of a speech he made in England, in
which he intimated that support
from the United States would be
forthcoming in the event any outside
force attacked England.
The reprimand pointed out that:
"rhe department is not unmindful of
your record and achievements as an
officer OF the navy, but the conspici-
Gus position you now hold, coupled
with the fact that you previously Of
Tended in similar manner. merely
serves to add to the gravity of tAe
present offense.
"The department deplores that 1t is
necessary to rebuke a flag officer
in public, but you have made such
action unavoidable. The department
expresses its strong and unqualified
disaproval Of your conduct in having
again delivered a highly improper
speech in a foreign country and you
are hereby publically reprimanded."
The reprimand quoted an extract
from the speech of Admiral Sims in
London before the English Speaking
union as follows:
q do not. want to touch on the
Irish question: for know nothing
about it, and have not run across
anybody in England wao does But
there are some people in our coun-
try who technically are Americans
some of them naturalized, and some
of them ma 1nAative-born; but some of
them are not really Americans at all.
Some of these people are now trying
to destroy the good relations between
our two countries. They are Ameri-
cans when they want money but
Sim Feiners when on the platforms.
They are enemies Of ours and yours.
"They are like the zebras--either
white horses with black stripes, or
black horses WITH white stripes. We
know they are not horses-and some
people think they are asses; but
each one of these asses had vote and
it is one of the Inconvenience of
form of government that
American-born citizens thought 1t
necessary to cater to these votes.
This necessarily created wrong
impression on this side to the senti-
ments of the great body of Ameri-
cans but the people Of Great Brit
ain know how much confidence to
place in resolutions which are forced
by these jaclsass votes
When asked for statement, ADJ
miral Sims Said Having spilled the
beans, | took what was coming to
me. | consider that the incident is
closed