The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 18, 1920, Image 3
.INTEREST CENTElS
IN SIMS' HEAlKS
Brynes' Speech Starts .Something at
Cabital. Whaley Takes Hand.
[Washington, Feb. 14.-The effort on
the part pf the -Republicns to use
Admiral Sims in -attacking the navy
department under -the Democratic ad
ministration has been seriously crip
,pled at the outset by the speech of
Representative 'Byrnes.
Admiral Bims at first testified that
he did not remember meeting the con
gressmen in li5urope at all. 'Later he
sald that he did not tell them that the
American army had broken down in
its line of communications necessitat
ing the granting of the armistice but
that when lie told.them this he told
them it was not true but was mere
propaganda that they might hear and
should correct.
Congressman Whaley 'who had been
sick wrote the committee, making
statements even stronger than those
made by Mr. *I3yrnes., Among other
tflings3, hr, said:
"lin October, either the 30th or 31st,
1918, '.\lr. Glass, Mr. lyrnes -and I
called upon Admiral Sims at the Hotel
Crillon, in Paris,, in response to aln iII
vitatLion extended to us over the tele
plihone by him. Du ring our conversa
tion with the admiral the question
came up about the granting of the
arnistice. ,le was asked why It was
necessary and his roply was, that the
American transportation had broken
down, that ammunition and supplies
could not be gotten up to General
Pershing and that the Americans
could not he advanced any farther.
This astounded us all as wel had been
down to Tours some weeks before and
had been informed by General lar
bord and( General illagood, his chief of
staff, of the splendid work of the S. 0.
S. There wias no intimation by Ad
miral Sims that this was progaganda
4 by anybody, but was a direct, concise
statement of facts by the adimirat
and was made to us for the pirpose of
giving us the inside information as to
why the armistice was being made."
Mr. (Whaley then detailed how as
a result of this conversation he and
Mr. Byrnes went to Tours the follow
ing (lay to learn the details of this
breakdown of the army and General
Harbord and General Ilagood con
vinced them that it was absolutely un
true. As to the conversation with
Admiral Sims, he wrote:
"iuring this interviow lie made the
statement that Amerien shou ld not go
into the merchant marine business and
saoulld get rid of its merchant ahips
and allow 10ngiand to control the mner
cliant marine. I did not take part in
this conversation to any extent except
to listen with astonishment to his
statements. Mr. ilyrnes, however, did
ask many questions on this -1ine and
my recollection Is clear that he was
very eniihatie in his opinioln that
America siould not go into the ier
chant marine business on any large
scale.
"I amlt told that Admiral Sims has
made the statement tliat when lie (old
u1s about thie brqakdo0wn of our1line
of ('ommnienl (at ion baIck of the A mer
cani army, t hat at the samie time', lie
advised us this was propaganda that
was beIng circulated and lhe wantedl to
warn its tht~ tit was inii orrect . I de
sire eihaticeally3 to say t hat this is
absol1!uitely' un1true. Ii ad AdmniraI Simis
told u~ any such story It. would niever
have beeni m1isu nderst oodi by all thr ee
of us, nor w~oul d ,we have, at great ini
coinven ience, t rav'eled I iani ihs in or
decr to aser~tin thei de(tails ofi this al
I eged dIisaster. Iladl A.dm1irai. Sims
toldi un it was piropaganda we would
never hav~e report11ed it to G enernal
ha rbord and( G ienral iiag(ood, and1( I
aim absolutely clear In my13 mlemlory of
lie (nil ersat ion wit h AdminiralI Sliims
that It was at (dit tatemienit aund
charIge against. the Aminc an armi~y
LUFT CORNS OR
CALLUSES OFF
Doesn't hut !Lift an corn~ or
callus off with fingers
(/9
Don't suffer! A tiny bottle of Freez
one costs but a fow cents at any drug
store. Apply a few drops on the
Corns, calluses and "hard skin" on bot
tomn of feet, then lift them oft.
When Freezono romoven corns from
the te or calluses from the bottom of
feet, the slin beneath is loft -pink
afltl health and never sore, tender or
ii'itated.
and his explanation now of the mat
ter is simplf an afterthought in or
der to avoid his statement which re
flected disastrously on. the American
army in France."
Senator Glass corroborated the
statements of the two South CarolinA
congressmen lin every particular. He
stated that it did not impress him that
.Sims was wilfully trying to discredit
the army,.but that it inipressed him
that Sims was telling them what he
believed to be true. He said lie told
Sims that Pershings impressed him as
being ol)i)osed to an arinistice at that
time and Sims said in reply that it
made no difference whether lie was or
not, that it had to be granted because
of the breakdown of the line of coni
municatlon of- our army. He was most
positive that Sims did not tell them
that this was propaganda or that he
did not believe It. Senator Glass de
clared that he remembered the con
versation in reference to the merchant
marine Just as did Mr. Byrnes and
.\r. Whatley.
There has been much speculation as
to the motive of the attack by Admiral
-Sims on the secretary of the navy.
While it is stated that Admiral Sims
is bitter against Daniels because Dan
iels refused to give him the assign
ment. asked for last summer, it is also
believed that Admiral Sims entertains
the hope that the Republican party, if
successful next fall, will prove grate
ful and that the custom of appointing
a civilian as secretary of the navy
will 'be temporarily suspended.
Mg(lH OPPOSITION
TO SALE OF SHIPS
Critiln Delibite Breaks Out in Sen.
ate. Judge l'ayne Hfeard.
