Evening journal., 1922-01-19
j. 5. 5. FIGHTER
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divided into three chapters.
The fret contains 20 articles The
second is divided into four paris
capital ship to be retained. rules
for scrapping. replacement and de-
hnitions
, Chapter three. with miscellaneous
provisions, contains the articles rela-
tive to common action in case Of de-
sired modification Of the treaty and
in case OF power becoming involved
in war.
The articles dealing with capital
ship tonnage is number four in chap
ter one. and reads:
The total capital ship replace
nent tonnage OF each OF the contract
Ing powers shall not exceed In stand
ard displacement for the United
States 525 900 tons (533.4OO metric
tons) for the British Empire $4,000
(6Ss,4O0 metric tons); for France
! 10000 tons (177.S0O metric tons) ;
for Italy. 175.000 G77,S00 metric
tons) for Japan $4,000 tons. (s2o,-
o4o metric tons)."
Article 10, providing for limitation
Of Pacific fertilization and naval
bases Is omitted temporarily, wait
ing upon Japan's answer and its ac-
ceptablity.
Article "a, the last OF the series.
makes positive the ratification OF the
treaty shall follow American consti-
tutional methods and calls for
deposit OF ratlfcations as soon as
possible.
IL says:
THE present treaty shall be rati-
fed by the contracting powers in ac-
cordance with their respective con-
stitutional methods and shall take
effect on the date OF the deposit OF
all the ratifcations which shall take
place at Washington as soon as pos
sible. The government OF the United
States will transmit to the other con-
tracing powers a certified copy OF
the process-verbal OF the deposit OF
ratification.
"The present treaty, in English
and French, shall remain deposited
in the archives of the government OF
the United States and duly certified
copies thereof shall be transmitted
by that government to the other con-
. tracing powers.
How the naval powers will send
to the scrap heap the proudest of
their lighting sEips has been chart
ed with exacung detail N an an
mex to the treaty.
The chart. obtained today by the
? United Press, shows America must
scrap thirty-one vessels when the
, treaty is effective; Great Britain %
as we'll as abandoning her building
Z program. Japan 8 as well as aban.
r doning her projected building pro.
h gram.
After the first big batch OF ships
scrapped this year, America scraps
: no mere until 1884. but Britain mus
o scrap four more in 1925 and begiI
& anew on scrapping in 1884, while
n Japan, after Ter first scrapping
il does noneruntil 1884.
The ennsylvania. New MexicC
and Tennessee, Americas largest
e ships actually in service. will re-
main until 1897. 1889 and 1910, re-
spectively, while two OF the most
! modern ships the Colorado and the
, Washington, which are to be COM
! pieted this year. will go to the junk
: pile in 1942.
Among the better known OF the
! British ships, the following go &c
{ scrap heaps, thus;
King George V, 1925; Queer
5 Elizabeth. 1895; Royal Sovereign
; 1886: Renown. 1910; First Hood
1871,
France and Italy start replacinl
. in 1927, before the end OF the nava
] holiday. Italy is charted for a As,
E 600 ton ship-the largest in th'
world for 1892. this extra tonnag'
to be Offset by a $4,000 ton ship il
1898; but it is believed there Is al
l error in compilation there.
! The first great group OF American
{ ships to go to Davy Jones locker
all OF which will be scrapped thi
= year are the Maine, Missouri, Vir
= ginia, Nebraska. Georgia. New Jer
sey. Rhode Island. Connecticut
Louisiana. Vermont. Kansas. Mime
e sofa. New Hampshire, South Caro-
n lima Michigan. South Dakota, In
diana. Montana. North Carolins
a Iowa. Massachusetts,. Delaware
North Dakota. the uncompleted bat
- tie cruisers Lexington, Constitution
e Constellation. Saratoga. Ranger
70 United States.
p Replacement battleships OF 35. 90
p tons standard displacement ar
r given letters A. r, c and d. etc
70 in the chart. with a and p CON
pieted this year. C and d will h
e laid down IN 1881 f and F in 1913
n and G in 1888.
! The year 1894 sees the Florida an
l. wyoming scrapped. battleships
o and I laid down and c and D con
>, pleted
' In 1895 the Arkansas, Texas an
New York are scrapped; battleshiI
n J is laid down and p and r al
II completed.
IN In 1896 the Nevada and okls
homa are scrapped, X and L al
laid down and C is completed.
iii In 1897 the Arizona and Penr
sylvania are scrapped, NJ lis lai
down and II and are completed
Ill In 1888 she Mississippi is scrappt
Il p. n and o are laid down and ]
II completed.
II In 1889 the New Mexico and Idaf
Il are scrapped p and Q are laid dow
II and down and X and l. are con
II pleted.
Il In 1910 the Tennessee ia scrapp,
and NJ is completed.
II In 1941 the California and Mar.
land are scrapped and n and o a