New-York tribune., 1922-02-02

ca'ly built AS fighting ships nor taken in
time of peace under government con
trol Tor lighting purposes. which are
employed on feet duties or as troop
transports or III some other way for the
purpose Of assisting in the prosecution
of hostiities otherwise vnnn as fighting
ships. shall not be within the lmita-
tlons Of this article.
ARTICLE XII
No vessel Of war Of any Of the cor
tracing powers. hereinafter laid down.
other than q capital ship. shall carry
a gun with n caliber ir excess of eight
inches o203 millimctcrs).
ARTICLE XIII
Except provided in Article TX. no
ship designated in the present treaty
to be scrapped may be roconvertcd into
a vessel of var
ARTICLE XIV
No preparations shall be made in
merchant ships in. time of peace for the
lnstallation of warlike armaments for
the purpose of converting such ships
into vessels of war other than the
necessary stiTcning Of decks for the
mounting of guns not exceeding six
inches (152 millimctcrs) calibcr.
ARi LIZ Nv
No vessel Of war constructed within
the jurisdiction Of any of the contract
ing powers of n-contracting power
shall exceed the limitations as to dis
placement and armament prescribed bv
the present treaty for vessels of a
similar type which may be constructed
by or for any OF the contracting
powers: provided, however, that the
displacement for aircraft carries con.
structed for a contracting power
shall i'll no case exceed q 900 tons
l21.dS2 metric tons) standard displace-
ment
ARTICLE XVI
If tho construction of any vessel of
war for non-contracting power is
undertaken within the jurisdi ction of
any of the contracting powers, such
power shall promptly inform the other
contracting powers Of the date of the
signing of the contract and the date on
which the keel of the ship is laid; and
shall also communicate to them the
particulars relating to the ship pre-
scribed in Chapter II, Part 3. Section
I (B), and 5.
ARTICLE XVII
In the event Of a contracting power
being engaged in war such power shall
Of war which may be under construc-
tion within it's Jurisdiction for any
other power, or which may have been
constructed within its jurisdiction for
another power and not delivered.
ARTICLE XVIII
Each OF the contracting powers un-
dertakes not to dispose by gift. sale
or any mode of transfer OF any vessel
Of war in such manner that such
vessel may become a vessel of war in
the navy Of any foreign power.
ARTICLE XIX
The United States. the British En-
pre and Japan agree that the status quo
at the time Of the signing Of the pres
ent treaty with regard to Notifications
and naval bases shall be maintained in
their respective territories and posses
sions specified hereunder:
90 The insular possessions which
the United States now holds or may
hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean.
except az those adjacent to the coast
of the United States, Alask and the
Panama Canal Zone. not including the
Aleutian Islands, and (b) the Hawaiian
Islands.
GU Hongkong and the insular pos
sessions which the British Empire now
h0lds or may hereafter acquire in the
Pacific Ocean east Of the meridian Of
10 degrees east longitude. except (a)
those adjacent 70 thc coast Of Canada.
(b) the Commonwealth of Australia
and its telrtories and ,c) New Zealand.
90 The following insular territories
and possessions of Japan in the Pacific
Ocean to wit: The kurile Islands, the
BONN Islands, AMami Oshima, the Loo
choo Islands, Formosa and the Pesca-
dores and any nsular territories or
possessions in the Pacific Ocean which
japan may hereafter acquire.
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