The New York herald., 1922-11-11
ADMIRAL Sims PUTS
FAITH IN AIRPLANES
Says Enemy Could Land 5O0,-
600 Men Near N. Y. and Be
Driven Away.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
MONTREAL. Nov 10. - Rear Admiral
william s. Sims (retired) received q tu-
multuous welcome in Montreal to-day on
his first visit to his native Canada since
1873. and addressed several important
gatherings. at which ne announced that
he was not going ito spill the beams
At the Canadian Club he was correctly
introduced as Sir William Sims. as he
shares with Gen. Pershing the honor OF
knighthood, conferred on the American
commanders by King George. Later he
was entitled to use tho prefix doctor"
the honorary degree of LII. d. being
conferred on him by McGin University,
whose students. yelling their welcome,
dragged his carriage to the convocation
hall from the residence of Gen Sir Ar
thur Currie, principal of McGill Univer-
sity, whose guests ne and Mrs. Sims are
over Armistice Day
At a luncheon given by the club. Ad-
miral Sims said: Experience has shown
that no war vessel will be able to oper-
ate within a reasonable distance of a
coast within the range OF an airplane,
provided the number of planes on the
coast is greater than the number of the
enemy ships. That number can never be
very great
"An enemy could land u half million
men at Montauk Point and the defense
forces could let them land at leisure.
When ready. If they had superiority In
airplanes, they could sweep enemy planes
from the coast and drive the enemy out"
Reverting to bis tavorite topic, the CO.
operation between the British and Amer
~. n
remarked: "When / went over to the
other side / announced to the military
council that, while l would reserve to
myself the right to "sass'' any member
Of that committee and maintain my own
opinion. would abide by the opinion of
the ma jority of that council as to where
our forces could best be used. And /
did so throughout the war, from the
Adriatic 10 the White Sea. That cooper
alton was entirely full. and we threw
over our usual customs and regulations.
II agreed with the British commander
Of the squadron off the coast OF Ireland
that in case of collision there should
be board Of three members to form the
board Of enquiry. but the ship that was
struck would have two members and the
other would have one. but ne would be
the senior. / reported it to my. Govern
ment largely out of curiosity TO see what
they would say. To my surprise they
entirely approved"
Declaring there was a great world
movement toward peace. Admiral Sims
said:
I'm the United States, for example.
there Is tremendous and powerful
pa cifst movement in progress. At the
moment there are some thirty-eight go
c.eties organized with the definite pur-
pose of defeating politicians unless they
agree to the reduction of armaments and
pledge themselves to combat interna-
tional warfare. There are even powerful
groups of radical pacifsts who believe
that If the United States would destroy
It's navy and disarm its military forces
the other nations of the world would do
likewise. II is just as ridiculous as TO
believe that IL Britain scrapped her navy
and disarmcd her army the other nations
of the world would follow suit
THE only thing that will bring about
the end OF these terrible world wars will
be the pressure of the disgust OF world
against savaSery and carnage. II must
DO taat--pressure of disgust"