'Washington, Feb. 13.-Vigorous op
position to shipping board plans for
the sale of 30 former Germain ;assen
ger liners brokn ot in thze senate to
day, expressed in Fharply critical de
bate and presentation - f ev r re s
olutions proposing to block the action.
While the debaste wa; in pnrogre(ss
other developments came thick and
fast. John Barton -Payne, chairman of
the board, appeared before the senate
commerce committee tot explain the
whole affair, and after hearing him the
committee, through its chairman, Sen
ator Jones of Washington, reported to
the senate that no immediate action
was necessary.. No action accordingly
was talen.
At the Whilte louse there was made
pu blic a letter concerning the pro
posed sale sent by .\lr. Payne to the
ipresident, which remarked on the
"vicious but characteristic attack
against the shipping board enanating
from a certain quarter" regarding the
sale of the ex-Gernan .:iassenger
sliips)."
In the Distiet of Columbia sipremle
court iWilliam Randolph Iiearst of
New York, appearing as a taxpayer',
filed an application for an injunction
to prevent the proposed Sale of the
ships at auction Monday. 'i'ie court.
issued an order requiring the board to
..how cause Monday why a. temnporary
Iinnt ion should( not lbe issuedl.
Chai rman Payne assu red the' sen ate
commniitte'e, and h is iassuranlices wer'o
r'epeatedl to lhe full senato( t hat the
boarid woulId merely receIve b ids ~ lonm
day for the vessels and would report
lhe results to t he aena ter before act ing.
lie m'tet chargeI~s that tihe sale of' thle
v'essels to a sinzg le purt(!chsr for $:18,
ti00,000t was int ended w' ith a that d e
r l. buti repecated lisa ownm (onclion~dt
that thle sale of the vessel.; to Anmeri
can pr'ivat e owin.'ras at the p resem tI im
wan to thle adv~an t:ige of he :v:n
- ment.
lill lNDi iANSiNG
sponsibi! iif. Wlere "(Ithetr ('ases.5"
New~ Ytor'k, .I'ebu . -'pei ('abhint
mue 'tinigs cailled by Secretary Izan tsinzg
were* I "niueessary if thit '.tion's busi -
nessn was to prtocee'(d i iar ly.'"Fotr
mer't Secretar'y of ('ommtieir Wiliam ('.
iledfil d d('clartedl ini a stat emtenit her'e
ion igh t in witich he' expre'sned -the bet.
li(ef t hat "'other causies"' than t he cnll -
lng (if the cabliet 5sssiins by i.
L anting "10ay behintd the prealdet'a
r'equtest fot' ihis resignation.''
"Tihe r'equtest fotr Secretary Laansing's
r'esigniat ion was a gt'ent sitrpr'ise' and1
shtoek to me,'" said .\l'. Redfleld, who
was a membei' of Pt'esident Wilson's
cainiet until Novemberi I, last. '"I
was present at the tirst meeting of thle
cabinct. undtet' .\r. I ansing. The
members't' sen't word to .\lr'. W~ilson
t'rotugh Dr. G'rayson that t hey w'er'e
meeC'ting, atnd expressed hope t ha~t
lhe i'esidenit would havei y a spieedy r'e
covery. ' Admirtal IGrItaynon br'outght
back anm incuir y fi'om .\l t. Wilson as to
wh'lat business wan on hatnd, and~ the
cabinet tmember's r'eplied that they
had met in conference to dleter'minle
thieirt dttty in view of lis disability.
"No word of (ldisapptoval of our
meetings- ever came from the White
I iouse to thme best of my ktnowvledlge.
'rho cabinet gatherings were volun
tary, informal, and, to niy mind, nec
essar'y, if the natiotn's busine~ss wan to
Iproceed regular'ly and wvith intell I
gent knowvledge et pt'ogress muade.
"I accept my shai'e of responsibility
for what was done.' To igy knowledge
there was never the faintest sugges
tion in Word or spirit that the cabinet
members were trying to do anything
except help President 'Wilson during
his illness as far as we were able.
"Of course, I can .deak only of
what happened up to the time of my
withdrawal from the cabinet. As the
published correspondence brings out, I
am forced to believe that other causes
than the request by Secretary Lansing
to his colleagues to meet for consulta
tion lay behind the president's request
for his resignation.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1-1.--Forimer Pres
ident Taft. manifested great surprise
today at the news of the resignation
of Secretary Lansing.
"What did the cabinet (1o at the
conference?" le asked. "Does any
one know what they did that could
possibly have been' displeasing. It
seen to mne the most natural thing in
the 'world for thenm to have net under
The former president with a chuckle
diselaimed desire to express any opin
ion on the theory that lie was an ex
pert witness."
The former president spoke here
today.
DODSON TELLS THE
HORROR OF CALOMEL
You Don't Need to Sicken, Gripe,
or Salivate Yourself to
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You're bilious, sluggish, constipated.
You feel headachy, your stomaci may be
sour, your breath bad, your skin sallow
ankd you believe you need vile, dangerous
calomel to start liver and bowels.
IIe re's my guarantee! Ask your drug
gist for a bottle of )odson's Liver Tone
and take a spoonful tonight. If it
doesn't start your liver and stridghten
you right up better than ciloinel an1d
without griping or making you sick I
want you to go back to the store and
get your money.
Take ealoinel today and tomorrow you
will feel weak and sick and nauseated.
)on't 'lose a (lay. Take a spoonful of
harmnless, vegetable Dodson's Liver ''one
tonight and wake up feeling splemndid.
It is perfectly harmless, so give it to your
children any time. It can't salivate.
Why
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