The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-22
Sims BACK
TO EXPLAIN
HIS SPEECH
Admiral Is First To Step
Ashore Thousand Blue
coats Present To Preserve
Order Maintains Silence.
SEEMS UNCONCERNED
'CBv Associated Press

NEW YORK. June 22-Rear Admir-
al Sims returned home today to ex-
plain to Secretary Denly remarks
attributed to him in his recent London
speech on Irish Americans.
Refusing to be taken ashore by
cutter, he came up the bay aboard the
liner Olympic to meet friends or foes,
! who might be awaiting him near the
pier.
Everything was peaceful when the
veteran sea dog landed. \ thousand
/ bluecoats were massed on the dock TO
preserve order. Indeed, they were so
numerous that, with wharf workers
and passengers, it would have been
difficult for many other persons 10
have found foothold on the pier.
Police lines were drawn several
blocks north and south of the pier
entrance. Not even when Woodrow
Wilson returned from the peace con-
! ference were more tnorougn prepara-
tions made.
First to Step Ashore.
The admiral was the first person to
step ashore. He entered an elevator
la few feet from the end of the gang
plank and descended to the main floor
/ of the pier, where he stepped into an
automobile with Rear Admiral Huse,
commandant Of the third naval district.
! Flanked by police. he rode away, an
nouncing he would take the first train
for Washington.
There was scarcely any one on the
pier. From the handful of persons who
had gathered there came neither
sheeTs nor taunts. Among those who
met the admiral was his brother
On the trip from quarantine, the ad-
miral maintained strict silence, declin-
ing to make any statement before re-
porting to the secretary of the navy.
Chats With Reporters.
The admiral was dressed IN nufti.
Indeed, during the voyage. he wore
his uniform only at dinner. Mrs. Sims
accompanied him home
He chatted with newspaper men on
the way up from quarantine and seem
ed in the best of humor On her way
to the pier, the olympic passed a
sound steamer, whose passengers lined
the rail. Across the stretch came the
SOulQ OF CH6eTS lot SlnlS.
The admiral told newspapermen the
cable message from Secretary DENLY.
had been greatly delayed. Shown car
toons of himself, the admiral smilel
and said he might have something 10
say later. He said that after going
TO Washington, he expected to return
to Newport.
There was no demonstration outside
the pier nor on the way to the Penn
sylvania station, where only a hand
full of persons were gathered.
Cheers and Zoos
At the station. however there were
a few boos and cheers, and one woman
was seen parading with a banner bear
! ing a picture of a jackass-apropos Of
the reference to jackasses reported TO
have been made by Admiral Sims in
his London speech. The woman was
not troubled by the police.
The admiral just missed one train
for Washington, and with Mrs. Sims.
entered an office to wait for the next
Washington express, scheduled to
, leave at II; ;03.
| There had been reports that sym.
pathizers and critics would organize
rival organizations to steam down th,
: bay to meet the Olympic, but except
for the regular government craft. and
: a police boat, the giant liner had the
narrows 10 herself