The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-12

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prc-drendnaughts, second iiue battle |
ships and first line battlcships u2 10 |
but not including the kins George v
class.
These, with certain prs-lrcti-
naughts which IL Ii Understood nnve
already been scrapped, wOuid amount
To nineteen capital ships and ton
mage reduction OF 4il,5I5 toms
'The total tonnage OF ships ;hus
TO be scrapped by Great Britain TN
ciudlng the tonnage Of the -four Hoods,
n completely would be 5S3,31b tons
Proposal for Japan.
"Jnpan:
1T is proposed that Japan:
o. shall Hbpndon her program OF
ships not Yet laid down, viz the Is H.
Dwarf number Z and number :, hht-
u,ships and numbers o, s, Z, ana
battle cruisers.
"u should be observed that this
does not involve the stopping OF con
slrucIuu. as the construction ut none
of these ships has been begun.
"g- shall SCRAP three capital ships
uho Niutsu launched. the Tosu and
the Kagu. IN course Of huiidlngl ana
-four battle cruisers Othc AmaE ana
| Akugi. In course Of building, and the
Atoga and Takau, not yet laid down,
hut for which certain material mas
boon lsscmblcd).
THE total number Of new capital
ships to ho scrappcd under TINS para
| gr5',h is seven The total tonnage
| of these new capital ships when com
| plctcd would be 2Sg,lOO tons
% shall scrap all pre- dread
! nnughts and huttlcships ~ the second
! line This would include IN" scrap
N.HHH "a al
! ing the SuttHu, that is the scrhpplhh
NJ ten old ships with q ln'hl tonnage
| OF i5g,S2S tons,
Total Reductions.
The total reductions ot touh"k, "u
Vossels existing, liud down ol Tor Whl'l
material has necn assembled, laNlhH
tha tonnage uf the ships when com
uIetcdl. would he 4AN,g2s tons.
Thus. under this plan, there W"u''
he Immediately destroyed, ot the M
,tcs OF the three powers, 90 capita
fighting ships, built ana hulldlhh' VIII
u total tonnage OF l,NtN,ofa.
Il i. proposed that u should h'
agreed by the United states, Gre"
BrItain and Japan that thrit naNe
with respect ia capital ships Wl'hl'
threc months after the making OF th'
agreement shall consist of cermi
ships designated In the prop"anl ah'
number for the United states l'' !"
Great Britain 2a, for Japan l".
Tho tonnugc ut ih'sr Hh'r' """'
boz as follows. .... D..
Great Britain Gu3.#5u. of Japan ss''
700 1900. ,..,
,,, tu fh. ,..c of the respective uhNl'
I, has received appropriate c"ns'"e''
~ uou.
, Replacement ,
n'n rrzprrt TO rrpaccmont u
Tn ted states proposes. =.
Gl-rhut II lv agreed th", "
u.st replacement touuhg" ahhH n'
II be laid down until 10 years ll"ih "
II date OF the agreement III.
| That rcplncemonts h" llini
III by AN agreed maximum of capital sh
II tonnage ~ follows: ...
II FOR Great Britain 500 600 tons
II For japan 100000 tons.
II t3l-That the subject 10 my
y,,r limitation above fixed, ana u
raxImum standard. capital sAi
mny be- replaced when they are
wears old hy now vapGal SHIP '"
'H"That no capital ship shall
h,iilt I'm replacement with a tunna
Advancement Of moro than 'o'o
tuns. -.,
ii "T hny, skctchcd the psuposh. OF
In outline" said Secretary hush
. leaving the technical details 10
, sunplied hy the formal proposiu'
which is ready FOR submission L" l
The plnn includes provision for
Limitation Of auxiliary surface 60