Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-06-17
SlHNS and HARVEY.

The h,>lyr;,,l excitement ui inr .
llyrdiuG Administration over tnr
IAG!>Crc'irT> OF Rear Almira!
Sims l.ondun speech y in >trIhin.
conira>! with lis cynical indiiirr- /
cncc Ia the far more 2larius irdiS. 1
crrlIun> Of Ambassador ii2rNvv'S .
London speech.
When Mr.. Harvey in>ultrd all thv
American people in the name Of The /
irc>ihCnt there MAS mol a word of
official dl>appr0val. Not a Ernuh-
Iican Senator made Il protest. No
hint OF di>lvowli came from The
White House or the State Depart
mrni. On the contrary, The cores
p"ndcnt> were told in effect thai
me Harvey speech was wholly &c.
crptablc to the Administration.
What Il difference when Rear All
miral Sims attacks a small faction
OF American Sim Frin voters! Scna
TOR M'tormlck ru>hcS To- the White
House !" call :hc matter TO the Pres
ldcntS attention. Secretary DcnhN
sends cablcgram to the Rear Ad-
mirai SAVING that Il have read with
anaIclncnt certain extracts from 4
speech purporling TO have been
made by YOU" and ordcrin. Sims
to Inform III" department immcd-
lately by cable whether or not YOU
were correctly reported" The
Senate promptly orders ali invcSti-
gallon. There is discipline for
Sims but no discipline for Harvey.
Net the Sims speech. however
4 l,,. Z
on the ground Of fact and good taste
is merely The opinion of an indi-
vidual. Noboiy would dream of
interpreting it rs IN expression Of
me United States Governments
policy or opinion. The Harvey
speech. on The other hand. has been
accepted everywhere in Europe rs /;
the formal expression of President !
liarhinSS own views on information |
Il! affairs. |
why the reckless utlcrHncc> Of 4 !
Rear Admiral on Il leave of absence
should be regarded by the Adminis
'ratlon as SO much more serious
than The reckless uttcranccs of an
Ambassador personally represent
ing the President of HE United |
STATES and personally speaking for !
the President Of the United States |,
We do not know. We are merely
recording the facts.
1t was all right. so far as the Adj |
mlnISiration Was concerned, for
Mr.. Harvey To describe the Amrri
can people as :, set Of poltroons who |
went to war only because 1.-The, !
were afraid not TO fight" but ajJ !
wrong for Rear Admiral Sims TO |
aSsail the Sim Fcincr> who are en- |
gagged III making the Irish politics |
an American issue.
Perhaps Sims in turn can c>D,oip |
MAJ II ne erred ii was only in fol- |!
loving too literally the address, of
VT. iiardlng's Ambassadors. In nj, |
fl!SrIms. dinner speech Mr.. Harvey !
assured his British audience Of Mr..
iiarhinSS Fidelity TO his race" and !
10 ms ancestry, drawn from nil !
parts Of The United Kmgdo,n. no, .
excluding Wales" The Rear All. !
miral may have taken il for orunj- |
td in"i in allHrkiny the Irish and
liph"!din% the English attitude to-
Waru ireland he MAS only EXPRESS
ing ms Commander in Chiefs fl
drill\ I" his race" ami 10 his 3nrrs.
tors.
maj may or may not be inr
case: but ii is plain enough from
nc developments at WASHINGTON
mai Sims mistake Was in a,,aiI.
ing small faction or American
HAD he taken the prccauIion 10 in
sun AL the American people rs
iiarvcN dld. had ne dragged their
ldralS aud their idcalismS into the
hi"d and pictured them as a Nation
OF war proliicrr> intent only on
hcicndinS their swag. he uinili
nave counted Oh HE same measure
OF administration consideration
tnai mas been accorded to George
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