Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-01
NAVAL LIMITATION TREATY
SIGNED BY FIVE POWERS
Continued from page l

miles. Malapa. valien.. Darham.
Queen Elizabeth. Waspitc. Benbov,
Emperor OF India. Iron Duke. Mari
borough. sHood. Renown. RepulM.
Tiger. Thunderer. King George v,
Ajax, Centurion-Total tonnage $751;
450.
France-Bretagne, Lorraine, Pro-
vence. Paris, France. Jean Bart
Courdet. Diderot, Voltaire--Total ton
mage. 221.17o.
Italy---Andrea Coria. Gallo Duilb.
Conte al Cavour, Guilio Cesar~,
Roma. Napoli, Vittorio. Emmanuel3
Regina Elena-Total tonnage. 1S2.s0o.
Japan--Mutsu Nagato. HiuRa. Im
Yamashiro, Fu-So, kirilhirma, Har?
una. Hiyei, Kongo-Total tonnag,
3o1.S,0.
All Others Of Class Scrapped.
Article two then provides that on
the coming In force OF the treaty, al
other capital ships built or building
the five powers shall be disposed of as
prescribed I'm chapter two, part two,
the reference being to extensive "ri,les
for scrapping Vessels OF war" carried
in part two mentioped
Article one then provides that In adj
dition to the specified capital ships.
'the United States may complete and
retain two ships Of the West Virginia
class. row under construction" and
on their completion. dispose OF the
North Dakota and Delaware, under
the scrapping rules, while Great Bril-
tain may, "in accordance with the re-
| placement table" carried in chapter
| two. construct two new capital ships
not to exceed 5000 tons standard dis
placement each and on their COM
pletion dispose OF the Thundercr, King
| George V, Ajax and Centurion under
the scrapping rules.
Provisions Governing requirements.
| Article three is the agreement OF the
powers TO abandon their respective
capital ships. except as replacement
tonnage, and under the replace
ment agreement. ships thus re-
placed to be disposed Of as provided
for in chapter two.
Article four is the naval ratio agree
ment. stated In standard displacement
tonnage aggregates fer capital ship
replacement as follows: United States
52s, 900 tons: British Empire, $4,000
tons; France, 175,o0o tons; Italy
l1t5.000 tons; Japan, 3l5 900 tons
which aggregates the powers agree
rot to exceed.
Article five nxes the 35,00o-ton
capital ship maximum displacement
for any ship which shall be acquired
by or constructed by, for or within the
. d., .,f ~ ha ~ ir,t,
powers"
Article six says no capital ship "shal
carry " gun with calibre in excess
! OF 16 inches"
Aircraft Tonnage and Requirements
Article seven fixes the to-al tonnage
of aircraft carriers at: United States
1876, 900; British Empire. $4,000;
France. 10000; Italy. $4,000; Japan
: $1,000.
Article eight provides that replace
! ment Of aircraft carriers shall b,
affected only as prescribed in chapter
two, part three" but specifies that al
such tonnage built or building before
. November u, 1921. berega-dcd as ex'
detrimental and feplacable without re
. gard TO the age of the ships.
craft carrier exceeding $1,000 ton
: shall be acquired by. or constructe'
( by, for or within the jurisdiction of
/ any of the contracting powers" ex
? cept that each of the powers may
4 within the tonnage ratio limitations
construct not more than two carrier
of a maximum of $4,000 tons each o
may convert warcraft otherwise TO b
lscrapped into such carriers lin orde
= TO effect economy" Armament @
carriers exceeding $1,000 tons, how
ever, is limited TO a total of eigh
( guns of more than six inch calibre pc
: ship.
1 Limitation OF Gun Calibre.
= Article ten provides that no carrie
: shall carry a gun heavier than eigh
{ inch calibre. 1t provides also, for
permissible total Of ten guns if tn
= armament carried, includes guns ex
ceeding six inches in calibre. If tn
armament contains no guns exceedin
4 six inches the number of guns is nc
limited. 1t is provided also that tn
4 number of anti-air craft guns or
guns not exceeding five inch calibi
" lis not limited.
Article eleven provides that no wal
ships exceeding 10000 tons displac'
= ment, other than a capital ship all
craft carrier, shall be built or acquire
or built within the Jurisdiction of II
contracting powers.
+ Eight Inch Guns For Minor WarshiI
Article twelve provides that no W;
IL. 4 IL .,+l fl,sl
!, capital ship shall carry guns in e.
u cess of eight inch caaibre.
a Article thirteen provides that ]
vessel designed TO be scrapped ma
be re-converted into war vessel.
~ Article fourteen provides that !
preparations shall be made in me
chant ships in peace times for INSTALL
lions of ornaments for the purpo
of converting such ships into W
- vessels"
70 Article fifteen provides that no We
\, sells of war constructed within 4
~, jurisdiction OF the contracting powe
he for any other power shall exceed 81
al and armament limitations of the trea
and that in no case shall aircraft ca
rv riers constructed for a non-contrac
ID ing powell exceed $1,000 tons displac
ment
g. Must Publish Plans Of New Ships.
ir. Article sixteen provides that whe
warship building is undertaken wit
as in the jurisdiction of a contractil
% power for a non-contracting pow
full information shall be communica
er ed TO the other contracting powers.
ISIS Articla seventeen nrovides that
the event of a contracting power /
I'd. ing engaged in war n shaI, NOT nee
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