Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-25
Sims Publicly Rebuked by
DENLY for Utterances Be-
fore English Speaking
Union.
Admits He Spilled Beans
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

sympathy with the Irish republican
cause.
The rebuke was conveyed to Ad
sSniral Sims at his hotel i'll letter
from Secretary DENLY disapprovine
two paragraphs of the correct tex,
of the speech furnished by the ad-
riral--one paragraph branding tht
finn Fein element in America as the
Snemy of both Britain and America
and attributing Irish republican res
olutions to the influence of 'jackass
votes" and the other paragraph pre-.
dieting that the English-speakine
peoples will yet be united in COM
radeship which will enable them to
run this round globe"
The secretary pronounced the of
fense of Admiral Sims aggravated
by his disregard of the warning in
volved in his reprimand in 1911 by
President Taft for speech in Lon
don in which he said that if their
empire ever was seriously menaced
by European coalition" the British
could count upon every man. every
dollar every drop of blood OF your
kindred across the sea-"
q Action Is Unavoidable.
THE department deplores the fact
( fat it is necessary to rebuke flag
fhcer in public, but you have made
!, le action unavoidable" the DENLY
: eter of reprimand declared.
FThe reprimand will be added to
the admiral's record and published d
to the feet Secretary DENLY said.
WAS this reprimand administered
at the direction of the president as
in the case of the reprimand of 1911?
the secretary was asked.
This is the secretary of the navy's
case replied the secretary.
Then the president had nothing
to do with this reprimand?"
NO" replied Mr.. Denby grirnly
This case was handled by the sec
rctAry OF the navy.
. Calls on President.
After receiving the reprimand Ad-
nlital Sims went to the White House
by appointment to pay the presi-
dent a call of courtesy He was
greeted cordially by Mr.. Harding,
but what was said at this meeting,
which lasted only a few minutes.
was not revealed. There is reason
to believe, however, that the ad
miral expressed his regret that he
had occasioned the administration
any embarrassment.
did you have a pleasant call?'
the admiral was asked as he emerged
from the executive Office.
"Ne-y pleasant" he replied The
president is an exceedingly pleasant
man. as you all know ...
WAS this your first meeting:"
"Oh, no; once sat between Sem
ator Harding and Governor Cox a:
Liberty loan drive dinner at Co.
lumbus. O."
When asked if he had any COM
ment to make on his reprimand, Ad-
miral Sims replied:
Il was reprimanded. got what
was coming to me. | spilled the
beans. | am sorry to have caused
the administration any embarrass-
ment. The fact is. | didn't know
it was loaded-at least, SO much.
The admiral departed tonight for
Newport to resume his duties as
president of the naval war college
in which position he is to remain.
so far as | know" he said.
Secretary Denby's Letter.
Secretary Denby's letter of repri-
mand follows: ~.
Washington, D. G., June "a, 1921
From the Secretary of the Navy:
Rear Admiral William S. Sims,
United States Navy. ..-
Subject: Reprimand.
On June 8, 1921, there ap-
peared in the public press through
out the country a report of certain
statements alleged to have been
made by you on the occasion of
luncheon given i'll London on the
previous day, at which you were the
guest of the English Speaking
union.
~. These public statements, if
correctly reported. dealt with mat
ters which properly should be the
subject for comment by no high gov
ernmental official other than one to
whom the care of our foreign policy
is entrusted.
Confirmed in Statement.
"3. Your letter OF June p. in
which YOU furnish the department
with an abstract OF the speech de-
fvered sby you on the occasion IN
question confirms in essential points
the aforesaid press reports and
shows that on a public occasion in
foreign country you gave utterance
to the following statements:
don't want to touch on the
Irish question, for | know nothing
about it, ard have not run across
anybody in England who does. But
there are some people in our country
who technically are Americans, some
of them naturalized and some native
born; but some of them are not
really Americans at all. Some of the
people are now trying to destroy the
eood relations between our two
Countries. They are Americans when
they want money, but Sim Feiners
when on the platform. They are
enemies of ours and yours. They
|, are like the zebra-either white
horses with black stripes, or black
horses with white stripes. We know
that they are not horses and some
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