The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-05
FOREIGN FACTIONALISM IN U. S.

Admiral Sims has been long enough in t!tC navy to understand the mpropriety of his re- cent uttcrancc Moreover his rcbukc on accoun' of political pronunciamrntOs bv President Taft must have been sufficiently fresh in rcmcm brancc to have him in no doubt as to the furorr his discussion of British national and inter national affairs would arouse. There is some reason for believing that Admiral Sims d"Iib- cratcly weighed the consequences of his per formancc and sought quarrel with his govern mcnt When the political ''bug' gets hold of a general OF admiral of tIir regular c~.aEIj,h- mcut, the effect k usually distressing.
 Some auti-adniui,tratiou politicians, notably Senator Fat Harrison. of Mississippi, profess .o believe that it wj~ a~ much an mpromirty for Ambassador Harvey to discuss thrt league of nations aud America '~ part in 1t, as for Admiral Sims to attempt to commit this country to ccr- tain international relationships and domestic policies of the British empire. What politicians of the Harrison type fail to understand k that Mr. Harvey s the actual political representative of the United States government at the Court of St. James. Moreover ill what Mir. Harvey said recently he spoke for the American people vocing the sentiments to which they gave cm- phatic expression at the end of a contest m which Senator Harrison had charge of the Dem ocratic national speaking campaign.
 The niudicious and incorporate speech of Admiral Sims has done immcasurabIc harm, even to the cause in behalf of which he spoke. He was speaking, as he said, as 'thr British admiral of the American navy" Walvmg tn" question of the proprioty of any American ad- miraI occupying "quivocal d poSltlon,-ot being pro-anything but pro-Amcrican, his ut tcranccs have served to make more bitter any controversy not only here, but in the British Isles.
 Europeam FactionaSm is a thoroughly un- drrsirabIe element in American politics and public affarS-Whether that factlOnahsm be pro-lIish, pro-kngIish OF pro-anythlng else. There is room in the heart of thorough going Americanism for only national allegiance, and that is allegiance to the United States. What is an impropriety with citizen becomes all offense against official good taste and gen uine patriotism in an officer of the American navy. The outbreaks of Admiral Sims are par ticuarlv objectionable because he was born tO| an alien allegiance and his propaganda bears the stamp of a hyphcnism which the people of this country have determined 10 stamp out
 The contest between Ireland and England, as among all other European nationalities rac- ial and religious elements, economic groups and classes, shouId ba fought out in Europe and not in the United States. This country should not become a training ground for European faudsts af any variety.
 The pro-British and the anti-Brtish may air their opinions here, if they have nothing more strictly American to talk about that seems to| be worth while, but they have no right to try to- involve the American people and the American government in ouarrpls which do not directly concern them.
 Incidents of this kind remind us .anew of the wisdom of the Washington policy of non-en- tanglement in European affars The bitter ness of these European controversies has again been evidenced in the violent discussion which has followed the injection of the issue into American politics by the speech of Admiral Sims. We have troubles enough of our own to look after in the United States. We have our