Show 1 tI J G 1 NIELS ACCUSES A SIMS SIMS' OF J ii USING FORGED CABLEGRAM CA M J L 0 I l E 1 S A AT FO I. I AT f ATE o A I Gut i Navy Secretary Sa Says Admirals Admiral's Action i Justifiable bIe Dec Declares r v 1 b L Public Apology J WASHINGTON T WASHINGTON j 1 M- M s W vy Rear Admiral S u f a ju justifiably presented a a f g t tf telegram legram as part mony before the sc senate mite sl bc m Investigating Investigating- Ung the i jot ot 1 t the w war r by the pavy navy d p t Jt 1 ge Joseph Josephus s Dan Daniels e s toda Cd Y charged h before e fore ore th that t committee I I l e document V jrr J U V y n. n J S i. i W- W WV V by by by Sims as being sign signed dUy by 7 Secretary D Daniels an and in In substance Substance outlined a policy on the convoy convoy question ques' ques ques ques- tion which D Daniels niel d denied he le ever ever everen V en- en 1 He read the le letter ter r referred er to by Sims and eaid Gald the the original which he 0 obtained from tb t s t the British embassy shows thA themes mj- mj sage page was signed d by A. A 1 F. F c Garter qt the bureau of operations r i d UNTRUE HE SAYS 1 J. J Sn Sims Sms dp I 1 In his testimony Admiral ts df chased repeatedly and land that was signed d t by Daniels the secretary declared The state statement ent Is untrue No No s such h I signed by D Daniels' Daniels was ys vV ever sent to Admiral Sims I never entertained the opinion j stated In the Uie dispatch he displayed n I know I n never ver sent such a a a- telegram telegramS I 1 I knew kiew J If my name J appeared su h. h 1 a telegram it wa was because so somebody ebo J j had my name to it I found j 1 that a telegram had been sent sent- t tg j j Sims bout about the time of the one he fie J referred to It was sent the British embassy which h had d retained the original copy Daniels continued presenting the committee with the l J original which was signed by by Cart Gart f SOMEONE GUlL GUILTY TV This shows s that somebody om where was guilty guilt of signing mY name to an official dispatch which the original here produced shows I I r never ever signed ned or of altering the dispatch by erasing the real signature and Daniels Danies J The perpetrator tor of ot this attempt to tov fix upon the civilian secretary a t tel tel tel- l gram signed by another official ought t I to 9 be be- exposed by Admiral Sims Slins who Vho produced the altered telegram telegram- and I Iwho who owes an apology to me and o oth othe th the country for tor the he im impression und under r- r t II taken to be made by his nis testimonies I b based ed upon the false signature n DELAYED DElAYED TROOPS Tactics used by Admiral Sims rela- rela tive to the convoy of ot American troop ships to and from Europe delayed the operation of ot those ships and the thereon c coq 1 sequent number of ot troops arriving a at the battle area Daniels declared j The pr president never c changed h hl I opinion as to to- the advantage of t tl convoy from r m the the- 1 of the the war Dan Daniels els declared d. d The se secretary presented order orders signed by Sims in which destroyers rs I I moved mo from Brest to were Queens Queens- I town forcing troops to remain v port there until proper convoy cou could ou 1 be obtained Sims was warned r that the protection n of Arne Amel AmelI J Ican ican troop ships should be paramo un Daniels said My last j jI to Sims relative to this was this was as shar sha a reminder as asI I 1 could send W MU r f rI making maln It a reprimand SURPRISE J pAUSED CAUSED A When the first t troops arrived ed lit o JI France Prance the destroyers ij them were wese te teor or ordered ered to y Queenstown o I I I I i I j I I I I which I I J received I Admiral Gleaves Cleaves In charge of of or tJi the tit COD O convoy You can Ima Imagine lne mv my Ju eli prise when I r heard this declared I t Sims was not In his office wh n the first convoy was going across t tI me f water He was wa at the Admiralty House House In In Queenstown where nere he was he-was w s l taking the place of ot the British ad admiral admiral admiral ad- ad 1 miral In command It the was as only 1 week while he was was in Europe j he exercised direct t command over any any- of our IGNORED WARNING J Daniels told of a warning sent tro from Washington that Germ German n submarines s were aiming to attack tb the United I Continued nue on page 3 3 Lt 1 J SENSATION AT J Continued from page 1 States convey the and denial of ot the fact by Sims The convoy was attacked that night Daniels declared The secretary declared Admiral Sims opposed the u ut b of the Leviathan a aa as as asa a troop ship I S This ship carried men abroad and would have carried more I had it not been for a a months month's delay experienced by sending It to Liverpool upon the recommendation of Admiral Sims he explained NEGLECT SOLDIERS Daniels exhibited d telegrams and portions portions por- por par por of ot testimony given by Sims to support his contention that Sims had placed the protection o of British shipping shipping ship ship- ping above the protection of American lives on army transports has charged that ure of ot the American navy to send American vessels vessels' to Queenstown caused the loss oss of lives and pr prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed th the war several m months Daniels Dan Dan- said J I As we sent destroyers t to Queenstown Queenstown Queenstown Queens- Queens town the British took their destroyers away I do not wish wish to to cast any re re reflection reflection re- re on the British for this I r Ionly Ionly only wish to show the statement of ot Admiral Sims was wa's without ut foundation Daniels said The navy DaVy navy during the war var period manned and operated cargo vessels of tons which transported 6 tons of supplies and were manned by officers and men The organization ran smoothly and effectively Daniels said sald |