Show TOO MCH CREDIT london rear admiral william am S sims who co commanded m In can naval forces arees in the warzone war zone during the last two years ot of the horld world war told admiral beatty commander of the british grand fleet and a distinguished assemblage of british an american naval meu men and other prominent persons periods today that the british had been olli disposed posed to give the american navi navy ioa too much credit tor for the part it pla the allied victory in an address at luncheon given by the pilgrims society in his lionor bonor admiral sims said the british grand fleet was was the keystone in the allied arch are h without which you in this country would today be s speaking german with with a very strong english accent admiral sims said the Ame americans liked the british because they ahey played the game straight ab nb no mat matter terho bow underhanded was the enemy he said aid he regretted the question estiOn ot of tile the enemy never iilo arose e tor for the enemy never came out to tobe bi destroyed while com commanding minding in europe admiral almiral sims simi declared be regarded here gardea the amilian american forces as reserves coming up up fram ahe the rear he paid a tribute to england as aland a land ol of personal il alberty berty chere where he knew he could get aoI aarink rInk ot of any kind ile he wanted athi it he came to england aland fifty years hence I 1 admiral sims waved aside personal ariu tributes 1 tes from admiral beatty and lord desborough asserting that aa had the command ot of the american navai nava forces in europi europe been entrusted to oue one of the forty or fifty other american officers ciri eligible in rank the result would viru ally have been taft th same lord DeA desborough brough referred to A at miral sims as having braved his ea enemies rilei it if he basany has any and he certainly has none on this side of the atlantic by publishing his book admiral scatty beatty hailed the amerlan american admiral as one ottob world woric naval leaders whose coming to E europe u rape in great britaina Brit ains hour ol of need not only saved america and britain but the world he called sims dims the father Fa thero of gunnery and I 1 edified les esi fied to the absence ot of and the early coop cooperation cratl 0 n u which hao marked the relations ot of the parson personnel ot of the two navies admiral beatty was deeply indebted to admiral sims I 1 while in command ot of the grand fleit and he presented its his american ca colleague 1 as our very good and old briend admiral sims in responding sale sala that when america entered ahe the war wa things on the european side were in a pretty desperate state the help we gave he continued faai wat that which comes ot of the tha of the sea |