Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-01-26
OUTLINE or NAVAL
PACT DISCLOSED
Draft Complete Except For
Notifications.
LISTS VESSELS RETAINED
United States VIII Keep Eighteen
Capital Ships, Having an Aggregate
Tonnage Of 5oo,65o.


Capital Ships, Having an Aggregate
Tonnage Of 5oo65o.
Washington. The preamble to
the naval or five-power treaty which
Is now understood to be complete,
with the exception Of article l0, re-
lating to Notifications, Is as follows:
"The United States Of America, the
British empire, France, Italy, ana
Japan, desiring to contribute to the
maintenance Of the general peace ana
reduce the competition In armament,
have resolved with view to accom-
plishing these purposes to conclude
treaty to limit their respective naval
ornaments and to that end have ap-
pointed as their plenipotentiaries there
follows the names of the representa-
tives OF the poy ers In Washington
One of the most important articles
OF the treaty Is that naming capital
ships OF the powers which are to be
retained. The list OF American YES
sells given in the treaty to be retained
follows:
Maryland, California, Tennessee,
Idaho. New Mexico, and Mississippi,
all ranging around $4,000 tons.
Arizona and Pennsylvania, 3l,4O0
tons each.
Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, Tex
as, $1,000 to 1880 tons.
Arkansas and Wyoming, 10000 tons
each.
Florida and Utah, 81 s25 tons each.
North Dakota and Delaware, 10000
tons each.
The total tonnage Of American capt.
tai ships retained is 500,650.
The British list follows:
Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak. Re
yenge Resolution, II miles, Malaga,
Valiant, Barham, Queen Elizabeth,
Warspite, Benbow, Emperor of India,
Iron Duke, Marlborough, Hood, Re-
nown, Repulse, Tiger, Thunderer,
King George V, Ajax, Centurian. The
total British tonnage Is 580,450.
The Hood ranks at $1,000 tons and
all Of the other British vessels are be-
low the maximum Of $4,000 tons here
after to prevail in the case OF capital
ships.
The text of the articles of the new
treaty dealing with aircraft carriers
Is as follows
Article 8. No aircraft carrier ex-
ceeding $1,000 standard tons (27,432
metric tons), displacement, shall be
acquired or constructed for or within
the jurisdiction Of any Of the contract
ing powers; provided, how ever, that
any Of the contracting powers may
without increasing its tom 'ge of air
craft carriers build not more tlan two
aircraft carriers each Of tonnage
not more than $4,000 (33,52S metric
tons).
"And in order to effect economy any
of the contracting powers may use Tor
this purpose any two of their ships
whether already constructed or In the
course of construction, which would
otherwise be strapped under the pro-
visions OF this treaty"
Another paragraph Of the treaty OF
Importance is that relating to the con-
version Of vessels, which reads textu-
ally ais follows:
~Clause 3--(second part of the rules
for scrapping vessels). Not more than
one capital ship may be retained for
these Purposes by any of the contract
ing powers.
"Of the capital ships which would
otherwise be ssrapped by this treaty
in and after the year 1881. France
and Italy may each retain two sea-
going vessels for training purposes,
especially, either gunnery or torpedo
schools. France and Italy respective
~ undertake to remove and destroy
their coming towers and not to use
such ships as vessels of war"
Resigns His pulpit to Hang Murderers.
Des MONIES, Ia Rev. w. b.
Robb, sheriff of Polk county, has
resigned his pasto~ate at the Urban
dale Federated church, because he
said he does not wish the church to
be subjected to criticism when he
hangs two murderers this spring. IT
will have to hang Orrie Cross and
Eugene Weeks in April and May
Robb said. II do not feel that I
should be a regular pastor when l
do this, as I would subject my church
to too much criticism"