| Show THAT LEUT SIMS OR I 1 j DOR PORTER BOUGHT FRENCH Wahington Washington Nov No IS It Is said I at atthe atthe atthe the navy department det that the effort made mae in some s e of If the tl th French French newspapers pets pers to connect c lieutenant Sims late laten pr SIm cn naval n v at t Paris l with U the t dis disclosures closures cIos res relative to th t gun are aren bawd bad upon n mi of the facts ret Lieutenant Lle Sims was w slated slate for f duty many n s ago au O and in inra fact ra the t t named nam and sent over a SC f to o him in Ir the capacity of naval to the th United States embassy in the te person of Commander Giles Gies B Barber Lieutenant Sims Sis was detained detie in Paris for some Ime months by bythe bythe bythe the department at the request of the Pollock heirs having been charged with ith the distribution of the munificent prizes bestowed by them upon the in inventors inventors inventors of devices for saving life at ats sea s However this work was wa wound up some time ago ag and Lieutenant Sims was wa ordered from Paris Parle to Gibraltar solely for the purpose of joining there the th battleship Kentucky which Is mak making making ing her way way to Manila Mania vie via viI Suez Sue He hoarded boarded bre the Kentucky and began his I work long before the first publication relative to the disclosure of o the secret I French gun gunThe gunThe gunThe The officials here ridicule the th tory Lory ory that General Horace Porter ambassador aba dor to Paris is I in any way wa involved involve in inthis inthis Inthis this scandal In fact they contend not one connected with wih the embassy has ha been smirched and assert that the I French government has ha not made even the smallest inquiry which would ca cate te a lack of ot confidence New York Nov 16 A dispatch to the te Herald Herld from Paris Parie says say The fol following ol I lowing statement is given prominence in La Presse Prease A personage who claims to ta o be e thor thoroughly acquainted with wih what Is on behind the scenes s e on the lh matter a athe the divulgence of the secrets of r flu te latest French field gun to the Urit States makes the following statement I This affair is connected with wih the sudden departure for Gibraltar of ar at 1 officer of the United States navy na was wa employed in the foreign section s of the exposition after having haying fulfilled ills his lis functions as an 8 the naval e at the te embassy The Te field feld gun incident was also the cause cus of the sudden handing over of the affairs of the embassy to the first secretary by General Horace Porter and nd his bis deputy for Spain The former naval in ques question lion ion who was born of British parents and devoted above all aU to Lo the t e embassy in the Faubourg Saint Honore Honors acted act almost openly as spy for several se years yer The departure of General G Horace Porter which is given out as tempo temporary temp temporary is really final and he will wH be re replaced replaced replaced placed in Paris Pars by John ohn Leishman United Unite States minister to Berne a dip diplomatist diplomatist of the highest character whose independence ence isais the Eng EI English lish Ush embassy can cn be counted upon fr for 01 maintenance of good relations between States the French republic and the United Unit |
