Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-01
ACCEPTANCE OF
TREATY COMES AFTER
ADDRESS BY SARRAUT
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was received has dominated the entire
negotiations and brought them 10 a
very successful conclusion
u. S. Retain Ships.
There was applause when Mr'
Hughes said that the United States
retained the number OF capital snlps
proposed on November IL and that
Great Britain and Japan were situated
similarly, the latter with the excep-
ton of the new battleshlp Mutsu: Inc
effect of the retention OF Musu'
Mr.. Hughes continued, made neces-
sary the changes in the original amer
tcan program by which two dread
nauphts OF the West Virginia. class
are to be completed and the battle
h;ns North Dakota and Delaware
then scrapped.
= In the American proposals. Mr..
Hughes said, tour principles had oeen
governing. They were first, that all
capital ships now building n ON
templated should be abandoned; sec
ond that there should be a 1urtner re-
auction of armament by scrapping
older ships; third, that resa1a sal onh
he had to the existing naval
of the powers. and, fourth. that capl-
tai shin tonnage should be used as a
basis for determining proportions OF
auxiliary craft. ..
washington, Feb. line nfaiI
treaty. for limitation OF ava artla-
ments submitted today to the ena
session of the Washington conference
contains only the following ole
of the purposes OF the hve contraSt-
ing governments IN reaching tno
agreements set forth:
IsTN~rS;~n fn C0ntf1DuLe " Iklc
maintenance of the general peace,
and to reduce the burdens OF compe-
tition in armament, the five powers
"Haye resolved, with a view to ac-
complishing these purposes, 10 con-
clude a treaty to limit their respec..
tive naval armament and to that eno
have appointed as their plenlpoten-
tiaries-."
The treaty is divided into three
Chapter one contains the
general language of agreements, COW
| cred in twenty separate articles.
CHAPTER two contains the detailed,
| specific agreements on naval matters
many of them in complicated tabular
form, which amplify complete the
meaning of h general agreements
of chapter one.
Chapter three is evoted TO ms
| ceIlaneous provisions" and contains
four additional articles of the treaty.
Chapter Ono.
\ CHAPTER one is headed:
7 general provisions relating to the
! limitation Of naval armament.
Article one hereunder Is merely
| the agreement Of limit naval arma-
ment as provided in the treaty.
Article two provides that the con-
tracing powers may retain respec-
! lively capital ships specified In part
+, one, chapter two, the United States
| and British ships thus named In part
one are:
Maryland, California, Tennessee.
Idaho, New Mexico, Mississippi, Art
zona. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ne
vada, New York. Texas, Arkansas,
Wyoming. Florida, Utah. North Do
kota, Delawarertotal tonnage $780,
Great Britain-Royal Sovereign,
Royal Oak. Revenge, Resolution.
Families, Malaga, Valiant, Barham.
Queen Elizabeth, Warspite. Banbow,
fEmperor of India, Iron Duke. Mari.
borough. Hood Renown, Repulse
| Tiger, Thunderer, King George "
Ajax, centurion-total tonnage $780,.
Erance-rotal tonnage would be
2e1.170, Italy ls2, and Japan's
! SOL. 1890. i
Article Two also provides that on
the coming into force of the treaty
all other capital ships built or build.
ing, by the Eve powers shall be dis
posed Of as prescribed In chapter two
part two.
Article two then provides that Ii
addition to the specified capital ship,