The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-25
Text of Reprin1and.

he text oI the reprlTnand, as it VIII appear on the record, follows: The Secretary of the Navy,
 Washington, 24 June, 1921. From: the Secretary of the Navy. To: Rear-AdmiraI William s. Sims. U. S. Navy.
 1. On June s, 1912, there appeared In the public press throughout the alleged to have been made by you on the occasion Of a luncheon given in London on the previous day at which you were the guest of the English Speaking Union
 2.- These public statements, if cor rectly reported. dealt with matters which properly should be the sub ject Tor comment by no high Govern the care of our foreign policy is en- trusted.
 3. Your letter of June 22, in which you furnish the Department with an abstract of the speech delivered by you on the occasion in question con- firms in essential points the aforesaid press reports and shows that on a public occasion in a foreign country you gave utterance to the following statements:
 'I do not want to touch cn the Irish question, for I know lothing about it. and have not run across anybody in England who do9S EIt there are scme people in our country who technically are Americans, some of them naturalized and some of them native born; but some of them are not really Americans at all
 Some of these people are now try ing to destroy the good relations be- tween our two countries. They are Americans when they want money, but Sim F'einerS when on the plat form. They are enemies of ours and yours.
 They are like zebras---either white horses with black stripes or black F. they are not horses, and some people think they are asses; but each one of these asses had vote, and 1t is one of the j1coIsveniences of a repub- Ican form of goveinm ent that Amer ican-born citizens thought it neceS- sary tc cater to these votes.
 f~Iyhis necessarily created a wrong impression U1: this side as to the sen tinents of the great body of Amer jeans, but the people of Great Britain know how much confidence to place in resolutions which are forced by these jackass votes.
 t'Eleven years ago I made a, prOph- ecy which came true l will venture another now. I believe I shall live to see the day when the English speak ing people Of the world will come to- gcther in bonds of comradeShip, and if they do they will be able to run this round globe. Personally, believe. I shall live to see an inter-EngliSh- speaking policy, and when we have
  to secure peace and prosperity in the world"
 4. The department insists on main tainirg botL the precedent and the propriety which forbid a Government servant of your position discussing such matters in q foreign country.
 5. That the i-apropriety of such public utteranceS has once before been brought to your atten4ion is shown by the. fact that public rep riy:1and was administered to you in 1911 fer making the following state ment in a public speech in London:
 of the time ever comes when the British Empire is seriously menaced Sy an external enemy, it is my opin- ion that you may count upon every man, every dollar, every drop of blood of your kindred across the sea"
 6. If the reprimand above men toned the duties and responsibilities of officers of the navy who speak in public were clearly and fully set forth. our remarks on the occasion now un- der d1sc uston. therefore. constitute