The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-16


Three Cornarea Agreement.
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,.IarS. Anst,e1ta Nav Zealand ana
the isls nds comnosine Japan proper.
or, Of course, to the coasts of the
United States and Canada, as to
which the respective powers retain
their entire freedom.
Ratenfion of the Mutsu.
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,o,,na o,p1 S,Ss,o,,it,, WITH re.nact
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W,,,s,, f.ron hes ,ronosed 10 scra n
tn Sat.,, one ~ her older ships.
which under The American nroposaI.
was 70 have haen Retained This
would Leave Tho number of Japan's
canita, aims the same that is. ten.
a. under the American proposal.
The retention OF the Mutsu by
Jauan IN place of the Setsu makes a
difference in net tonnage of Is, 600
tons. making the total tonnage Of
Japan's capital ships 31s.300 tons.
as against zSS'1oO TONS uhoer TIC
original american proposal
While the difrerence IN tonhase
is small, tnere wOuio pe
ouIerehce ~ IL -
tention OF tme Mu.su wou 49, ~
Japan TWO ", Pos''' u'i"'~ ''Ap@ -
the latest uesish,
Order ships 10 BE Scrappeo.
'sIn order to meet this situation
to preserve the relative strength on
the basis of the agreed ratio. 1t is
agreed that the United States shall
COMPLETE two of the ships in course
of construction, that is, the Colorado
and the Washington, which are now
about 90 per cent completed, and
scrap two older ships. that is, the
North Dakota and the Delaware,
which, under the original proposal,
were to be retained.
This would leave the United States
with the same number Of capital
ships, that is, eighteen. as under
the original proposal, with tonnage
of 525,S50 tons, as against 500.65
tons as originally proposed. Three of
the ships would be post-Jutland
ships Of the Maryland type.
Moro Shius for British.
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.h;n. arcsnt one Hood the
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poseS ., a,or ,aiot,va
ou .S az pritt.h rnvarnrent NAV
s.rensn '.o ~. -. -, 80
construct TWO ne" snips no.
ceeu So,oOO a.s,., 80
caicuiaSins tno IohhHeo 'e.
British stanoaIus Oh L e'
Of accS'uns ~ - nSo go.
IONS tne oquiSaio"' Va s''"S' WINS
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III ID aereeo tnA. ue Dn So
ernment snail, on the cohp ~ ~
these Two new Snp1; $3.50 "
their snips OF tne Ans o
type. that is' the Eth, Ans Seorse
V, Centurion, ana A9aA, wn,cn wIre
to have been retaiheo uhuer tne oris
inal America proposal, Inns wouiu
,oav .ventv -. arain.t twenty.
.n ra.~ az American nronosal.
swS unue e - ~. t,.,n ,,o,y
aim. accordinr to American calcu.
lation. 1t would amount to 74,600,
and the four ships scrapped having
a tonnage of 96, 400 tons. there would
be q reduction in net tonnage of
%, 400 tons, leaving the British ton
mage Of capital ships $50, $50. instead
of GOA, $50.
This would give the British as
against the United States an excess
of 50, 200 tons, which is deemed to be
fair, in view Of the ago OF the ships
of the Royal Sovereign and the
Queen Elizabeth types.
"The maximum limitation for the
tonnage of ships to be constructed
in replacement in to be fixed at
IS 900 legend tons; that Is, according
to British standards Of measure
ment, or, according to American cal