Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
MORE WARSH|PS
I. ASKED IN FRANCE
Wellington Treaty Ignored IN
I Governments Report
70 Chamber
,u,nNk,No TONNAGE CITED

~ =, uu,,.,.,, Di,poseh, Convrioht. SSsf
vsri,.. Dec. 2O.--M. Raiberti. Min.
-. n Marine, In announcing French
80, s,s,ist,es In the Chamber yes
ts.,,y urged greater naval defense' lot
rf,no< and did not mention a worn
.l..,1 ratification Of the Washington
..v,l occord, On the contrary he said
1Tn. people Of France should know
"A, the feet IS DYING. Nations which
1910 France Of imperialism should
ioov her naval power Is diminishing
~. France has constructed no units
NJ eight years."
Tne French fleet totalsd 77O.OO tons
Marc the war ana now is only &C.,
no A. Rs,bcrti said. while England
M N. United States havc constructed
ssSsrous 49, ~, line units since 1918, which
ns.s,i, oyerbsiancc the Eve cruisers
SSich the Versailles Treaty awarded to
Ntanee from Germany, -
X the iiaht Of his report the parlia.
usntary commission studying the naval
..1Xrd still appears to be In no hurry
y sr,ss Tie ratification.
Washington, Dec. 20.--nesponding
A. A House resolution, Secretary DENLY
t,,ncu,itted TO Congress yestorday the
i,iormation In the hands Of the Navy
| 1,portment on the status ot warships
trapped under the terms Of the WASH
i,,tcn Arms Conference Naval Treaty,
a, Otherwise disposed OF BY the slgna'
tsriss since the adjournment Of the
Conference.
m. r,port showed that neither the
United States nor. Japan plans to com.
uiets the scrapping OF any existing
cpitsi ships. at least pending promul' =
sation Of the treaty. although. both
nsijcns have stopped work on large
buiidins programs Of capital ships.
ll,est Britain, on the other hand. was
shovn 10 have disposed Of, or to be
dl.posins Of a very considerable num-
bn Of older capital ships.
The United States, according to the
report, In addition to suspending WORK
on vessels under construction under the
tresty, haP decommissioned all com
pleted shire affected except the battle.
1hip Connecticut which soon Will 6e
placed out Of commission. and has sold
he Main and Missouri, which are ac'
tually keins broken up.
England Disposes OF 10
Great Britain, Mr.. DENLY said, hat
broken up three capital ships, soil
10 bs brOken ur. seven; sold, but no.
dsnsntled, one, completed mutiiation
o. two and WAS engaged IN mutiiatlnl
six others. The Australian 0ovcrn
ment. he added. had decided to scral
the battle cruiser Australia:
Through her Ministry OF Marine, tn
Secretary continued. Japan had statct
that, while work preliminary to scrap
ping will be done, the hplls will no
be broken up or sunk until the treat;
has been ratified by all the Powers.
Certain preliminary work involving re
moval Of guns, turrets, nrmor and en-
rnes was being done, be said, on sevel
capital ships three others had bee
placed In the fourth reserve and wor
had been suspended on SIX. Work u
two others was proceeding. with tn
evident intention Of completing ther
q aircraft carriers. permitted undo
the naval treaty. w.
Italy Annuls Thrpe Contracts
Neither France nor Italy WAS re
eulred to scrap any completed vessel
BY the treaty. One Of the ships Franc
was permitted to retain, Mr.. Denb
said, had been wrecked, and that ma
ton proposed to complete as an air
craft carrier one Of tho five battle
ships It had under construction at th
beginning Of the war.
Italy, Mr. Denby said, had dispose
3! one battleship under construction an
had annulled contracts for three Othcri
IN addition, the Leonardo da Vicini,
battleship permitted under the treat,
had been wrecked and would not !
ssconstructed.
Dscuys,ng ships not affected by Il
treaty, Mr.. DENLY said the Unite
States bad disposed Of twenty five sui
marines. one destroyer, two mOnito,
and one dynamite gun vessel. Gree
Britain. he added, had lost three au1
aliaries by sinking and had disposed I
thirty .elsht light vessels. includir
twenty -four submarines. One Japane'
battleship, ne continued. and thiPt,
three smaller vessels had been n
moved from the effective list and y,
lsht cruiser had been wrecked. Fran
had disposed of one battlcship, TO,
cruisers and nine torpedoboats.
A. statement Inviting the earne
senstderation" by the public OF d
relative strength Of the American. Bri
i!h and Japanese Navtts and suggcstii
the .propriety Of providing an ad
qlate personnel to man fully such We
eeis of our existing feet as will col
tribute efficiently to it's effectiveness,
was Issued last niRht hH the M,