Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
BIC THREE REACH
FINAL AGREEMENT
ON NAVAL RATIOS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-(By the
Associated Press. -Agreemen Of the
.'big three naval powers on the
"5-5-3" naval ratio plan was officially
announced late tonight at the state
department.
The agreement includes a staus
quo understanding on Notifications
Of the Pacific islands in open waters
and exclusive of Hawaii, and islands
off the Japanese, Australia and New
Zealand coasts.
Japan retains the superdread-
naught Mutsu instead of the old
battleship Setsu, and the United
States retains two additional ships
Of the Maryland class instead OF the
Delaware and North Dakota.
Subject to Tokio's approval, the
Japanese delegation today accepted
the Chinese offer to pay 100000
gold German marks for the kiao
Chow Tsinanfu railroad in Shan
tung, plus what Japan has made in
permanent improvements.
Great Britain, as an equivalent,
will build two superdreadnaughts
similar to the Maryland and Mutsu
types but of greater tonnage, scrap
ping four old battleships of the orig
inal retained list suggested by the
American plan.
With these exceptions the agree
mnt comedies with the original
American plan of limitations, bu,
questions as to submarines, possible
modification of the ten-year naJal
holiday, and tonnage allowances in
aircraft carriers and other auxiliary
types are reserved for consideration
by the new naval committee Of fif-
| ten which held it's first session to-
day.
The Abatement also provides for
maximum limit in tonnage OF capital
ships to be built in replacement at
81 900 tons, American measurement,
and for an ultimate tonnage ratio
| betwee the three powers at ne emo
of the ten-year holiday as follows:
Great Britain, $4,000 tons; the
United States, $4,000 tons Japan
315, 900 tons.
original 1ldH
The oringinal American proposal
fixed a maximum limit OF 35,oOo IONS
and provided for 1000 tons each
for the United States and Great
Britain and 1000 tons for Japan.
The ships of the Maryland class
to be retained by the United States
will be the Colorado and Washlng-
ton. The ships to be scrapped py
Great Britain to compensate Tor ner
| two new battleships will be the King
George w., the Erin, the Centurian
and the Ajax.
The official announcement said the
| agreement was dependent on a SUIT
able agreement with France ana
| Italy"N as to their naval ratios, but
that the ratio as between the three
big powers was not to be affected
by the French and italian negot1a'
tons.
Under the agreement during the
ten years the United States Will
have IS capital ships, aggregating
525,S50 tons; Great Britain ~ ships,
aggregatipg 582,050, and Japan ten
ships, aggfegating $4,000 tons. rms
represents a total of $4,000 tons Tor
Great Britain more than the gn1ted
States, which was allowed, the agree
ment said, because Of the age of the
older British battleships.
Under the final arrangement the
United States will scrap the same
number of capital ships as proposed
in tn eoriginal American plan. The
thirty America nvessels to be scrap
ped under the original proposal had
tonnage Of $4,000, and those to
be scrapped under the present plan
have a tonnage Of 1000.
Japan's Portion
Japan will scrap the same number
as under the original plan, but the
amended list substituting the old
Setsu for the new Mutsu makes the
total tonnage to be scrapped by
Japan 435,000 tons in place Of 448,-
900 tons in the original plan.
Great Britain, which was to have
scrapped 10 capital ships under the
original plan, is to give up 20 under
the revised arrangement, but will
build two new ships. The original
British tonnage to be scrapped under
the first proposal was $4,000 and
under the revised proposal will be
COS, 900.
When the conversations between
the two delegations was renewed
this afternoon the Chinese offered
to buy the railroad outright in cash
but the Japanese, it was said, raised
questions as to why this course was
proposed, pointing out that all other
railroads in China had been built
under the aid Of foreign loans. The
Chinese delegates replied that the
Chinese consortiun was ready to fl
nance the restoration Of the railroad,
and Chin; desire was to make use
of this in order to do away with
foreign control"
The total number of capital ships
to be retained by the three powers
under the first American figures
was &c. and under the revised fig
uras will be 6S. The total tonnage
to be scrapped was 1,87S,043 tons 10
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