The Washington herald., 1921-06-09

DENLY Cables Admiral
Sharp Command After
Reading Speech.
SENATORS IN RAGE
AT NAVAL OFFICER
Nc Cormick, Reed and La
Toilette Express Indig::
nation at Capitol.

Admiral William Snowden Sims
las been ordered by Edwin DENLY,
secretary Of the navy, to report i'm
nediately whether he spoke on the
irish question as reported in Lon
DON Tuesday night before the Eng
ush Speaking union.
Secretary DENLY cabled Admiral
Sims after Senator Medin McCor-
mick, of Illinois, denounced the ad-
miraPs speech as reported in the
press as disgusting" and repre-
hensihle." and urged that discip-
unary action be taken II he had
been correctly quoted. Senator Nc
Cormick went to the White House,
after talking with DENLY, and asked
Secretary Christian to call Admiral
Sims address to the attention Of
the President.
Cable After Visit.
Denby's cable to Sims followed
the visit from Mccormick.
Denby said he had decided views"
on the situation created by Sims.
but that he would not indicate what
action would be taken
Secretary DENLY quoted from
Sims reported speech as follows
Text of Speech
Il have read with amazement GER
tain extracts from a speech pur-
ported to have been made by you
IN addressing the English Speaking
union at a luncheon in London, June
Z, as follows There are many in
our country who technically are
Americans, naturalized and born
there, but none OF them American
at all They are American when
they want money, but Sim Feiners
on the platform They are making
war on America today The simple
truth Of II Is that they have the
blood of English and American boys
on their hands They are like ze-
bras 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 a vote, and there
are lots Of them
An order is being framed in the
navy now, DENLY said to remove
censorship from the utterances of
officers but this made it all the
more important. he added, that off,
GERS exercise special care
Views of Senator.
Tt is grossly improper" Senator
Mccormick said. "for a naval officer
abroad to asperse the loyalty OF a
great number of his fellow citizens.
Admiral Sims, not by implication
but by his own direct statement.
charged that not a handful. but
multitudes of his fellow citizens are
actuated first. not by devotion to
America. but to the cause of some
other people
Disxusted with Speech.
"I am disgusted that an American
naval officer should deliver such a
speech"
Senator LaFollette, author of the
resolution for recognition of the
Irish republic. declared that he
would comment upon the speech
when he calls up his measure in a
few days LaFoIlette's resolution
Is of a character which Sims called
forced by jackasses' votes"
Senator Reed, of Missouri, declar-
ed that the speech was simply
nauseating."
Sims is in England on a vacation
to receive a degree from a British
university
sims Past Record.
In 1898, when Americans were
jubilant over their Spanish victory,
Sims reported that in battle with a
frst-class naval power the United
States would not even achieve a
respectable defeat"
Sims said that one British ship
could easily dispose of four or five
American ships of corresponding
type
On December 3, 1910. Sims, in
London, declared that blood was
thicker than water, and that IL Eng
land ever was threatened with war,
the United States would come to her
aid Sims drew a reprimand for this
at the direction of President Taft.
Called Down Before.
On a previous occasion. Sims an
nounced that rules governing target
practice were generally regarded in
the feet with derisive disapproval." :"
This was characterized by the as
sistant secretary of the navy as 'in-
subordinate in character. disrespect-
full to the department and to your
commander in chief"
Under the Roosevelt administrs-
tion, Sims received a sharp letter
from Secretary of the Navy Metcalf.
inquiring about a magazine article.
Break with Daniels.
Finally, in December. 1919. the DIFF
ferences between Sims and Josephus
Daniels came to a mead in a letter
from Sims bitterly criticizing the
medal awards for war service.
Sims has previously attracted at
tention by his attacks on the Sim
Feiners. both in his bood, The Vic
tory at Sea-" and in a speech at
Boston. in which he charged them
with being pro-German.