Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-12-31
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Feature New Year

or Inc sting WIS connectc, ..ith the
replacement feature of the naval pro-
gram.
France Makes Reservation.
France reserved the right To begin
construction of requirements for her
capital ships i'm 1927. instead of 1881.
aS provided i'm the Hughes program
France is understood 10 be willing To
agree not To put any of the new YES
sells in commission before 1891. claim
ing that owing To her limited facilities
il would require four years To com
plete a capital ship.
With the situation forced by Japans
demand for retention of the MutSu
thus emitting Great Britain to build
two superdreadnOughtS. however the
French reservation on requirements
practically does away with the pro-
posed ten year naval holiday. Great
Britain will he building her two ships
over period of five years. which will
carry construction up to 1927. France
then will take il up and carry it on
until 1891 when all other parties To
the agreement will be entitled to be-
gin replacement construction
The French reservation will be dis
cuSSed ut n subsequent session. il was
announced. Secretary Hughes expects
no serious difficulty in this connection
He considers the capital ship agree
ment assured. \ replacement chart
r. no
perts. it was announced.
Hopes to Salvage Something.
In the further hope of Salvaging
something else of value from the
wreck, number of other proposals
designed To limit the size of guns and
individual ships were made. They
we're:
Mr.. Hughes. for the American
delegation, offered IA resolution limit
ing the size of individual auxiliary
craft to 10000 tons and the size of
guns carried to eight-inch caliber.
Light cruisers practically wore con
templated, but an amendment by Lord
Lee, of the British delegation. applied
the limitation 10 all ships of war other
than capital ,ships and airplanc car
riers
The United States and Great Britain
agreed to the entire proposal and all
five of the powers accepted the gun
restriction. Japan France and Italy.
however. were not prepared to adopt
The restriction on the size of in
dividUaI ships without referring the
question 10 their home governments.
Elihu Root. on behalf of the Amer
lean delegation. proposed three reSoIu-
tons designed to bring up to date the
rules of warfare. aS recognized under
International laW-the particular OBJ
ject being to hold submarines to
attacks only on war craft.
All agreements which NAV he ef
fected on the various phases Of naval
Imitation. il was stated officially. are
expected To he included i'm one con
vention to be signed by all powers
participating
Happy New Year to Fred A Bangs.
He is a coming man in the Repub-
lican party.
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Happy New Year to Corporation
Counsel EttelSOn-He is a safe man
on the job for the people.
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Happy New Year to James NJ.
Whalen-May he be elected Trustee
Of the Sanitary District in 1922.
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Happy New Year TO William II. Ly-
man.-May he be elected State Treas
urer.
Happy New Year to Clarence Dar-
rOw.-May his ideals be realized.
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Happy New Year TO Francis w
Walker.-May his shadow never
grow less.
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