Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-19
news REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Arms Conference Receives the
Completed Program tor
Naval Reduction.
"sUB' TONNAGE NOT LIMITED
ch,ta Delegates Reveal Alleged Fran'
se.Japansse Secret AlIiancs-A!Ited
supreme Council at cannes-Dit.
+ ter Debate Over Irish Treaty
in Dali Eireann.

ter Debate over irish SFesH
in Dali Etreann.
py EDWARD W. PlckARD A.
MYTH its work almost completed,
wv no far as 1t can be, the aFmA=
ment conference at Washington met In
plepary session at the close OF the
week and heard a report Of the pro-
sram for naval reduction and liMtta-5
ton as completed by the naval cons;
mittee and Its corps Of experts. Fhe
treaty for a ten.year naval holiday to
be entered into by the Ave principal
powers of the world was presented,
together with the technical details
for carrying It out.
AS finally decided upon, the agree.
ment Is not 80 drastic In Its plan tor
reductions as was proposed by the.
American delegation, but the fact re.
! mains that it puts an end, for a dec
| aAe. to the navy building race that
threatened to swamp the taxpayers Of
seyera, nations, .Ad it is admittedly
a great step toward Worta neaaeete,
Notifications of be original plan re-
suited In slight Increases in the tom
; nass Limits, and ! is asserted these
/ changes iITea.ly strengthen relatively
~ American aaNt ''s' ~ ~ ~ :,
For the United fates. Great Britain.
Japan, France All Italy. the capital
ship ratio Is 5-5.8L67-l.6 81. The tonnage
allowed Americshnd Britain is raised
& from 100000 to- $4,000 each, and that
Of the others proportionately in
creosed. Franf is permitted to build
= limited numpr ofscapltal ships dur
r inc the ten-Jhr periSd, 4 and Great
v Britain may pssstruct two 57.OOQ-ton
Z vessels of II Hood type. france
won ont in hi ccntentions concerning
Submarines I'd auxiliary craft. No
i ta.4aat is plaS on tne aggregate ton
rase of the vessels, but their max
ii ,mnm eize "a gual caliber is fixed. A
!" limit Of lOP tons each is put on aux
IS iliary shir and light cruisers, and
y +he,r punIare not to exceed eight
e inches. + ratio for airplane car
u r,ers q be 5-53.2.22-2.22 and the
" maximum nnage for the two largest
nnA <xu,oe,,4 ,,.e.,I, .,o
Il. powers 90 ., 90 80. orc
, limited ~, aa,,hs. :. r r.stv,o+ea Co.,
= ana the5 - "a. .. ~
IN AmerE o 20 10
rel. 81, denH tltat she be- allowed$to re-
/, tain .a .s'auaausns M1ssu anu
Franc{, nnS,1,ar,, 'e sh,na - sup INA,
Is. cases r., No a1a+,va trana+hanin,
Ia douHk ,cs,s navy = rata,ns eve 81
Nh OF AInmn,a+ad droo dnomahts 49,, q
moEva.l mn.t nc araae toanaaa -
wiz na,snas 90 l. asst nra,osa.. e,
IN nf ,n,y nornoo tons tba nn,n+
II steI 1h .the American deiepates were
5 ~ ITO recete when Great Britain
Al 'tiie abchshing Of the U-boat.
:, TPritisl, announced that II France
y I n ;gra:lt submarine fleet, they must
< shit,ed to build as many auxiliary
a E}eG america will equal the British
!: 4 lin eyery respect.
y it ,fIiis mritine there. appears 70 he
u ,asuht&,otf the approval -by the
!; f.erance .stf| ltheeRo oct resolutions de-,
u sRg s1he ,e;nsa oyas q g Submarines.
III fsa,t.s alnesdmeld g. nader whica, the
Znn !. ss g y. s,,s,, saaraaens'
7 Mai easecsiye r. p' among ths ,, nn