Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-12

| nl&'S ADDRESS, opening the CONFER i
once for the limitation OF arma-
ment win be found on page 8 OF
this issue. II"
Washington, Nov. .12A.-A ten,
year, naval holiday in naval con-
struction, involving. tremendous
scrapping of ships now on the
ways or contemplated by the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan was proposed to the, con-
ference OH the limitation of arma-
ments by Secretary Hughes at
the opening session today as
Americas proposals. =. b
Main Point.
Briefly, the, American proposal
is: 4 Z,
That. there Immediately be de-
stroyed blythe ravies Of the three
great powers, sixty-six capital
fighting ships and total tonnage
of 1,s7S,O43, tons. l.s. n
Within three months after
making an agreement the rlavies
ss,senld consist At designated and
aEIeed dtnpol ships al ;follpWs:, 4.
United States ls;; Great Britain,
22;sJapan 10: Z
In tons, this would be-, United
States 4 5o0,650; Great Britain
6o4,45o; Japan ss9, 700. s,':
Replacements would be limited
by an agreed maximum of capital
ship. tonnage as follows:
United States 100000 TONS
Great Britain 500, 900 tons; Japan
100000 tons. \
Subject to the ten year holiday
limitation capital ships could be
replaced when they are twenty
years o1dl No replacement ship
would have" tonnage of more
than IS, 900. =
A total tonnage in cruisers, 40
tilla leaders and destroyers fol
each power would be fixed as
follows, u
For the United States 100000
tons; for Great Britain 100000
tons; for Japan 270,000 tons: ~
~ Tonnage of Submarines. sS 81, 81,
Tho total tonnage. for submarines
allowed each power would be as fol
lows: ahS, ~
For the United States 10000 tons;
for Great Britain 10000 tons; TOT
Japan $4,000 tons. %
riers was proposed as follows: ~
For the United States 10000 tons;
far Great Britain 10000. tons; for
Japan $4,000 tons. 0& -7;s,5 ~.
In each case. 1t would ,be provided
that @no government whose present
tonnage exceeds the prescribed limi,
would besrequired, to scrap such ex-
Cruisers IL years old could be re.
placed by new construction. ISL
Similarly, destroyers, hotilla leader.
and submarines could be replaced
when IL. years old. and airplane car.
riers when 20 years old. II
Limitation of airplane construction
was not outlined In detail in the
ed in the proposal that since, the Inn
portance OF the merchant marine is q
factor in any j navy armament pro.
gram regulations must be provided
to govern the conversion OF merchant
craft for war purposes
Other Features.
Other features of the auxiliary
craft reduction program included:
Exemption. from the terms of the
asreenent Of the existing monitors;
utiarmored surface craft under 3.00l
tons, fuel ships, supply ships. tenders
repair ships, tugs and mine sweepers
Z No new auxiliary combatant craft
y could be built, exempt from terms ol
the agreement that exceeded 5000
tons, had; speed Of more than II
knots and carried more than foul
flve-inch guns. ~ 4. ifE 38ss,-. ~, fg
All auxiliary surface craft whose
keel0 already have, been laid could
be carried to completion. -at
Agreement would be made later fol
details Of Bcrapping the ships falling
outside the. proposed Limitation.
Each OF the powers party to ,tht
agreement would bind itself to In
i form all the other psrttes concerning
1.-The names or number OF sth.
ships to pc replaced by /. new, con
The dat of authorisaeIo of no
placement tonnage " 40 sa.sS q
The Oates Of laying the keels O
replacement toIna ge. n Fl