, 1921-06-16
Admiral Sims Stirs Up Hornets
Nest by His London Speech
About the Irish.
SECRETARY OF Navy ACTS
Mexico Told She Must Sign Treaty to
Obtain Recognition-Pueblo Ris-
ing From Flood Disaster
New Parliament Of North
ern Ireland Meets.
BY EDWARD w. PickARo.

Some of our eminent Americans
have a positive genius for saying the
wrong thing when they are abroad.
Closely following the extraordinarily
tactless u%tterances of Ambassador
Harvey in his first address in London
comes the speech of Admiral Sims at
"A meeting of the English Speaking
union in the British metropolis. He
is quoted in the press as saying:
II do not want to touch on the
Irish question, for | know nothing
about 1t. Blu there are many in our
country who technically are Ameri-
cans, some of them naturalized and
some born there, but none of them
Americans at all. They are Americans
when they want money, but Sim
Feiners when on the platform. They
are making wal on America today.
The simple truth of il is that they
have the blood of the British and
American boys oil their hands for the
distractions they placed In the way
of the most effective operation of the
allied naval forces. during the war.
They are like zebras, either black
horses with white stripes or white
horses with black stripes. But we
know they are not horses-they are
asses. But each of these asses has n
vote and there are lots of them"
OF course the numerous friends OF
free Ireland" in the United States
We're enraged by these words, and
Senator Medill Mccormick of Illinois
went to the front promptly, denounc-
Ing the admiral's speech as "repre-
hensible and disgusting" He called
the attention OF Secretary of the Navy
DENLY TO the address and asked that
Sims be disciplined If it developed
that he had been correctly quoted.
Without bothering the President
with the affair, Secretary DENLY
cabled TO Admiral Sims the substance
of the press reports and ordered him
to inform the department Immediately
whether or not he had used the Ian
guage attributed to him.
The senate, taking to itself some
Of the admlral's harsh expressions,
unanimously adopted n resolution or
dering the naval affairs committee to
make "A thorough investigation OF the
matter.
Forecasting his reply to Secretary
DENLY. Admiral Sims declared he
would not repudiate a single word OF
his speech.
No doubt both Ambassador Harvey
md Admiral Sims thought they were
engaged In the laudable task Of main
tanning and enhancing the amicable
relations between the W. great Eng
fish speaking nations; but II they had
wisdom comparable with their years
and experience they would have
known that utternnces Ike theirs nj
ways injure rather than aid that
cause. On the other hand. II is unde-
ninbly true that the efforts OF cheap
American politicians to entangle this
country In the Irish controversy are
disgusting to millions Of American
citizens.
the week was the announcement by
Secretary Hughes of the admInistra-
TONS policy In dealing with Mexico.
In n sentence. this Is that. II Mexico
desires to obtain recognition by the
United States, she must enter into n
treaty OF amity and m that
ma been presented to President Obre-
gon and IN which she will guarantee
American property rights within Mex
lem territory against conhscation.
naA H.