New Britain herald., 1925-05-06
Submarines And Airplanes Need
 Of U. S., Sims Says In Bristol
Retired Rear Admiral Criticizes National Pol icy and Speaks for For. tificati0n of Pacific.
Especial to the Herald.D

Bristol, May 6.-That opponents Of the submarine were banking on American public opinion to kill that weapon ot defense for the future. when the great disarmament confer ence was under way recently in Washington, was the opinion deHY- cred by Rear Admiral William S. Sims at the Chamber Of Commerce banquet last night at the Endee Inn. The public might have been fooled but the military and naval men were not thrown off the track. according 10 the naval hero, who declared that the submarine Is extra valuable 10 this nation, situated as it is far on either side from world powers.
 Admiral Sims sketched the work of the American fleet in European waters during the world war, when he was commander of naval opera tons overseas. and stressed the i'm portance of the submarine and the alrpane for the future. He thought l4tdI lIlC udJ pi lIlF Nd RINdt o4lAp " done and that a nation with a good fleet Of submarines was well equip ped. The admirals talk was enliY- | ened by many gems of humor, which kept his audience in a happy vein.
 President Frederick C. Hughes of the Chamber Of Commerce. intro , duccd Judge Epaphroditus Peck. who in turn presented the noted guest to the audience. Before the presentation of the admiral Judge Peck spoke briefly on the work 0: the American navy from the time Of i the Revolution to the present,
 1 CritilZcs Disarmament Conference
 After sketchns briefly the points, which he intended to stress in his ] talk. Admiral Sims launched into a 1 criticism of the recent world disarm- ! ament conference. He declared that 1 we had got badly done up in the 1 last conference and nearly got worse 1 as an attempt had been made to do away with the submarines" He thcreupon told Of the events l leading up to the entry of the United States in the world conflict and showed how much valuable informa- 1 ton had been passed up by the failure to have gotten observers overseas 10 see the action Of the great fight. Because Of the lack of expert knowledge, he and many o.h- CTS believed that the war was nearly over in 1917, and he so informed his wife in a letter as he was en route to England.
 Learns True Facts
 Arrival of the admiral overseas and his subsequent acquaintance with the serious nature of conditions caused him to immediately warn naval officials, who disregarded the warnings. thinking that the admiral had been influenced by propaganda. Efforts 10 convince Washington of the true state of affairs were fruit less until Lord Baltour was prevailed upon to transmit an official note, he said. Action resulted and six de- stroyers were dispatched to Europe and with these ships and one aide 10 assist him. Admiral Sims was given the responsibility Of protecting the first arrivals of American troops. Had it not been for the generous aid of American business men in London, who loaned employees and office equipment, Sims would have not have succeeded so well, so he in- formed his audience last night. Mat ters began 10 improve as in August more destroyers arrived.
 The battle Of Jutland. whether ac- c!dcntal or not, saw the retirement of the German fleet and for the fu- ture he tallies commanded the sur face of the seas, but the Germans , controlled inc subsurface with their l undersca boats. The military yes sels were not bothered as greatly by