The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-10
A. LIES DOOMED
Gi towers APPROVAL
Successful Termination OF
Conference On Arms
Limitations

OF sO0.65O tons Great Britain re.
Hains % capital ships with a tonnage
of $50. 45e tons.
Japan retains 10 capital ships with
"A tonnage of SO1,32O.
The United States agrees under
she treaty, to scrap IS ships now UNI
der construction, with total of 61S,-
000 tons, and to scrap all the older
battleships up to but not including
the Delaware and North Dakota.
These old ships number Is, with a
aonnage of 227,74O tons. Thus, Am
erica agrees to scrap a total of S45,-
74O ions, and 80 ships.
Twenty British ships and 10 Japan
sese vessels are to be scrapped when
the treaty is formally ratified by the
warims governments.
The draft treaty contains only the
following preamble in explanation of
ahe purposes of the five contracting
governments in reaching the agree
mems set forth:
Desiring to contribute to the
maintenance of the general peace,
and to reduce the burdens of cOmpe
hition in armament;
Have resolved, with a view to &C
s:omplishing these purposes, to con-
,,lude "a treaty to limit their respec-
live naval armament and to that end
have appointed as their pienipotentia-
-riRs ="
The names of the delegates of the
powers follow.
The treaty is divided into three
chapters. Chapter one contains the
general language of the agreem ants,
covered in 20 separate articles.
Chapter two contains the detailed,
specific agreements on naval matters,
many of them in complicated tabular
yorIn, which amplify and complete the
meaning of the general agreements Of
chapter one.
Chapter three is devoted to mis-
sceDaneous provisions" and contains
four additional articles of the treaty. |
Chapter one is headed:
General provisions relating to the
limitation of naval armament" i
Article one hereunder is merely
ahe agreement to limit naval arma-
ment as provided in the treaty.
Ships Which Will Not BE Junked
Article 2 provides that the con-
tracing powers may retain respec-
lively capital ships specified in part
1, cehapder 2 The ships thus named
In part l are as follows:
UNITED STATES.
Maryland, California, Tennessee.
Rdaho, New Mexico. Mississippi, Ari-
zona, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, New
York, Texas, Wyoming, Florida,
Utah, North Dakota. Delaware; total
tonnage 5OO.650.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak. Re-
venge, Resolution, Families. Malaga,
Valiant. Barham, Queen Elizabeth,
War Spite, Benbow, Emperor of In
din, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Hood.
Renown, Repulse, Tiger. Thurderer.
ixink George v. Ajax, Centurion; to-
tai tonnage 5SO,45
FRANCE
Bretagne, Lorrine, Province, Paris
France, Jean Bart, Courbet, Diderct,
Coltaire; total tonnage 221,170.
ITALY.
Andrea Doria, CATO Duilio, Conte
lf Cavour, Guilio Cesare, Leonardo da
Winch. Dante Alighieri, Roma, Papoh'
Emmanuelle, Regina Elena;
total tonnage, 1S2,SOO.
JAPAN.
Mutsu Nagato, Hiuga, lse, Yama-
shire, Fuse, Kirishima, Haruna, Hi
vel. Kongo; total tonnage, 3O1,S2O'
Article 2 then provides that. on the
coming into force of the treaty all
other capital ships built or building
bv the five powers shall be disposed
OF as prescribed in chapter 2, part ?
The reference being to the extensive
..rnles for scrapping vessels of war;
carried in the part mentioned
New Ships To BE Built.
In addition to the specified capital
ships, it is provided that the Unit
ed States may complete and retain
two ships of the West Virginia class
now under construction and on their
completion dispense of the North Da-
knia and Delaware under the scrap
ping rnle. while Great Britain may
construct 2 new capital ships not to
exceed 80 900 tons standard displace-
meat each and dispose of the Thun-
a srer, King George V, Ajax and Cen
rurion under the scrapping rules,
article 3 is the agreement of the