New Britain herald., 1922-02-01

 the number Of guns Is not limited,
 It Is provided also that the number of anti-arcrat guns or Of guns mol exceeding hge inch ealibre lis mol limited"
 Article eleven provides that no war ship exceeding ten thousand tons dis placement, other than Il capital shiT aircraft carrier shall be built or ac- ouired or built within the jurisdic- ton of the contracting powers. A provision that ''vessels not specifically built as lighting ships nor taken in tune of peace under government con- trol for fighting purposes" but which arc employed in time of war 10 aid In hostilities otherwise than as lighting ships" shall not be within the ten thousand ton limitation.
 Gun Specifications.
 Article twelve provides no Wal vessel hereafter laid down other than capital ship shall carry guns in OK. cess of eight inch calibre.
 Article thirteen provides that no vessel designated to be scrapped may be reconverted into war vessel.
 Article fourteen provides that nc preparations shall be made In mer- chant ships in peace times for in- stalations of armaments flor the pur- pose of converting such ships into war vessels other than the stiffening of decks for the mornt'no of guns not exceeding six inch calibre."
 Article fifteen pfot.ues that no vessels of war constructed within the jurisdiction of contracting powers for any other power shall exceed size and armament limitations of the treaty and that in no case shall aircraft carriers constructed for a non-con- tracting power exceed 27,ooo tons dis placement.
 No Secret Work.
 Article sixteen provides that where warship building is undertaken with in the jurisdiction of contracting power for a non-contracting power, full information as to such ship shall be communicated to the other four contracting powers.
 Article seventeen provides that fin the event of a contracting power being engaged in war, such power shall not use as vessel of war any vessel of war which may be underconstruction within its jurisdiction for another power and not delivered"
 Article eighteen provides that no contracting power shall dispose of a vessel of war by "any mode of trans fer" so that it may become a war vessel of any foreign power.
 Status Quo Agreement.
 Article nineteen provides that "the United States, the British empire and Japan agree that the status quo at the time of the signing of the present treaty with regard to Notifications and naval bases shall be maintained in their respective territories and posses sions specified hereunder"
 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 ac- qured by Great Britain east of 11O degrees east longitude except those adjacent to the coasts of Canada, Australia and it's territories and New Zealand. The third sub heading names as Japanese insular territories and possessions the kurile, Bonin and Loochoo islands, Amami- -Oshima, For mosa, the Pescadores "and any in- suar territories or possessions in the Pacific ocean which Japan may here after acquire"
 The article explains that the status quo agreement implies that no need for Qualifications or bases shall be established or present defenses or naval facilities be increased in the territories named, the restriction not precluding, however, replacement of worn out weapons or equipment.
 Article twenty provides for uni form rule of determining displace ment tonnage for all five powers.
 Chapter two is headed:
 Rules relating to the execution of the treaty-definitio of terms"
 Part one carries the specified lists of capital ships already quoted, 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 Britain on completion of the 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 pro- vided for in the replacement agree ment and with a similar provision for Italy.
 Part two sets out four rules for vessels of war. Rule one i provides that such vessels must be 50 treated that they cannot be put to use.", Rule two provides that this may be effected by sinking l he ships, breaking them up, concert ng them into targets in which case not more than one capital ship at a ,ime could be retained for target use. A subdivision would permit France md Italy during 1881 or thereafter ,ach to retain two seagoing vessels Or B,nnery and torpedo school work, inc French vessels to be of the Jean Bart class and the Italian to be the Dante Alighieri and a ship of the Iuilic Cesare class, two governments agreeing to destroy coming towers of hesc vessels ''and not to use the said ships as vessels of war;"
 About sscrapping.
 Rule three of part two provides