The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
NAVAL ECONOMY LIES
MOSTLY IN FUTURE
Treaty Stops Competitive
Capital Ship Building
During Holiday.
PERSONNEL INCREASE
Every Other Nation Is Max
ing It Except America,
Says Schornstheimer.
BIG CRUISERS ARE SAVED
United States VIII Not Have
to Scrap Those Of Seattle
and Pueblo Glass.
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New Yovk Herald Bureau.
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The following Is, In effect. an ad-
dition to my article In TEE NEW York
HERALD on Thursday. and covers the
remaining important facts brought out
by the now naval treaty, formally
adopted on that day by the armament
conference.
Tho ratio finally Is settled. we now
have reached q point at which, con-
structive naval work may be done.
Future expenditures have been limited
to various channels and there Is q
future saving. The possible chances
OF aggressive wars have all but dis
appeared, in respect to the United
States. isolated from Durope and Asia
by great sees. We may face tine fu-
ture confidently II Congress- carries
the fun terms ana policies Of the
treaty into effect.
The text Of the new naval treaty
has many interesting features. II is
noted that the French are 60 retain three
old pre-dreadnought type battlesh!ps OF
the Inflated Danton class. These ships
are the Condorcet, Diderot and Vol
taire. They displace 1890 tons, have
a speed OF about twenty knots and
carry four twelve inch and o number
of 90 inch guns. italy Is also retain
ing pre-dreadnoughts I'm the battieships
vittorio Enanuela, Regina Elena. Ma
poll and Roma Of 1880 tons displace-
ment. speed twenty-one knots and car
rylng two twelve inch and eight eight
inch guns.
Pre-Dreadnoughts 81 Little Use.
These pre-dreadnouefats are OF little
use In these days Of unified main bat
teries. While the Italian chips may
have some value as cruisers. on the
whole It is considered that these ships
were allotted to France and Italy only
to make UP tho tonnage totals. It Is
also noted that none even will be re-
tanned for training purposes when re-
placements begin. france then will re-
tain the dreadnoughts Jean Bart and
Paris. while Italy will retain the Dante
Alighieri and the Guilio Cesare.
The matter OF training ships has
They point oft that in retaining the bat
tleships Colossus and Coiiingwood of
around 10000 tons displacement, twen-
ty-one knots. and carrying ten twelve
inch guns, the British keep O. potential
advantage OF two capital ships. How
ever. this IL not q serious advantage.
The twelve inch gun stands to-day
thoroughly discredited. and OF the three
great Powers, only the United States
retains vessels Carrying them. They
are the Delaware. North Dakota, Florida
Utah, Wyoming and Arkansas. The
Delaware and North Dakota will be
scrapped soon, two new ships going In
to commission to take their place. The
replacement ships for the other four
twelve inch gun ships will be started
IN 1881 and 1882. and completed In
1894 and 1895. Then, there will be no
such ships IN the navies OF the world.
Ships Now Undermanned.
Japan will retain two old pre-dread-
noughts. carrying four in-iaoi guns each.
for training and subsidiary purposes.
and the United States will retain the
old pre-dreadnoughts Oregon and IL
l.nois. 1t can hardly ho said these ships
at present, for We haven't enough men
to man our first line ships. let alone
enough for replacement crows In train.
ing.
The old Oregon every one remembers
as the ship which, rounded tho Horn
to join the Atlantic feet In the Spanish.
American war. She has been taken
over by the state OF Oregon. and. 1t Is
understood, will be maintained as q
naval museum. The Illinois already Ia
on duty at New York as the training