UNITED STATES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXXI, Issue LXXXI, 14 May 1920, Page 5

UNITED STATES

NAVAL ADMINISTRATION

MR DANIEL'S DISCLOSURES

BIT GABLIr—PBBBB ASSOCIATION—COPTSIOB'i

WASHINGTON, May' 12

There have been sensational disclosures in Mr Daniel's evidence before the Semite Investigation Committee.

A telegram which President Wilson sent to the British Admiralty disclosed that President Wilson was not satisfied with the way the Admiralty wae directing the British Navy's work. He- was unable to understand why the British experts were unwilling to allow the Washington Naval Department to tell them how things ought to be done. He considered the Admiralty too cautious and failed to use its great naval superiority against the submarines. He asked Admiral Sims for independent suggestions as if the British Admiralty did not exist.

President Wilson commented in a message to Admiral Sims that the Admiralty appeared helpless to the point of panic in face of the submarine danger.

Admiral Sims' .reply to President Wilson's telegram, according to Mr Daniels, merely recited generalities respecting what the Admiralty wa6 actually accomplishing.