Paragould soliphone., 1921-06-27

l that IL was ''Only courtesy call. '" Asked to comment on the action
 cf Secretary Denby, the admiral said:
 Having spilled the beans, got what was coming to me. think 1 tbe incident is now closed am l very sorry 10 have caused the ad- Iministration any inconveniences I dida't know il was loaded as much
 as il was"
 Washington. June 25.-~Rear Ad- miral William s. Sims was publicly reprimandea by Secretary of the Navy Denhy yesterday for his now famous "jackass' speech in London.
 Tn the reprimand, which will be come part of the admiral's record, Secretary Denly made il plain that Admiral sims offense was all the more gricvous because he once be- fGrc has been publicly reprimanded for ? similar transgression Your remarks on the occasion IHoW under discussion therefore con- stiiute a fragrant and deliberate dis regard of specific instructions" said Secretary Denby.
 The department is not unmindful Of Your record and achievements as aH officer of the navy the repri mand continues, but the conspi cuous position you now hold coupled with the fact that you previously of tended in a similar manner, merely serves to add to the gravity of your present ofiense.
 1 sThe department deplores that it is necessary to rebuke flag off cor in public. but you have made such action unavoidable The de- Ipartment expresses its strong and unqualified disapproval of your con duet in having again delivered a highly improper speech ill foreign country. and you areshereby public fly reprimanded.
 The reprimand reads: The Secretary of the Navy, ] Washington, 9 June, 1921.
 Prom the Secretary of the Navy. "To: Rear Admiral William s. sims, '. S. N.
 Subject: Reprimand.
 "1-On June s, 1921, there ap- peared in the public press through out the country report of certain to hnDn made by you on the occasion of luncheon given in London on the previous day, at which you were the guest of the English Speaking Union.
 f2-These public statements, II correctly reported, dealt with mat sers which properly should be the subject for comment by no high governmental official other than one
 to whom the care of our foreign policy is entrusted.
 "3-Your letter of June 22, in. which you furnish the department wish abstract of the speech delivered by you on the occasion i'll question confirms in essential points the aforesaid press reports and shows that on public occasion in for cign country you gave utterance to| the following statements: "I do not want to touch on the| Irish question, for l know nothing about it. and have not run across I }anybody in England who does But there are some people in our country who technically are Americans, some Of them naturalized, and some of them native born; but some of them are not really Americans at all. Some of these people are trying to| destroy the good relations between olr two countries. They are Amer jeans when they want money, but Sim Feiners when on the platform They are enemies of our and yours. They are like the zebra a--elthef white horses with black stripes, or black horses with white stripes. We know they are not horses, and some say they are asses; but each one or these asses had vote and il IS one of the inconvenience of republi-- can form of government, that Amer ican born citizens thought it neccs- sarY to cater to these votes. rms necessarily created wrong lmpres- sion on this side as 10 the sentl- ments of the great body of Ameri- cans, but the people Of Great Brit , ain know how much confidence to place in resolutions which are forced l by these jackass votes. Eleven years ago l made a phophecy which came true l will venture another now. I believe l shall live to see the day when the
 English speaking people of the world 1 win come together in bonds of com
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