The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-02

built within the jurisdiction of the
contracting parties. A provision that
vessels not specifically built as fight
ing ships nor taken in time Of peace
under government control for fighting
purposes" but which are employed in
time of war to aid in hostilities other
VI e than as fighting ships" shall not
be Within the 10,000-ton limitation.
Article IL provides that no war ves4
sci hereafter laid down other than
capital ship shall carry guns in excess
of s-inch caliber.
Article Is provides that no vessel
designated to be scrapped may be re-
converted into a war vessel.
Article IA provides no preparations
shall be made in merchant ships in
peace times for installations of arma-
ments "for the purpose Of converting
such ships into war vessels, other than
the stiffening of decks for the mount
ing of guns not exceeding 6-inch cali
ber."
Article Is provides no vessel of war,
constructed within the jurisdiction of
the contracting powers for any other
power shall ejceed six and Armament
limitations of the treaty and that in ne
case shall aircraft carriers constructed
for non-contracting power exceed
27,o00 tons displacement.
Article is provides that where war
ship building is undertaken within the
Jurisdiction of contracting power for
non-contracting power full inforna-
ton as to such ship shall be commune
Gated to the other four contracting
powers. # &
When War Is Declared.
Article IL provides that sin the event
of contracting power being engaged
in war such power shall not use as a
vessel of war any vessel of war which
may be under construction within it's
jurisdiction for any other power, or
which may have been constructed
within it's jurisdiction for another
power and not delivered"
Article IS provides that NO contract
| ing power shall dispose of vessel of
war by "any mode of transfer" so that
it may become a war vessel of any
foreign power.
Article 10 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 fortifcations and naval
bases, shall be maintained in their re-
spective territories and possessions
specified hereunder"
Fertilization Named.
The first sub-heading under this
agreement names, for the United
States 'insular possession 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 40 degrees east longi-
tude, except those adjacent to the
coast Of Canada, Australia and its ter
ritories and New Zealand. The third
Unloading names as Japanese insular
territories and possessions, the Bonin,
Kurile and Loochoo Islands, Amami-
Qshima, Formosa, the Pescadores "and
insular territories or possessions
in the Pacific ocean which Japan may
hereafter acquire"
Article 20 provides for uniform
rule of determining displacement ton
mage for all FIVE powers.nib1b
Chapter Is headed: 'SRnles relating
to the execution Of ehe'0treaty-defini-
ton of terms" f:lftisse
Part carries the specific lists of
capital ships already quoted but makes
the tonnage ratio agreement effective
for the United States on completion
of the two West Virgian class ship and
the scrapping of the North Dakota and
Delaware; and for Great Britain on
completion of the the two new ships
previously provided for and the scrap
ping of THE four ships they will re-
place. 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 and with a similar provi-
sion for Italy.
Scrapping of Vessels.
Part sets out four rules for scrap
ping vessels of war. Rule provides
that such vessels must be so treated
that they "cannot be put to combatant
use" Rule provides for the manner in
which this may be effected,
Rule of part provides that vessels
due for scrapping must be rendered i'm
mediately incapable of warlike service.
| Rule provides that vessels to be
strapped under Rule 8 shall be render
ed incapable Of warIike service within
six months from the coming into force
of the treaty and the scrapping finally
effected within 10 months"
Part of Chapter is the replace
ment provision for capital ships and
aircraft carriers and contained in
two sections.
| Section / provides the general rule
that such ships may be replaced TWEEN
ty years from the date of their COM
pletion, keels of replacement ships to
be laid not earlier than seventeen
years after such date of completion and
it is further provided that with the
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