Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-11-17
NAVAL HOLIDAY
AMERICAS OFFER
AT PARLEY
United States Lays Down Def
inite, Concrete Proposal to
Stop Ship Building For Ten
Years and Scrap Old Ships
Conference Adjourns to
Tuesday.

plated by the United States, Great
Britain and Japan, was proposed to
the conference on the limitation OF
armament by Secretary Hughes at
the opening session today as Amer
ica's proposal. 81.
Briefly the American proposal is.
That there be Immediately des-
troyed by the navies of three great
powers s6 capital fighting ships,
with total tonnage of 1,S7a.0l3
tons.
Within three months after making
an agreement the navies would con-
sist OF designated and agree. 'tpon
ships as follow: United STATES Is,
Great Britain 22,, Japan 10.
In tons this would be United Stat
es 5O0,G5O. Great Britain 604,t50,
Japan 299,7O0.
requirements would be limited by
an agreed maximum of capital ship
tonnage as follows: United States
500, 900; Great Britain 100000, Jap
an 10000 tons.
Subject to the ten year holiday
limitation capital ships could be re-
|places when they are 20 years old No
replacement ships would have Il tom
mage of more than $4,000. .--.
kato's Comment
Washington, Nov. 12.-The Amer
ican armament limitations plan as
outlined to the armament conference
today by Secretary Hughes was des-
cribed by Admiral Baron KatO as
very drastic but good proposal to
have placed before the conference.
Four Points
Washington, Nov. 12.-America's $
concrete proposal for limitation of
naval armament-the crux of the
arms conference-was presented to-
day by Secretary Hughes at the very
opening of the first session.
"a naval holiday in which all
building programs should be aban-
doned and the older ships of present
navies scrapped,' was the Keynote
Of the, American proposal.
Mr. Hughes laid down four general
principles:
II. That all capital ships build
ing program either actual or project
ed should he abandoned.
"2. That further reduction
should be made thru the scrapping of
certain Of the older ships.
"3 That in general. regard
should be had to the existing naval
strength of the powers concerned:
"a. That the capital ship ton
Image should be used as the measure
ments of strength for navies and a
|proportionate. allowance of auxiliary
combat craft prescribed"
For the United States the program
would scrap all capital ships under
construction, Is in number, and Is
of the older battleships.
Great Britain would stop con-
struction on her new ships Of the
Hood type and scrap all her seconds
and first line batleships up to the
King, George S. class.
The total tonnage to be scrapped
by the United States under Secretary
Hughes proposal would aggregate
S45,740 tons including that Of ships
under construction; Great Britain
5S3,375 tons including that of four
ships fthe Hood type now building
and >Japan 44S,928 tons lin taking
in ships building.
No New Ships For Ten Years
AS replacement program the A
merican government proposed that
lno more ships be laid down for the
next ten years, and that maximum
replacement tonnage be fixed pro-
viding eventually for 100000 tons
for the United States, 100000 tons
for Great Britain and 3O0,O Tor
Japan.
A proviso also would be included
permitting replacement of capital
ships when they were 20 years old
and prohibiting. construction OF any
shin built in replacement with tom
mage of more than $4,000 tons.
Text of u. $. Proposal
The text of the proposal as it con-
Germs three leading powers says W
.'The United States is now COM
pleting its program OF 1916 calling
for 10 new battleships and 6 battle
cruisers. One battleship has been
completed. The others are in var
Iious stages Of construction; in some
cases from sixty to so percent Of the
construction has been done. On
these j S capital ships now being
built. as s.. Il.
over $3.50, 900, 900 have been spent.
Still the United States is willing in
| the interest Of an immediate limita-
ton 8 sfnaval armament to scrap all
these ships. z z * L
Under this plan, ~ the proposals
says, Il. there would be Immediately
destroyed of the nayies of the three
power 66 capital fighting ships built
land building with a total9tonrlage fof
1875, ,043 .5 B y
1 1T ais proposed that 1t should be
aEreed by the United States. Great 7