The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-13
By Associated Press

By Associated IresS
 Washington, November 12.-Any attempt at figures showing the army and navy strength of the five princi- pal powers participating in the ar mament conference necessarily IS a broad one, but 1t serves to bring out the problems facing the conferes. First In importance in the limitations discussions will stand the question of relative naval strengths. These are the figures from which whatever the conference is able to accomplish toward an agreement to curtail flu ture building of warcraft or reduce existing battle fleets must start.
 The competitive fighting strength of navies in terms of existing combat craft of both the first and second line, new ships and old, battleships, battle cruisers, light cruisers. de- stroyers, submarines of all classes and aircraft carriers is as follows in total number of ships and total tonnage:
 Great Britain. 633 ships. 1,S60.4so tons; United States, ASA ships, 1,2S9,- 463 tons; Japan. 99 ships. 52S,6Ss tons; France, 13S ships, 462,356 tons; Italy. s6 ships 275.622 tons.
 The known building programmes in the same terms are:
 Great Britain. Ia ships. 39,3S0 tons and four additional battle cruisers aggregating 160,000 tons planned hut possibly not yet laid down; United States, 69 ships. 734,S29 tons; Japan. S5 ships, S05,1SS tons; France. 3s ships. sl.230 tons; Italy, 21 ships, 19.- 92S tons.
 Capital Ship Strength
 Tn broadside strength of capital ships of the first line now afloat. which means the number of guns of 12-inch bore and up, the figures are: Great Britain, 2SS guns; Unite d States, 196 guns; Japan, 96 guns. Int French and Italian fleet are not re- garded as coming within the same scope of power as the other three.
 This existing gun power strength is carried in the following groups of capital ships: Great Britain, 26 first line battleships and six first line bat tie cruisers; United States. IS first line battleships; Japan, six first line battleships and four first line battle cruisers. The tonnage figures for these ships are Great Britain, sl1,- o5o; United States. f6oo.65o; Japan, | 2SS,320.
 The building programmes of the three principal naval powers include the following capital ships: Grea, Britain, four battle cruisers. 160,00C 1 tons; United States, nine battleships and six battle cruisers; Japan. seven battleships and eight battle cruisers | Submarine Figures
 I Figures on submarines for the three powers are: Built. Great Brit ain, 64 first line. 59 second line, + ! first line fleet submarines, one crui. ser submarine, three monitor subma 2 rines; United States, 57 first line, A. l second line, three fleet submarines { Japan, IS first line, three second line The submarine building programme l include: Great Britain, five first line ! United States. s7 first line. three 1 fleet; Japan, in doubt, but believed to be either Il or 12 first liners ol about 1000 tons each. Japan Is re. ported to have planned for l2O sub. marines by 1927.
 Existing destroyers include, Grea, ! Britain, 23o first lirA. Is second i United States, 293 first line, 21 sec ond: Japan, 40 first line. 12 second The building programmes include as to destroyers. Great Britain, 5 United States. (; Japan. 32.
 For the armies of the powers known figures and carefully calcu. lated estimates can be presented The authorised regular army strengtt stands approximately as follows: British empire. 562.S00: Japan. s02. x 900 (estimated as with the colors II i 1921); France, 6o0.000 regulars, l64, 900 native troops In North Aries and 120,000 native troops in the col onles; Italy. 300,0oo; United States