Evening journal., 1921-06-25

OF your conduct In having again de-
livcred highly improper speech in
foreign country and you are here
by publicly reprimanded."
Attached to the copy OF the repri-
mand, as made public. was a copy Of
Secretary Denby's order TO the Ad-
miral, issued yesterday, instructing
him to state in writing the specific
instances in which he was misquoted
in the press accounts OF his speech
and to give as accurate text as pos
sihle OF what he said.
There was also attached copy
of ADMIRAL Sims reply.
In his reply, Admiral Sims sets
forth that his remarks were not
prepared and that he spoke extern
poraneously. Before leaving Lon
don, his reply says, he prepared a
copy OF what he said, with the as
sistance OF tho London newspapers
and Commander Land assistant
American naval attache in London
This is the text quoted in Secretary
Denbys reprimand.
This copy Of the speech will show
In what respect / was incorrectly
quoted In America says the ad-
mirals reply. THE essential incor-
rectness of the report that were made
on this side, is contained In the fol-
lowing paragraph from your letter
(referring to Secretary Denbys let
ter quoting the accounts Of the
speech printed IN American newspa-
pers);
Denies Port OF Report.
I'VE have a class Of people on the
other side who are technically Amer
leans, some OF them born there.
some naturalized. They are at war
against America today and at war
against you. The simple truth is
they have the blood OF American
and English boys on their hands"
I'm no part OF my speech did I
make any such statement as that Just
quoted above My reference was to
the Sim Fein faction Of the Irish
people who fought us during the war
and 10 the Sim Feiners in America
who assisted to fight us during the
war. The above will show the es-
sential difference between the two
statements.
AN'ANAA Ahe ~ Ant tHlAhNtQ COPY
Of my speech, / quote as follows:
"I have never hesitated TO say
that the Sim Fein sympathizers in
America. who helped the Sim Fem
ers in Ireland TO fight the allies dur
ing the war. had the blood of Eng
lish and American boys on their
hands
The above is the vital misquota-
ton that was made on this side. and
as far as I have been able TO judge
from the comments in the press. il
is this misquotation which has natu-
rally caused so much discussion.
Praise for Irish.
In essential connection with the
above. I beg TO invite attention to
the fact that upon no occasion have
1 ever made any attack against the
Irish peopel in Ireland or the Irish
in America. though it is constantly
Z stated in the press that / have done
, so. on the contrary, in everything
that l have written on the subject
: and in every phrase that 1 have said
4 have taken particular pains spe
! cihcally TO state my admiration foi
the Irish people and their conduc
towards my forces during the war
A reference 10 my book The Victor,
at sea, will show the terms in which
| referred to the kindly treatmen
we received from the Irish in Ire
| land.
In the book above referred 4
and as a matter Of historical record
| stated the nature Of the dangerou
hostilities Of the Sim Fein tactic
in Ireland and how much il cost IN
Allies in military effort to counter
act them.
1T may be worthy of note that m
action in thus reporting the hostilit
of the Sim Fein faction in Irelan
was commended by the secretary
the navy. Mr.. Josephus Daniels. in
letter which he wrote 10 a gent,
man in Philadelphia, who had pr,
tested against the attack made O
me by Sim Fein sympathizers
= America"