Show NIELS Il H HINTS I Nl MS WAS WA'S TOO O O R luSH i c Hear More More of w Secretary's e tary's Dispute With Admiral HINGTON Feb 7 Admiral ac accepted a decoration b by the I government before authorized so 59 1 by the navy department iry yio of the Navy Daniels told nat nate subcommittee on med medal l Joday explained that Sims acted unaa un- un a-a a gr granted by bythe the act izing officers of ot the military elve- elve such honors This was was' wast t tIthe the will of the pep dep department i said sald attitude of ot Admiral Sims faIthe fathe fa- fa ft the Ithe ac acceptance of ot foreign hon hon- men fl and offIc officers officers' r of ot the United n navy vy was scored by Daniels Daniels DanIel completed hi his sta statement ement he was crOl cro r ned med b by members of ot the com com- litHe J He conceded that Admiral lad Iad served where order ordered d and he at he meant no reflection by vidus testimony that t the te e ad- ad 1 iad served l' l most of his time on duty rm n Hale read letters Jetters written r tary Daniels praising Admi- Admi ii ris ns for his service during the nd Senator McCormick read my nr complimentary to Sims by bi 1 Secret Secretary ry Daniels before e nal committee during con- con I I on page ge 2 2 I I p e ee e rr Y DANIELS HINTS Continued from page 1 1 of a bill biH to make male Sims and Benson full tull admirals I Every word that I I. I have ave said o or of Admiral Sims Sims' ability and brilliancy in certain lines Is true said Mr 11 Daniels but had I known what has developed since I should not hav have I recommended that he be made an admiral admiral admiral ad ad- miral for life Ufe I GIVES HIS REASONS I r wish to give some reasons why I would not make that recommendation tion now One r Is a statement made recently h in il the house of rep rep by s Representative Byrnes in which he said that while In Paris in m October 1918 he talked to Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral mimi Sims Sand vand and Sims praised the British army highly declared that an armistice would have to be sign signed c because Pershing had been unable to break through the tle German line due to a bre breakdown in the American service service ser ser- vice of transportation and greatly minimized the the- service of ot the American navy in the war Afterward Representative Byrnes said he visited Preshing's headquarters and l that hat Sims' Sims charge was entirely un unfounded unfounded un- un founded TONE TONE RECOGNIZED A A. few days afterward Representative tive ive Byrnes repeated Admiral l Sims' Sims remarks to a high American official without saying who m made de them thorn and received the reply That Is pure English En En- gUsh glish propaganda and there Js S only one officer in the Am American rl an service who could have said such things and he is Rear Admiral William S S. Sims' Sims Statements contained In a 3 series of or magazine articles written by Admiral Sims and published recently were we're given by Secreta Secretary Daniels as another reason eason why he would not now mend Rear Admiral Sims for admi- admi I Cal ral Th The third reason I I should not ha have ve recommended him is the book he has writt written n and published Secretary i Daniels continued ed |