The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
Here's Draft Of FiDe-PoDer Treaty
For Limitation of NauaI Armament

ish empire, $4,000 tons; France,
$4,000 tons; Italy, $4,000 tons;
Japan, 1000 tons.
Article eight provides that re-
placement Of aircraft carriers shall
be affected only as described In
chapter 2, part 81 but speci-
fies that all such tonnage built or
building before Nov. IL, 1921, be re-
garded experimental and replace
able without regard to the age Of
the ships.
Article provides that no air
craft carrier exceeding $1,000 tons
shall be acquired by, or con-
structed by, nor, or within the juris-
diction of, any of the contracting
powers" except that each of the
powers may within the tonnage
ratio limitations, construct not
more than two carriers of a maxi
mum of 80, 900 tons each or may con-
vert war craft otherwise to be
scrapped into such carriers lin
order to effect economy"
Armament OF carriers exceeding
$1,000 tons, however, fs limited to
a total of eight guns of more than
6-inch ca1ibre per ship.
S-Inch Guns Limit.
Article 10 provides that no car
rier shall carry gun heavier than
8-inch calibre. 1t provides also
without prejudice to article nine
with reference to the limit Of eight
S-inch guns per ship for the $4,000
ton carriers) for total of 10 8-inch
guns per ship IL the armament car
ried includes guns exceeding six
inches in caliber. If the armament
contains no guns exceeding six
inches the number of guns is not
limited. 1t is provided also that the
number of anti-aircraft guns or OF
guns not exceeding 5-inch caliber
is not limited.
Article IL provides that no war
ship exceeding 10000 tons displace-
ment other than a capital ship air
craft carrier, shall be built or &C
quired, or built within the jurisdic-
ton of the contracting powers. A
provision that vessels not specific
ally built as fighting ships nor
taken in time of peace under gov
eminent control for fighting pur-
poses," but which are employed in
time of war to aid in hostilities
otherwise than as fighting ships
shall not be within the 10000 ton
limitation
Article IL provides that no war
vessel hereafter laid down other
than a capital ship shall carry guns
in excess of S-inch calibTe
No Re-ConversiOns-
Article Is provides that no YES
sci designated to be scrapped may
be reconverted into a war vessel.
Article IA provides that no prep
arations shall be made in merchant
ships in peace time for installations
OF ornaments for the purpose OF
converting such ships into war yes
sells, other than the stiffening OF
decks for the mounting of guns not
exceeding 6-inch calibre.
Article Is provides that no yes
sci of war constructed within the
jurisdiction of the contracting pow
ers for any other power shall ex-
coed size and armament limitations
OF the treaty and that in no case
shall aircraft carriers constructed
for a citing power exceed
81 600 tons displacement.
Article 16 provides that where
warship building is undertaken
within the jurisdiction of a con-
tracing power for a non-con-
tracing power full information as
to such ship shall be communicat-
ed to the other four contracting
powers.
Article II provides that "1n
the event of a contracting pow
er being engaged in war such pow
er shall not use as a vessel of war
any vessel of war which may be
under construction within its juris-
diction for any other power, OF
which may have been constructed
within it's jurisdiction for another
power and not delivered.
Can't Sell Warships.
Article Is provides that no con-
tracing power shall dispose of {
vessel of war by ANY mode OF
transfer" so that it may become Z
war vessel of. any foreign power.
Article 10 provides that 1.-THE
United States, the British empire
and Japan agree that the status quo
DIT luc llllC VI GhS oASo4AA-o VI ShN
present treaty, with regard to forti-
fications and naval bases, shall be
maintained in their respective Ter
ritories and possessions specified
hereunder"
The first sub-heading under this
agreement names, for the United
States, insular possessions now hold
or hereafter acquired in the Pacific
except those adjacent to the coast
of the United States, Alaska and the
Panama canal zone, not including
the Aleutian islands and the Ha-
waiian islands. :.
The second subheading names
Hong Kong and Pacific possessions
now held or hereafter held by Great
Britain east of 10 degrees east
longitude except those adjacent to
the coasts of Canada, Australia and
its territories and New Zealand.
Names Jap Islands.
The third subheading names as
Japanese insular territories and
possessions the Kurile, Benin and
Loochoo islands, Amami-O shima,