Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-15
MAJOR NATIONS
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she had ordered be advanced and
found acceptable. it ,Eouid be taken in
naval circles as evidence Of the good
relationship that hasNbeen established
during the conferen he. The Plan is
open, 1t is said. to tie Clinical objections
since the ships woi Id be OF type
not included in the Japanese or Amer
lean navies. They were planned as
vessels bordering ors the Composite"
type talked of just sH the close of the
war. They would combine the batter
les Of battleships with the speed of
battle cruisers, but ! sacrifice some-
thing in armor as compared to bat
tleships.
The superhoods aHso would be be-
You'd the replaceme mt limit Of $4,000
tons displacement proposed in the
American plan. Teat figure dealt
with replacement building. however,
and not with ships; under. considera-
ton. each of the tn Rec powers having
a number of 100000 tonners in pros
pect. Since Great britain has already
spent money ON theI plans and specifi-
cations of the shi ps. it seemed i'm
probable that a pr oposal for their re-
tcntion would meet objections in
American circles, at least. The at
titude of the Japanese delegates was
not known.
Included in the treaty into which
the naval limitati On agreement is to
be worked will bel the establishment
of status quo THldersta nding as to
naval bases and Notifications on the
Pacific This fea' hire of the plan has
already been app sOved by the "big
three"
1t means that The United States
abandons any the sight of creating an
available base at iGuam but excludes
from the restrict ions to @e imposed
by treaty. Haw;Gii, islands on the
coast of Japan orr those in waters i'm.
adjace PIT to Australia or
New Zealand. Irk effect the naval trio
are in agreement THAT none but purely
defensive outpo:H lis shall hereafter be
subjects for agr cement.
1t was this Understanding and the
of the United States to
bind itself to lid to present fortifi-
cations or base facilities at Guam
which is believta1 to have cleared the
way to a larg,A extent for Japanese
acceptance of THE five-five- three ra-
ito Of feet strYlgth.
Retention by sJapanese Of the Mutt
su. it is said. will add about $4,000
tons to the fit set of existing capital
ships she will retain. Substitution OF
thte Colorado | and Washington for
the North Chkota and Delaware
would mean net gain ct 25.20o tons
for the Amer lean fleet. Addition Of
two SUPERIOR IS for the British would
mean more than 10000 tons in new
ships, but ur It'll details of the plans
for scrappingt older craft in their
place are dis closed the net tonnage
gain for the kBritish feet cannot be
estimated.
Franes| Aiants $4,000 Tons
France WIZ ask for an allotment Of
315, 900 tons of capital ships and, a
ID percentage in smaller
CID ses wherL the question of the
French and ITALIAN navies is taken
up, possibly tomorrow or Friday by
the recently appointed conference
naval commi flee of Is. This was dis
closed authtaritatively tonight by a
spokesman 1h'r the French delegation.
The Fren cl, thesis takes the pro-
gram adopttal by the French parlia-
ment in 1912 which had it been COM
pleted woul al have given a fleet now
of $50. 600 t,AAs. The war caused the
to sbh abandoned. The pres
ent requirel he nts Of France. it will be
are both in the remote
Pacific am {, continental. the defense
in Europe c|overing two naval fronts,
the Atlant.E and the Mediterranean.
Commune: ition. with Algeria, it also
is held by the French, would be sof
vital impo trance in war because of
the necess lily of transporting troops
and suppl les freely. These reasons,
it is expe cted. will be developer in
detail by Vice Admiral De Bon and
his Frenc b colleagues on the COM
mittee. ..
The disIN 'sition Of the French dele
gates WIFI : h is described as one Of
calm ter acity" is taken as an indi
cation by !many that the meetings of
the napalt subcommittee may be
more inter ,sting than has been sup
posed by most observers.
Some 6, fggestion has been made in
French ilarters that Frances naval
ratio wa ,, a subject for Direct nego-
tiation I etween France and Great
Britain ana it is considered as not
unlikely that Premiers BRAND and
Lloyd G. H,rgs may discuss the ques-
ion at tRleir approaching meeting in
London.
Senate l. Schanzer, the head of the
italian delegation, in talking of It
aly's ma al needs to newspaper cor
ki,ts at the Italian embassy
today s; d the Italians will go into
he com hiittee with two principles.
The hIst Is" that we shall have
he sar ratio as France: the secort,
hat til ratio be a low one because