Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
Treaty Limits All Cate.
gories of u. S., Great
Britain and Japan.
REDUCTIONPROVIDED
France and Italy Agree to
Capital Ship Holiday
and to Limit Subs.

BY the Associated Press.
The following is the text of the nava
treaty:
Treaty between the United States
France, the British Empire. Italy and
Japan for the limitation and reduction
Of naval armament, signed at London
today.
The President Of the United States OF
America, the President of the French
Republic, His Majesty the King of Great
Britain, Ireland and the British Domin-
ions Beyond the Seas Emperor of India !;
His Majesty the King of Italy and His
Majesty the Emperor of Japan,
Desiring to prevent the dangers and
reduce the burdens inherent in COM
petitive armament; and
Desiring to carry forward the work
begun by the Washington Naval Con-
ference and to facilitate the progressive
realization of general limitation and re-
duction of ornaments,
Have resolver to conclude treaty for
the limitation and reduction OF naval
armament, and have accordingly APP
TEXT OF TREATY.
PART l.
ARTICLE I.
The high contracting parties agree
not to exercise their rights to lay down
the keels of capital ship replacement
tonnage during the years 193l-1936, In.
elusive. as provided in chapter II, part
3, of the treaty for the limitation Of
naval armament signed between them
at Washington on the 9th of February,
1922, and referred to in the present
treaty as the Washington treaty.
This provision Is without prejudice
to the disposition relating to the re-
placement of ships accidentally lost or
destroyed contained in chapter II, part
3, section /, paragraph Co OF the said
treaty.
France and Italy may, however, build
the replacement tonnage which they
were entitled to lay down in 1927 and
1929 in accordance with the provisions
of the said treaty.
ARTICLE II.
1, The United States. the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and North
ern ireland and Japan shall dispose OF
the following capital ships as provided
in this article:
United States-Florida, Utah, Arkan-
sase or wyoming.
United Kingdom-Benbow, Iron Duke
Marlborough, Emperor of India, Tiger.
Japan-Hiyei.
(Aj Subject to the provisions of sub
paragraph (b), the above ships unless
converted to target use exclusively, in
accordance with chapter II, part 2,
paragraph II CO. of the Washington
Treaty, shall be strapped in the fol-
lowing manner:
One of the ships to be strapped by
the United States and two of those to
be strapped by the United Kingdom
shall be rendered unfit for warlike
service, in accordance with chapter II,
part 2, paragraph III CD of the Wash
ington Treaty, within IL months from
the coming into force Of the present
treaty. These ships shall be finally
strapped, in accordance with paragraph
II (a) or Cb) of the said part 2, within
"A months of the said coming into force.
In the case Of the second of the ships
to be strapped by the United States and
of the third and fourth Of the ships
to be strapped by United Kingdom, the
said periods shall be 10 and 80 months,
respectively. from the coming into force
Of the present treaty.
CD OF the ships to be disposed of
under this article, the following may
BY the United States-Arkansas or
Wyoming.
BY the United Kingdom-Iron Duke.
BY Japan-Hiyei.
These ships shall be reduced to the
condition prescribed in section v Of
annex II to part II of the present
treaty. The work of reducing these
vessels to the required condition shall
begin, in the case of the United States
and the United Kingdom, within IL
months, and in the case of Japan with
in eight months from the coming into
force of the present treaty; the work
Of the expiration of the above-men-
toned periods.
Any of these ships which are not re-
tanned for training purposes shall be
rendered unfit for warlike service within
ID months and finally scrapped within
80 months Of the coming into force Of
the present treaty.
2. Subject to any disposal of capital
ships which might be necessitated, in
accordance with the Washington treaty,
by building by France or Italy of the
replacement tonnage referred to in Ar
ticle Of the present treaty, all existing
part 3, section 2, of the Washington
treaty and not designated above to be
disposed Of may be retained during the
term of the present treaty.
5. The right of replacement is not
lost by delay in laying down replace
ment tonnage, and the old vessel may
be retained until replaced. even though
due for scrapping under chapter 2, part
3, section 2, Of the Washington treaty.
ARTICLE III.
/. For the purpose of the Washington
treaty. the definition of an aircraft
carrier given in chapter 2, part 4, Of
the said treaty is hereby replaced by
the following definition:
The expression aircraft carrier" in
cludes any surface vessel of war, what
ever its displacement, designed for the
specific and exclusive purpose of carry
ing aircraft and so constructed that
aircraft can be launched therefrom and
landed thereon.
2. The fitting of a landing-on or ny
ing-off platform on deck of capital
ship, cruiser or destroyer, provided such
vessel was not designed or adapted ex-
clusively as an aircraft carrier, shall
not cause any vessel so fitted to be
charged to or classified In the category
Of aircraft carriers.
5. No existing capital ship shall BE-
htted with a landing-on platform or
deck.
ARTICLE w.
l. No aircraft carrier of 10000 tons
G0,160 metric tons) or less standard
displacement mounting a gun above 81
inches Q55 millimeters) caliber shall
be acquired by or constructed by or for