East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-12
Proposal Contingent Upon
Similar Action by Britain and
Japan; Old Ships to Go.
BATTLESHlP HOLIDAY
FOR 10 YEARS ASKED
Hughes Chosen Chairman Of
Conference; Session to
be Resumed at II Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-
GA. P.)-America's concrete
proposals for limitation of ma
val armaments, the crux of the
arms conference, was present.
ed today by Secretary Hughes
at the very opening of the first
session. A naval holiday, in
which all building programs
should be abandoned and older
ships of the present navies be
Iscrapped was the keynote of
the American proposal, Hughes
laid down four general prin-
Iciples:
THAT all capital shiSs
building programs, either act
ual or projected, should be
abandoned. This included the
scrapping of vessels on which
the United States had spent
over $300,000.000. A COM
mensurate action by Great Brit
Jain and Japan was proposed.
Hughes is Applauded.
WASHINGTON d. c., Nov. "a
| (r P.,--Applause interrupted Hughes
when he said with emphasis Com
petition in armamants must stop"
When ne said the conference had been
called for action rather than for mere
resolutions, the house and senate rose
in body from the balcony seats and
uttered the famous rebel yell" When
Hughes finished talking, the galleries
shouted for BRAND, greeting him with
tremendous applause when he rose
from where the French delegation sat.
BRAND Is Cautious.
when President Harding invited
the nations to this conference" said
BRAND, "My country instantly answ-
cred here my country was actuated
first by gratitude. they by aspirations
for peace. If It is possible to obtain
the security to which she Is entitled.
France is ready to say Down arms"
Japan" then the crowd demand
led Prince Tokugawa, head Of the
Nippon delegation, speaking in Eng
llish said;
Japan Is here to promote honest
friendships among the nations. to
carry out the plain dictates of COM
mon sense
/ III Sink 90 Ships.
I WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.--(A. P1
The American plan presented 10 the
armament conference proposed u ten
years naval holiday and the immedi-
late destruction by the three great
powers of sixty six capital fighting
ships with a total tonnage or 1885,
IO48. Within three months after max
ing the agreement the nayles would
consist of designated and agreed up
T, on ships rs follows:
United States, IS.
Great Britain 20.
Japan, 10.
; In tons this would be. United States
50O.650
y Great Britain. 604.450.
Japan 299, 200.
Subject TO a ten year holiday ths
capital ships would be replaced wher
twenty years old. No replacement
ship would have a tonnage exceeding
+ thirty five thousand.
u Scrap Old Ships
II That further reduction be mad
: through scrapping certain old ships.
= That in general, regard should b
7, had to the existing naval strength o
II the powers concerned
: That the capital ship tonnag
u should be used as measurements o
y the strength for the nayles and tn
s proportionate allowance of the auxil
u iary combatant craft prescribed.
le The United States would scrap all cap
E. ital ships which this government no'
'g has under construction, 10 in numbe
I'd and Is of the older battleships. As
or replacement program Hughes propos
n ed no more ships be laid down for tn
next ten years and that the maximum
Id replacement tonnage figure be fixe
G. providing eventually for half mlllio
10 tons for the United States, half mi
Id lion tons for Great Britain. and 500