Show UI U. SI 5 OUTRANKED IN NA NAVAL VAL TRE TREATY TY SIMS SAYS Admiral Gives British Fleet All Credit for Keeping Germans Off Seas NEW EW YORK TORK Jan 15 The Tho Tho Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington naval agreement gives Britain and Japan greater sea power than the United States according to Rear Real Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral W. W S. S Sims Suns Speaking at Grace Methodist Episcopal Episcopal Episcopal Epis Epis- copal church hurch Sims asserted that America Amer- Amer ica ca theoretically ranked below Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain and Japan because those thoe nations have ia e guns of heavier caliber This he be declared nullified the 5 3 tonnage tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage ratio Furthermore according to Sims the tho Washington agreement is unimportant because it does not control the buildIng buildIng build build- Ing ng and arming of or air fleets which will rl figure uro largely ir in il the next war At the outbreak of ot the war Sims said the orders for the American II forces were to go slow with the navy and do nothing with the army If Ie it had not been for the British grand fleet keeping the German fleet j off the high sea seas you Americans would be learning to speak German today I he said |