Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-06-16
ADMIRAL SIMS
CABLES DENIAL
Tells DENLY His "Jackass"
Speech Was GarbIed.
OFFICERS LEAVE is REVOKED
secretary of Navy Revokes Remain.
der OF Vacation and Tells Rear
Admiral to Return to u. S.
and Report to Headquarters.

washington, Tune 13.-"Remainder
Of your leave is revoked. You will re-
turn to the United States immediate
~ and report at once in person to the
secretary of the navy. Acknowledge"
This terse cablegram was dis
patched to Admiral w. S. Sims by Sec
rotary of the Navy DENLY, who, at the
time the message was sent, had not
yet received Admiral Sims reply to
his first cablegram asking for vertical
ton of the admiral's quoted remarks
on the Irish question in London last
Tuesday night.
Secretary DENLY would not discuss
his latest order, but it was apparent
Admiral Sims had not been prompt in
responding to his request for an ''im-
mediate" report on the London speech.
Adds Fuel to Denby's Ire.
The secretary is further reported to
have been aroused because the Ameri
can admiral has continued making
public speeches with constant refer
ences to his reported remarks against
the Irish in America. These have been
made the subject of agitated COM
ment in congress, resulting in an in
vestigation being ordered by the SEN
ate into the admiral's statements and
the introduction Of a resolution in the
house by Representative Gallivan
which would declare Admiral Sims to
be an undesirable alien and prevent
his return to the United States.
Cables Denial.
Later Rear Admiral William S.
Sims belated reply to Denby's cabled
demand for a disavowal Of the So
called "American jackass'' speech in
London arrived. 1t is a plea of Gin
correctly quoted" Secretary DENLY
made it public, but did not say it
closed the incident.
Here is the dispatch which qualified
as an answer, but failed to win any
secretary of the navy:
"Statements attributed to me were
not correctly quoted. Context mis-
leading and garbled. Report Of state
ments is incorrect and inferentially
wrong. Statements actually made
were substantially the same as repeat
edly made in public in America and in
my book, The Victory at Sea- and in
public address at meeting held for in
creasing good relations between the
English-speaking peoples"
The secretary read the reply and
then issued the order for it's publica
ton without any comment.
'Ts it satisfactorily the secretary
was asked. He insisted there was
nothing to be said"
Must Return to u. S.
"Has there been any recall of the
peremptory order revoking Admiral
Sims leave and ordering him home
for an immediate report to the secre-
tary?'' was another question.
''There has been no action whatever
taken as a result of the receipt of the
reply. In all probability nothing more
will be done now until the admiral
gets here" was the secretary's posi-
tive statement.
Other officials close to the secretary
pointed out the evasiveness in the ex-
planation Some believed the message
from the admiral was itself garbled
in some fashion by transmission.
In the secretary's order to the adj
miral he quoted specific statements
which he demanded that the admiral
verify or repudiate. In reply the adj
miral elected to disregard these spe-
cific quotations.