WAR SECRETS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1920, Page 5

WAR SECRETS.

U.S. NAVAL INQUIRY. By Tolesrrapli.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, May 12. Mr. J. Daniels, Secretary for the Navy, in his evidence before thl Sttt' lite Committee, read letter* written' b« Admiral Sims to Mr. Page,. Ambassador in London. , He pffinted out tliat President Wilson evidently regarded Admiral Sims as owned body and soul by the British Admiralty and •erf* l onsly considered his replacement by an" other officer more amenable to &e American Naval Department. ; .

Answering President Wilson's charge* to the effect that the British weretoo cautious, Admiral Sims outlined" a com* bined land and sea attack on the Bel* gian coast, including the Zeebrufcge landing then pending. This, in Admiral Sims' opinion, was sufficiently audacious to please even President Wilson.

Admiral Sims, according to Mr. Dan' iels, disapproved of the American plans for dealing with submarines as impfac«. ticable. They had already been telte<t by Britain and found unworkable. 1

Mr. Daniels asserted that Admiral Sims was so hypnotised by the Admiral* tv that lie tried to lure the President into feeling that regarding future developments the United States could al* ways rely on he British navy. Mr. Daniels alleges that Admiral introduced a cablegram in big evidence; before the Senate Naval Committeo which bore Mr. Daniels' name k butjha never signed if. The document j»«. structed Admiral Sims that Ameriibttt vessels would be safer when armed and sailing independently, than when convoyed. Admiral Sims, during his tvU •lenee, declared that the receipt of (jutf message made him ready to jump OWM< board. T)