Arizona republican., 1922-02-02
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WASHINGTON = b. The draft
treaty for limitatlCh e. naval arma- =
ment submitted today to the plenary
session of the Washington conference
contains only the following preamble
in explanation of the purposes of the
five contracting governments in
reaching the agreement set forth:
maintenance of the general peace,
and to reduce the burdens of COM
petition in armament;
Have resolved, with a view TO ac-
complishing these purposes, to con-
clude a treaty to limit their respect
i've naval armament and TO that end
have appointed as their plenipoten-
tiaries"
(The names Of the delegates fol-
low.)
The treaty is divided into three
chapters. Chapter one contains the
general language of the agreements,
covered in 20 separate articles.
Chapter two contains the detailed,
specific agreements Of naval matters,
many of them in completed tabular
form, which amplify and complete
the meaning of the general agree
ments Of chapter one.
Chapter three is devoted to mis-
cellaneous provisions" and contains
four additional articles of the treaty.
Chapter one is headed: General
provisions relating TO the limitation
of naval armament.
Article one Hereunder is merely
an agreement to limit naval arma-
ment as provided in the treaty.
Article two provides that the con-
tracing powers may retain respect
nj al oh n
one, chapter two. The ships thus
named in part one are as follows:
UNITED STATES
Maryland, California, Tennessee,
Idaho, New Mexico, Mississippi, Ari-
zona, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Me-
vada, New York, Texas, Arkansas,
Wyoming Florida, Utah, North Dako-
ia, DelaWare-total tonnage, 500,650.
GREAT BRITAIN
Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Re-
yenge, Resolution. Ramilliers, Mala-
va. Valient, Barham, Queen Elizabeth,
Warspite, Benbow. Emperor OF In
dia, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Hood,
Renown, Repulse, Tiger. Thunderer,
King George ", Ajax, Centurion
total tonnage $50, $50.
FRANCE
Bretagne, Lorraine. Provence. Pa
ris, France, Jean Bart, Courbet. Dide-
rot, Voltaire-total tonnage 221.170.
ITALY
Andrea Doria. Caio Duilio, Conte
di Cavour, Gullio Cesare, Leonardo
da vinci, Dante Alighieri, Roma, Ma
poll, Fittorio, Emmanuele, Regina
Elena-total tonnage, lS2,SOe.
JAPAN:
Mtltsu, Nagato, Higua, Ise. Iama-
shire, Fn-So, Kirishima- Haruna,
Hiyei. Kongo--total tonnage 301, ,320.
Article / then provides that in
addition. to the specified capital ships,
"the United States may complete and
retain two ships of the West Nir-
ginia class now under construction
and on their completion dispose of
the North Dakota and Delaware un-
Ger the scrapping rules, while Great
Britain may, in accordance with the
replacement table carried in chapter
two, construct two new capital ships
not to exceed $4,000 tons standard
each and on their COM
pletion dispose of the Thunderer,
King George V, Ajax, and Centurian
under the scrapping rules.
Article then provides that on the
coming into force of the treaty all
other capital ships built, or build
ing by the five powers shall be
disposed of as prescribed in chapter
two. part two, the reference being
to the extensive rules for scrapping
vessels of war; carried in the part
two mentioned.
Article 8 is the agreement of the
powers to abandon their respective
capital ship building programs and
to build or acquire no new capital
ships except as replacement tonnage
and under the replacement agree
ment ships thus replaced to be dis
posed of as provided for in chapter
two.
Article 4 is the naval ratio agree
ment stated in standard displacement
tonnage aggregates for capital ship
replacement as follows:
United States 525, 900 tons; British
empire $4,000 tons; France 175.000
tons; italy IFS, 900 tons; Japan $4,000
tons, which aggregates the powers
agree not to exceed.
Capital Ship Maximum
Article 5 fixes the $4,000 ton capital
ship maximum displacement for any
ship which shall be acquired, or
by, or for or within the
Jurisdiction of, any of the contracting
powers.
Article 6 says no capital ship "shall
carry a gun with a caliber in excess
OF sixteen inches"
Article fixes the total tonnage of
carriers at:
United States 1850; British en-
pire, $4,000; France $4,000; Italy
10000, Japan $1,000.
Article provides that replacement
of aircraft carriers shall be affected
only as prescribed in chapter two,
part three, "but specifies that all
such tonnage built or building be-
fore November IS, 1921, be regarded
as experimental and replaceable
without regard to the age of the
ships.
Article 9 provides that no aircraft
carrier exceeding $1,000 tons shall
be acquired by, or constructed by,
for or within the jurisdiction of any
of the contracting powers" except
that each of the powers may within
the tonnage ratio Of limitations con-
struct not more than two carriers OF
a. maximum of $4,000 tons each or
NAV convert warcraft otherwise 10
be scrapped into such carriers IN
order to effect economy" Armament
of carriers exceeding $4,000 TONS
however, is limited to a total OF eight
gins of more than six inch callber
per ship.
Article 10 provides that no carrier
shall carry gun heavier than eight
inch caliber. It provides also, with
out prejudice to article 9 with ref
erence to the limit of eight eight
inch guns per ship for the S3,0OO-ton
carriers), for a total of ten eight-inch
guns per ship. or if no guns exceed
ing six-inch caliber are carried, no
limitation on the number of guns per
ship. 1t is also provided that the
of anti-aircraft guns or of
guns not exceeding five-inch caliber
is not limited
Article IL provides that no warship
exceeding 10000 tons displacement.
other than a capital ship aircraft
shall be built or acquired or
built within the jurisdiction Of the
contracting powers. a provision that
.'veSsels not sneclficaIlN built as