The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01

Washington, Feb. 1.-The draft
treaty for Limitation of naval arm
ament submitted today to the pie
nary session OF the Washington
conference, contains only the fol-
lowing preamble in explanation OF
the purposes of the five contracting
governments in reaching the agree
ments set forth:
Desiring to contribute TO the
maintenance of the general peace,
and to reduce the burdens Of COM
petition in armament:
"Have resolved, with view to
accomplishing these purposes, to
conclude q treaty to limit their re-
spective naval armament, and to
that end have appointed as their
plenipotentiaries-"
(The names of the delegates OF
the powers follow.)
In Two Chapters.
The treaty is divided into three
chapters. Chaptey one contains the
general language of the agree
ments, covered in 20 separate arti-
cles.
/ Chapter two contains the de-
tailed, specified agreements on ma
val matters, many of them in COM
plicated tabular form, which am
plify and complete the meaning OF
| the general agreements OF chapter
one.
Chapter three is devoted to Mis-
cellaneous provisions" and con-
tains four additional articles Of the
treaty.
| Chapter one is headed:
| General provisions relating te
the limitation of naval armament
Article one Hereunder is merely
the agreement to limit naval arma-
ment as provided in the treaty.
Article 2 provides that the con-
tracing powers may retain, respec-
lively, capital ships specified in
part /, chapter 2. The ships thus
named in part / are as follows:
| UNITED STATES.
Maryland, California, Tennessee
Idaho, New Mexico, Mississippi, Ar
iona, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ne
vada, New York, Texas, Arkansas
| Wyoming, Florida, Utah, North Da-
kota, Delaware Total tonnage
500,650.
GREAT BRITAIN
Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak. Re-
venge, Resolution, Families, Ma
laya, Valiant, Barham, Queen Eliz-
abeth, Waispita, Benbow, Emperor
of India, Iron Duke, Marlborough
Hood, Renown, Repulse, Tiger
Thunderer, King George V, Ajax
Centurion. Total tonnage $50, 450
FRANCE.
Bretagne, Lorraine, Provence
Paris, France, Jean Bart, Courbet
Diderott, voltaire. Total tonnage
221, 170.
ITALY.
Andrea Doria, CATO Duilio, Conte
Iii Cavour. Guilio Cesare, Leonardo
da Vinci, Dante Alighieri, Roma
Napole, Vittorio Emmanuel, Regina
Elena. Total tonnage, 1S2,S00.
JAPAN.
Mutsu, Nagato, Hiuga, lzo, Yama-
shire, Fuse, Kirishima, Haruna
Hiyei, Kongo. Total tonnage, 3O1,-
329.
! Article 2 then provides that on
the coming into force of the treaty
all CAPITAL ships built or building
bv the five powers shall be dispos-
ed of as prescribed in chapter z
part 9. the reference being to the
/ extensive rules for scrapping yes
sells of war; carried IN the part Z
mentioned.
Article one then provides that IN
addition to the specified caplta
ships 1.-The United States may com
pIete and retain two ships OF th5
West Virginia class now under con
struction," and on their completion
dispose of the North Dakota and
Delaware under the scrapplne
rules. VIII Ie Great Britain may 'ir
accordance with the Replacement
! table" carried in chapter two con
struct two new capital ships not Il
exceed $4,000 tons standard dis
placement each and on their com
pletion, dispose of the Thunderer
King George V, Ajax, and Centur
ion under the scrapping rules.
Abandon Building Plans.
Article three is the agreement o
the powers to abandon their re
spective capital ship building pro
grams" and to build or to acquire
no new capital ships except as re
placement tonnage and under the
replacement agreement, ships thus
replaced to be disposed Of as pro,
vided for in chapter two.
Article four is the naval ratic
agreement stated in standard dis
placement tonnage aggregates fol
| capital ship replacement as fol
| lows:
United States, $4,000 tons; Brit.
ish Empire, $4,000 tons; France
LIS, 900 tons; Ntaly, 175,000 tons;
Japan, $4,000 tons, which aggre-
gates the powers agree not to ex-
coed.
! Article five fixes the $4,000 tor
capital ship maximum displacement
for any ship which shall be acquir-
ed by, or constructed by, or within
the jurisdiction of, any Of the con-
tracing powers.
Article says no capital ship
shall carry a gun with a calibre IN
excess of 16 inches"
Article fixes the total ton
mage OF aircraft carriers at:
1 limited States 1S5 900 tons: Brit