AMERICAS NAVY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10559, 9 April 1920, Page 5

AMERICAS NAVY

' ADMIRAL SIMS’S CHARGES. THE INQUIRY PROCEEDING. (Received April 8, ) April 7. , Admiral Rodman,. Commander of the United States’ battleship forces- with the Grand Fleet, testified; before the Naval Committee that Admiral' Sims’s recent charges constituted an indiscreet attempt to discredit the fleet. ■ “DAMNED LIES.” SACRIFICE. OF LIVES- -DENIED; <- (Received April 8. 9.25 P-nn).,, . WASHINGTON. April i. At the investigation of the Navy Affairs Committee arising out of Admiral Sims’s charges ..•Admiral tnan said he had_'como ho <ietond 11 1 0 good name, of the navy, which viewed Admiral Sims’s attack as deserving 'of the deepest 'dfehsiire.’'/ Adlnilal _ Sims had occupied a subordinate position in London as 'Tia'ison officer, and possibly ho had arrogated to that office more importance than actually was the. case. Admiral Rodman ■' charged -Admiral Sims with having committed a breach of confidence' "in ’ dis'&losTng conndentia admonitions, Answering Admiral Sims’s charges ths^t. half, a million lives Woro sacrificed because of the Navy Department’s delay, Adtpiral Rodman charactbrised them ns ‘‘damned lies.’' He ; declared that' «ueh a statement was ridiculous, .and_ that nobody was "responsible for the - loss -of life there had been.