Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01
TEXT OF
TREATY
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Article eighteen provides tnat
no contracting power shall dispose
OF vessel of war by "any more
Of transfer" SO that 1t may be-
come a war vessel Of any foreign
power.
Article nineteen provides that
'the United States, the British
empire and Japan agree that the
sta,us quo at the time of the sign
ing of the present treaty, with re-
gard to Notifications and naval
bases shall be maintained in their
respective territories and posses
sions specified hereinunder.
The first sub-heading under
this agreement names, for the
United States insular possessions
now held 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 Hawaiian islands.
The second sub-heading names
Hong Kong and Pacific insular
possessions now held or hereafter
acquired by Great Britain east of
110 degrees east longitude, ex-
cept those adjacent to the coasts
Of Canada and its territories and
New Zealand. Fhe third sub
heading names as Japanese insu-
lar territories and possessions in
the Kurile, Bonin and Loochoc is
lands, Ammami-Oshima, Formosa,
the Pescadores "and any insular
territories or possessions in the
Pacific ocean which Japan may
hereafter acquire"
The article explains that the
status quo agreement implies that
no new Notifications or bases
shall be established or present de-
fenses or naval facilities be in
creased in the territories named,
the restriction not precluding,
however, replacement of worn-out
weapons or equipment.
Article twenty provides for a
uniform rule Of determining dis
placement tonnage for all five
powers.
Chapter two Is headed RULES
relating to the execution Of the
Decentralization of terms"
Part one carriers the specific
lists Of capital ships already quot
ed, but makes the tonnage ratio
agreement effective for the United
States on completion of the two
West Virginia class ships and the
scrapping of the North Dakota
and Delaware; and for Great Brit
ain on completion Of the two new
ships previously provided for and
the scrapping OF the four ships
they will replace. Provision is
made for France to lay down new
capital ship tonnage in the years
1927, 1929 and 1881, as provided
for in the replacement agreement, L
and with a similar provision for
Italy.
Part two sets out four rules for
scrapping vessels OF war. Rule |
one provides that such vessels
must be so treated that they "can-
not be put to combatant use"
Rule two provides that this may
be effected by sinking the ships,
them up, converting
them into targets, in which case
not more than one capital ship at
a time could be retained for target
use.
A subdivision would permit
France and Italy during 1881 or
thereafter each to retain two sea-
going vessels for gunnery and
torpedo school work, the French
vessels to be of the Jean Bart class
and the Italian to be of the Dante
Aligheri and a ship of the Guilio
Cesaro class, the two governments
ae lag to destroy coming tow
ers of these vessels "and not to |
use the said ships as vessels of
war"
Rule three Of part two provides
that vessels due for scrapping
must be rendered Immediately In
capable of warlike service, which
shall be deemed to have been ac-
complished when there shall have
been removed or destroyed with
the ship, all guns, fire controls
and moving parts OF barbettes and
currents and their operating ma
chinery, all fire control instru- l|
ments, torpedoes and tubes, radio
installations, coming towers and Il
all side armor alternatively. main H
machinery and all avia-
tion accessories. II
Rule four provides that vessels
to be scrapped under the rule
three shall be rendered incapable |
Of warlike service within six
months from the coming into force
Of the treaty and the scrapping
finally effected within eighteen
Where ships are 10 be
replaced, however. scrapping of
he replaced ship must begin not
ater than the date of completion
Il its successor. and the vessel
'endered incapable of war service
Within six months and finally
crapped within eighteen months.
I completion of the replacement
hip is delayed, scrapping of the
eplaced vessel must begin within
our years after the laying OF the
eel of the new ship, the six
ionths and is months period to