The New York herald., 1921-06-23
Sims WHISKED OFF
AS POLICE PARADE
Demonstrations Fail to Ma
terialize Under Weight
of Enright's Hosts.
MANY CHEER; FEW JEER
Admiral Arrives OH Olym-
pic and Leaves at Once
for Washington.
FEARS NO PUNISHMENT
Major Kelly, Irish Sympathiz-
ar, Insists He Conveyed
Thanks to Him.
FEARS NO PUNISHMENT

! A woman paraded West street with
a child's blackboard chalked with this
picture of some kind of nursery ami
NAL and letters spelling Admiral Sims
is a jackass." Dynamite Mike" Kelly
says he handed the Admiral a me-
mortal thanking him for making friends
for Ireland. Three police boats flying
the emerald departmental flag and
toddllng up the bay behind the vast
Olmypic were the nearest visible re-
minder of the Irish navy. Two cracked
cornets on an excursion boat played
THE Wearin' o. the Green" A few
hundred persons sweating outside po-
lice lines a block away from the dock
saw closed car shoot away from the
pier so fast they had no time to realize
the Admiral was inside it.
In the Pennsylvania Railroad Sta
ton there was some groaning, some
hooing, some Kissing, and much. very
much more, cheering. Without the
station, in Seventh avenue. two in
spired DANES passed and repassed each
other, glaring but speaking not. Each
had a placard, one reading, "He knows
what jackass is, he made one OF
himself" the other, "A magnificent
American" Some subtle soul sent the
Admiral a note, definitively signed
From Americans" the burden OF
which was that the Admiral ought to
be drowned.
Police Commissioner Enrlght made
good his promise to have more than
1000 men on hand to preserve the
Admiral and the good name Of this
great city. There were 700 at the pier
and 800 at the Pennsylvania Station
or along the route from the pier. and
others moving magnifcently on horse
or motor back or IN motor cars as the
returned warrior and orator flashed
uptown from the waterfront. They
were geared for good work. but there
was little to be done. They marched
and countermarched and had the as
pect of police parade with Admiral
Sims as the reviewing officer Through
their field commanders he compM-
mented them at the station upon their
alertness and the obvious effective
ness of their riot formation.
Police smother Mob Scene.
And that's about all that the much
advertised rival receptions to William
S. Sims dwindled down to. Whatever
intention was entertained OF celebrating
his Homecoming with a mob scene was
smothered under disapprobation and the
dead weight of so many police. Few
OF the Irish veterans who were sched-
uled to go to the pier even tried to.
There was a little shouting from both
sides. but the traveller was too far
away and too quickly out OF sight to
hear II.
The Olympic let him off at Pier 50.
foot of West Eighteenth street, at a lit
tie after 10 o'clock. An hour later he
started for Washington. He reached the
capital at 3 20. Recalled from England
to explain to Secretary DENLY what he
meant by speaking Of some American
Sim Feiners as asses" he expects to
report to the Secretary to-day. He
would not discuss the London speech or
his recall yesterday. But something he
said may indicate that he does not fear
any great punishment. This was: Il
know nothing at all except that j am
going to Washington under orders. Then
l suppose l shall go 10 Newport and
take up my regular duties as president
OF the War College" He was asked II
he felt at all perturbed. He said: NO:
| don't know why should"