New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Beatty Pledges
Anggl lo-Ameriican
Enduring g Amity

perform were due TO the gallant officers
and men who were under my command.
Their loyalty, their devotion to duty
and Their efficiency made it possible to
that during my period of commander
in chiefship of the grand feet / was
fortunate enough to have under my
command an important and magnificent
unit of the United States Navy you will
recognize that | was happy indeed.
Accepts Tribute to Fleet
"Therefore, Mr.. Chairman and gen
tlemen, if you will permit me, / will
accept your generous words and the
warmth with which they were received,
as tribute to that great force, the
Grand Fleet, which / represent here to-
night.
"The immediate object for which
have come to this country is, as You
possibly know, to attend the annual
convention of the American Legion, at
Kansas City, to renewals a represen-
tative of my countrymen-that close
friendship which was our strength in
the great war.
AS to the conference about to take
place in Washington, the least said at
this juncture the better. The world
Will wait and watch with supreme in
terest its deliberations and decisions,
and nowhere more so than in the Brit
ish Empire, full of hope that the meet
ing in conclave of the representatives
OF the great countries of the world will
after frank and honest discussion, de-
wise formula, mears by which the
burdens which now fall upon nations
will be reduced, thereby enabling them
to re-estabish and develop the indus
tries of peace and the contentment of
mankind"
Praise for Beatty
Rear Admiral Rodnan spoke enthu-
siastically of the cooperation between
the American and British fleets The
speaker said when he served under Ad-
miral Beatty he became an integral
part of the Grand Fleet, and it was a
proud thing to have served under such
commander. The Rear Admiral de-
clared that Beatty and Beatty alone
had brought about surrender of the
German High Seas Fleet, and ne called
attention to the fact that so long as
Beatty was on the job no German war
vessel dared poke her nose out of port.
He added:
Senator Depew and Admiral Beatty
have touched on the relationship that
was established between our navy and
the British navy. The ties that were
engendered when these two navies were
working together as one-the fellow
ship, the comradeship which came to
the surface at that time-wll last. I
am sure, so iong as the world may last"
1t was at this point that the Rear
admiral uttered his sentiment "We
VIII always stand together and fight
together"
Depew Praises Sims
Mr.. Depew obtained cordial applause
with reference to the officially con-
demned utterances of Admiral Sims
and the talent which they Indicated for
getting into a healthy scrap
"a few years before the great war"
said Mr.. Depew, admiral Sims made
speech at banquet in London 1T It
was a Sims speech and he said things
which made his countrymen glad but
incurred the criticism of the NAVY De-
paitment because it was against the
rules. | think the talent which gets
the admiral into these healthy scraps
is the same as that which made him
the most successful commander of the
fleet.
admiral Sims on that occasion said
that in any great trouble in which
Great Britain might be because of
fighting for principles in which the
United States believed she could count