The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-10
HOLIDAY PERIOD
SEEMS ASSURED
OFFICIAL DETAILS OF EPOCH
MAKING PACT ARE FORMALLY
SUBMITTED AT SESSION
In Three Hour Session, The Washing
ton Conference Approved Both Navy
and Submarine CurtsiIment; Gas
and Chemical Warfare Taken Up

Washington-The great five-power
naval limitation treaty. scaling down
ships of war creating naval holiday
and providing a basis for sounder
world peace, was presented to a pIen-
airy session of the arms conference
Wednesday for the approval of the
world
What the grayer, wearier mar,
Hughes, presented was known in GET
eral to the world This however, was
its first official release to a world
yearning after peace. Rounding IL
out was another treaty banning sub
marines as attackers of commerce
and the use of poison gas In war.
Hughes laid the treaty before the
fifth plenary session of the confer
ence shortly after the opening at II
O'Clock.
Under the treaty, the three great
naval powers-the United States.
Great Britain and Japan-wlll scrap
sixty-eight capital ships off total
tonnage of 1876 The smaller
nuraber of old ships to be junked by
France and Italy contribute to make
these figures even higher.
These ships include the capital ship
building program for the great naval
powers, the realization of the dreams
of navy men, seeking to wake their
country dominant in the ever faster
race for naval competitor.
The treaty starts a ten-year naval
holiday-wirlf a few ,exceptions-In
capital ship building, dating from No
vember u, 1921, when the conference
was opened.
The treaty provides for 5-5-3-1.75-
1.75 ratio in capital ship tonnage be-
tween the United States, Great Brit
ain, Japan, France and Italy, basis
for these respective powers is 525 1000:
$4,000; 315,OOO; $4,000 and 175,O00
tons.
Iron clad, technical rules and regu-
lation are embodied in the pact to see
that the ships to be scraped are ac-
tually sent to the junk heap. Detailed
charts are also included In accordance
with which old capital ships can be
replaced after the ten year holiday.
1t is also provided in the treaty-a
fact not fully known before that the
United States in concultation with the
other powers, shall call another con-
ference of the signatory nations as
soon as possible after eight years from
he coming into force of the treaty To-
,ansider any needed changes in the
,act sin view of possible technical
md scientific developments"
Whenever any signatory power De-
'omes engaged in war affecting the
naval defense of its national security,
he treaty specifies, such power may
uspend for the period of hostilities,
pom notice of the other contracting
ations, the major part of its obligu-
ions under the treaty. After the war
he contracting powers will meet In
to determine any necessary
notification of the treaty.
The treaty lasts for fifteen wears.
ne date of its expiration being Dec
mber 81, 1896. Its automatic contin-
ance, however is provided for.
The treaty includes an agreement
etween the United States. Great
ritain and Japan to maintain the
atus quo in Qualifications and naval
Uses on their Pacific islands, while
her clauses place restrictions on the
re of capital ships and AUXILIARY
citing craft and on their armament.
There was also announced at the
ssion between the five powers pro-
biting the use of submarines against
e merchant shipping and pledging
e powers against the use Of poison
s in war
Besides giving over to China the i'm
rtant Shanting railway, the settle
ent calls for return of Kiao Chow,
e former German leasehold to
lima; restoration of public proper
IS to China, with some exceptions,
moval of japanese troops as soon
the Chinese are able ito take over
any case not later than six months.
As for the railroad proper China
US approximately 53,500,OoO gold
'rks plus charges for improvements
Ide by Japan since she has seizure
kiao Chow from the Germans
The payment for the line shall be
treasury notes covering fifteen
lrs, but with redemption privilege
five years.