South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-25


The department insists on main
Raining both the precedent and the
propriety which forb.ds govern
1neut servant o. your position dis
cussinF such matters iu foreign
country
THAT tho impropriety OF such
public uftorances has once before
been brought 20 your attention is
shown by the fact that a public
reprmand was administered 90 you
ln 1911 for making the following
statement in a public speech in
London.
10 the time ever comes when
~, British emTlre IL seriously men
aced bv an external enemy 30 -s my
opinion that YOU may count upon
& every man. every dollar every drop
% blood of your kindred across the
sea.
DisrCgarded Instructions.
"Iu the reprimand above men
tloned tile duties and responsible
ties OF officers ~ the navy who
speak in public We're clearly and full
Is set forth Your remarks on the
. occasion now under discussion.
therefore. constitute fragrant and
deliberate disregard of specific in
strucuons
"The department g. not unmind-
ful OF YOUR record and achieve
5 ments as an officer Of the navy but
The conspicuous position Won now
E hold coupled with the fact that you
have previously offended en- SINH
3 lar manner. merely serves 90 add 20
The gravity Of the present offeuse
"Tne department deplOres the
fact that 30 IS necessary 20 rebuke
a flag officer in public. but YOU have
made such action unavoidable.
The department expresses its
strong and qualified disapproval Of
3 your conduct In having again deliv-
cred n highly improper speech in a
foreign country and you are hereby
publicly reprimanded
Attached 20 the copy OF the rep
rimand as made public. was a cory
r OF Sec'y Denby's order % admiral
issued Thursday. instructing him TO
state 80 writing the specific in
stances In which he was misquoted
and to give as accurate a text as
possible Of what he said.
There was also attached a copy
OF Admiral Sims reply
Presents Copy OF Speech.
In his reply. Admiral Sims sets
forth that his remarks were not
prepared IN advance and that he
spoke extempOra neously. Before
leaving London. however his reply
says he prepared a copy OF what
ne said with the assistance of the
London newspapers and Command
er Land assistant American naval
attache in London. This Is the text
quoted in Sec'y Denby's reprimand:
This copy OF the speech will
show IN what respects / was incor-
rectly quoted In America" says the
admiral's reply
THE essential incorrectness Of
the reports that were made on this
side. IS contained in the following
paragraph from your letter (refer-
ring to Sec'y Denbys letter quoting
the accounts OF the speech printed
I'm American Newspapers
We have a class of people on
the other side who are technically
Americans. some of them born
there some naturaliZed They are
at war against America today and at
war against you. The simple truth
is they have the blood of American
and English boys on their hands
"In no part Of my speech did I
make any such statement as that
aL IN
was 20 the Sim Fein faction Of the
Irish people who fought us during
the war and 10 the Sim Feiners in
America who assisted 10 fight us dur
ing the war. The above viii show
the essential difference between the
two statements.
Referring 90 the enclosed copy
OF my speech. I quote as follows.
"I have never hesdtated 10 say
that the Sim Fein sympathizers in
America who helped the Sim Fem
ers in ireland 20 fight the allies dur
ing the war. had the blood OF Eng
lish and American boys on their
hands.
Vitll MisquotatiOn.
THE alb, e is the vital misquota-
ton that was made on this side: and
as far as I have been able 90 Judge
from the comments i'm the press it
is this misquotation which has ma
turalIy caused so much discussion.
In essential connection with the
above. 7 beg 10 invite attention to
the fact that upon no occasion have
ever made any attack against the
Irish people In Ireland or the Irish
In America. though il IS constantly
stated in the press that / have done
so. on the contrary. in everythiue,
that 7 have written on the subject
and in every phrase that I have said.
7 have taken particular pains spe-
cihcally 10 state my admiration for
the Irish people and their conduct
towards my forces during the war.
\ reference to my book. The Victory
at Sea viii show the terms in which
referred 20 the kindly treatment
we received from the Irish in ire
land
I'm the book above referred to.
and as a matter Of historical record,
] stated the nature OF the dangerous
hostilities Of the Sim Fein faction
I'm Ireland and how much il cost
the allies In military effort 10 coun-
teract them.
"It may be worthy OF note that
my action IN thus reporting the hos
tihty OF the Sim Fein faction in
Ireland was commended by the sec
Rotary Of the navy. Mr. JOsephus
Daniels IN a letter which he wrote
20 q gentleman On Philadelphia who
had protested against the attack
made upon me by sim reiu SYM
pathizers in America Nr Daniels
sent me "a cou,- Of +Nf- 1.++av. v-i+r "a,