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DENBYSCABLE
NOT RECEIVED,
SIMS DECLARES
Asserts He Replied to
!. First Message With
in Hour of Receipt.


ciated Press. Rear Admiral Will
liam 8. Sims said this morning that
he had not received the cable mes
sage from Secretary of the Navy
DENLY, cancelling the remainder OF
his leave of absence and recalling
him to report as soon as possible in
Washington.
He left his hotel early in order to
fulfill a day of crowded social en-
gagements. He has no further pub
lie speaking engagements before his
departure from England on We'd
nesday, and there is nothing to indi-
cate that he intends adding any
thing to his side of the departmental
incident until his return to America.
Delay in Transmission.
The admiral told an interviewer
that he believed Secretary Denby's
second message had been dis
patched. because Of Admiral Sims
delay in sending a response to the
first one asking if he had been cor
rectly quoted in his address here
last week in which he criticized
Americans in sympathy with the
Irish republic. Admiral Sims in
sisted that the delay in his reply
was due only to delay in transmits
sion, and declared that he had made
his reply within an hour after re-
ceipt Of the first cablegram.
Admiral and Mrs. Sims were in
vited to dine tonight with the United
States Ambassador and Mrs. Har-
vey. The Duke Of Connaught and
other notable personages, are
among the invited guests.
English Paper Comments.
Leeds, England. June 13.-The
Yorkshire Post, commenting today
on Admiral Sims, says:
There will be general sympathy
in this country for Admira; Sims,
that breezy sailor and inveterate
friend Of Great Britain, who once
more has got into hot water in the
United States for his part in speak
ing about 'Anglo-American rela-
tions.'
1T would be unfortunate il the
action taken regarding Admiral
Sims were construed into evidence
OF definite attitude on the part OF
the American government toward
the Irish question.
'The United States may take the
view that Admiral Sims, as an Off
Ger Of the American navy, has gone
beyond his province in publicly
touching on such matters outside
his own country. But in fact, it is
difficult to see on what grounds the
admiral has laid himself open te
special criticism, seeing that he ha.
said these things before in America
and told them with complete candol
in his war book, Victory at Sea-
i London News Attacks Admiral.
| London. June 13.-CUnited Press
Correspondence in the Sims
"jackass speech" controversy wa,
believed to have ceased today, an(
Admiral Sims awaited his boa
which will carry him back to tn,
United States for a personal meet
ing with Secretary DENLY.
Despite Sims declaration t.
DENLY that the press had misquotet
his speech, the admiral continued
popular with British newspapers
Only the Daily News attacked hi
utterances.
I'VE take no pleasure in an,
phase Of this incident" the New,
declared. ''The admiral's speeche
seem to us mischievous and indie
fensible. The effect here and il
Ireland is deplorable. The roper
cussion in America is highly un
desirable"
| Sims stood by his declaration
that his speeches here were n
stronger than some he had made IL
the United States.