Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-11-17
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DISARM WORLD

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chief naval powers was, proposed by
: the United States right off the bat"
at the opening of the international
conference at Washington, D. c.. re-
Gently.
! Without any warning and to the
obvious surprise of the foreign dele
gates, Secretary of State Hughes
popped the concrete proposals before
them with dramatic force and telling
effect
| Our Cards on the Table!
Before the delegates scarcely were
aware of what was happening Mr..
Hughes, true to his promise had laid
the cards of Uncle Sans hand face
up on the table.
{ The effect of the unexpected move
was heightened by the spontaneous
indorsment of the executive proposals
on the spot by the legislative branch
of the American government. The
senators. who occupied one balcony,
and the representatives, who were in
another, simultaneously arose as Mr..
Hughes concluded presentation of the
redu,tion program and >loosed a tor
rent of applause. It was the great
dramatic moment of the session.
Here's What the Cards Say
The American proposals summar-
lied follow:
1. The United States, Great Britain,
T0~ En- q hH1I6HnR
holiday for ten years, during which
time no new ships shall be built.
2. All uncompleted capital ships and
numerous specific older capital ships
to be scrapped at once.
3. All building programs either act
ual or projected, to be abandoned at
once.
4. The sea power Of the three ma
tions to be maintained on a basis OF
a tonnage parity between the Ameri-
can and the British navies and OF
Japanese navy Of three-ffths the tom
mage of either of the others.
s. The capital ship to be the unit OF
measurement Of naval strength and
proportionate allowance OF auxiliary
craft to be prescribed.
Size Of Requirements
6. The size of the capital ships built
for replacement shall be limited to
5000 tons, compared with $4,000
tons, the maximum now building, and
aggregate capital ship tonnage is to
be limited to 5OO,0 600 each for England
and the United States and 100000 for
Japan.
z. Auxiliary cruiser and destroyers,
the keels Of whSch have been already
laid, to be completed, but replace
ments to be on basis Of maximum
100000 tons each for England and the
United States and 100000 tons for
Japan.
s. Same provision for submarines
with the maximum tonnage 10000
each for England and the United
States and $4,000 for Japan.
! 9. Total tonnage OF airplane car
riers to be limited to $4,000 each for
England and the United States and
As, 900 for Japan.
| 10. Only capital ships and airplane
carriers 20 years old, cruisers II
years old, and destroyers and sub
marines IL years old may be replac-
ed.
Limit of Naval Aircraft
II. Limitation of naval aircraft
deemed improc ticable because of easy
converting Of commercial aircraft to
war uses.
to warships to be regulated by agree
ment.
! IS. No ships to be built for or dis
posed of to other nations.
! The above program will mean the
junkng of sc big ships and no more
building until 1881.
! At a conference late Monday be-
tween Premier BRAND, head of the
French delegation, and Senator Schan
ger, president Of the Italian delega-
ton. an agreement was reached for
a harmonious attitude by the two
countries toward questions coming
before the armament conference.
France will oppose substantial re-
duction in land disarmaments-restri
ton of military forces-until a sub
stantial and recognized form Of gov
eminent is established in Russia it
was decided in Washington Monday.
The French delegation is ready to
discuss limitation of the size Of ar
mics at the disarmament conference,
and the problem is expected to come
up first when a subcommittee of mil
itary experts will probably be named
tomorrow afternoon to examine the
problem.
| But no beginning on materially re-
ducing the size of armies can be en-
tered into by France until the bolshe-
vik menace is dissipated and until Ger
many has entirely executed all mill
taryE clauses in the Versailles treaty.
4! <= French Plan is Ready