The Washington herald., 1921-11-13
Great Britain. 10000 tons.
Japan. $4,000 tons.

Provided, however, that no
power party to this agreement
whose total tonnage in airplane
carriers on November IL, 1891,
exceeds the prescribed tonnage
shall be required to scrap such
excess tonnage until replace
ments begin, at which time the
total tonnage of airplane carriers
for each nation shall be reduced
to the prescribed allowance as
herein stated.
Scrnpping Of Old Construction.
%. Submarines shall be
scrapped in accordance with
methods to be agreed upoE.
Limitation Of New Construction,
Airplane Carriers.
"a. (a) All .airpiane carriers
Whose k.els have been laid down
by November 11.1s21. may be car
ried to completion.
OBJ No new airplane carrier
tonnage except replacement ton
mage as provided herein shall be
laid down during the period of
this agreement, provided, how
ever. that such nations as have
not reached the airplane carrier
tonnage hereinbefore stated may
construct tonnage up 10 the linn
II Of their allowance. 3
serapping Of Old Ceastfuetion.
25. Airplane carriers shall be
scrapped in accordance with
methods to be agreed, upon.
Auxiliary Combatant Graft.
Requirements.
26. (a) Cruisers IL years of
age from date of completion may
be replaced by new construction.
The keels for such new construc-
ton shall not be laid down until
the tonnage it is intended to re-
place Is Is years of age from date
of completion.
OBJ Destroyers and fiotilla
leaders IL years of age from date
of completion may be replaced
by new construction. The keels
of such new construction shah
not be laid down until the ton
mage ii Is intended TO replace is
IL years of age from date of COM
pletion.
(c) Submarine IL years of age
from date of completion may be
replaced by new submarine con-
struction, but the keels of such
new construction shall not be
laid until the tonnage which the
new tonnage is to replace Is IL
years of age from date of COM
pletion. E
(dD Airplane carriers 20 years
OF age from date of completion
may be replaced by new airplane
carrier construction, but the
keels of such new construction
shall not be laid until the ton
mage, which it is to deplace Is
II years of age from date of con-
pleeion.
(e) No surface vessel carrying
guns of caliber greater than s.
inch shall be laid down as re-
placement tonnage for auxiliary
combatant surface craft.
~ The same rules for deter
mining the tonnage of auxil-
larry combatant craft shall apply
to the ships of each of the pow
ers party to this agreement.
CD Tho scrapping of ships re-
placed by new construction shall
be undertaken not later than the
date Of completion of the new
construction ana shall be COM
pleted within three months Of
the date OF completion of the
new construction, or. If the com
pletion of new tonnage liz de-
fayed. then within years of the
laying Of the keels of such new
construction.
:. CHI Each of the powers party
to this agreement agrees to in
form all OF the other powers
party to this agreement con-
corning:
% The names or numbers of
the ships to be replaced by new
construction.
2) The date of authorization
Of replacement tonnage.
90 The date sof laying the
keels Of replacement tonnage.
90 The displacement tonnage
of each new ship to be laid
down.
(5) The actual date Of COM
pletion Of each new ship.
(e) The fact and date of the
scrapping OF ships replaced.
(D No fabricated parts Of
auxiliary combatant craft, In
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