The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-02
be transferred to China with conpen-

Tor limitation OF naval armament sub
mitted today to the plenary session of
the Washington conference contains
only the following preamble in explana-
ton of the purposes Of the FIVE con-
tracing governments in reaching the
agreements set forth.
Desiring to contribute to the main
tenance of the general peace. and to
reduce the burdens of competition in
armament;
"Have resolved, with a view to ac-
cornplish these purposes, to conclude a
treaty to limit their respective naval
armament and to that end have ap-
pointed as their plenipobenhiaries .
(The names of the delegates of the
powers follow
The treaty is divided into chap
tiers. Chapter l contains the general
language Of the agreements covered in
20 separate articles. Chapter 2 con-
tains the detailed, specific agreements
on naval matters, many of them in
complicated tabular form which am
pity and complete the meaning of the
general agreements of chapter /. Chap
ter 8 is devoted to miscellaneous pro-
visions" and contains four additional
articles of the treaty.
Chapter / is headed: General pro-
visions relating to the limitation of
naval armament" Article / hereunder
is merely the agreement to limit naval
armament as provided in the treaty.
Article 2 provides that the contract
ing powers may retain respectively
capital ships specified in part /, chap
| ter 9. The ships thus named in part 1
are as follows: United States Mary
land, California, Tennessee, Idaho, New
Mexico, Mississippi, Arizona, Pennsyl-
vania, Oklahoma, Nevada, New York,
Texas, Arkansas, Wyoming, Florida,
| Utah, North Dakota and Delaware; to-
tai tonnage 500,650.
Great Britain-Royal Sovereign, Roy
al Oak, Revenge, Resolution, Families,
Malaga, Valient, Bar'ham, Queen Eliza
beth, Warspite, Benhow, Emperor of
India, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Hood,
Ren6wn, Repulse, Tiger, Thunderer,
King George v, Ajax, Centurion; total
tonnage 580,450.
France Bretagne, Lorraine, Prov
ence, Paris, France, Jean Bart, Cour-
bet, Diderot, VOltaire; total tonnage
221, ITO.
Italy-ADdu-ea Doria, CATO Dull, Con-
tie di Cavour, Cubic Cesare, Leonardo
Da Vinci, Dante Alighieri, Roma, Ma
poll, Vittorio Emmanuel, Regina
Elena; total tonnage 182,800.
Japan-Matsu, Nagato, Hiuga, Ise,
Yamashiro, Fuse, Kirishima, Haruna,
Hiyei, Kongo; total tonnage 3o1,S20.
Must Dispose of Ships.
Article 2 provides that on the COM
ing into force of the treaty, all other
capital ships "built or building" BY the
five powers shall be disposed Of as
prescribed in chapter 2, part z, the
reference being to the extensive "rules
for scrapping vessels of war" carried
in the part 2 mentioned.
| Article / then provides that in addi-
tion to the specified capital ships "the
United States may complete and retain
two ships of the West Virginia class
| now under construction" and on their
completion dispose of the North Dako-
Ia and Delaware under the scrapping
rules, while Great Britain may Gin ac-
cordance with the replacement table"
carried in chapter construct two new
capital ships not to exceed 35, 000 tons
standard displacement each and on
their completion dispose of the Thun-
derer, King George v, Ajax and Cen
turion under the scrapping rules.
Capital Ships Doomed.
| Article 3 is the agreement of the
powers to abandon their respective
capital ship building programs" and to
build or acquire no capital ships except
as replacement tonnage and under the
replacement agreement ships thus re-
placed to be disposed of as provided
for in chapter 2.
| Article a is the naval radio agree
ment stated in standard displacement
tonnage aggregates for capital ship re-
placement as follows: United States,
$4,000 tons; British Empire, $4,000
tons; France, 175,00O tons; Italy, 49,
600 tons; Japan, $4,000 tons; which
aggregates the powers agreed not to
exceed.
| Article fixes the 35,o00-ton capital
ship maximum displacement for any
ship which "shall be acquired by. or
costructed by, for, or within the juris-
diction of any of the contracting pow
ers."
Article 6 says no capital ship "shall
carry gun with caliber in excess
| of IS inches"
| Article fixes the total tonnage of
aircraft carriers at: United States,
$4,000; British Empise, $4,000;
France, 10000; Italy, 10000; Japan,
ISL 900.
As to Requirements.
Article provides that replacem ent
of aircraft carriers shall be unaffected
only as prescribed in chapter 2, part 8,
but specifies that all such tonnage
built or building before November IL,
1921, be regarded as experimental and
, replaceable without regard to the age
of the ships.
Article 8 provides that NO aircraft
carrier exceeding $1,000 tons "shaIl be
acquired by, or constructed by, for, or
within the jurisdiction of any of the
contracting powers" except that each
OF the powers may within the tonnage
| ratio 1imitationS construct nat uooro