Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
NAVAL
TREATY IS SIGNED
Pact Reduces NavieS Of
Three Nations and Re-
stricts Two Others.
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is not to be exceeded on December 81,
1896, Is given in article Is.
Submarine Tonnage.
Submarine tonnage Of each power is
set at So, TOO tons. Vessels which cause
the total tonnage of any category to ex-
coed the foregoing are to be disposed OF
gradually before December 81, 1885.
In the destroyer category not more
than l6 per cent of the total tonnage Is
to be employed in vessels of over 1900
tons. Destroyers completed or under
construction April 1 this year In excess
of this percentage may be retained, but
no other destroyers exceeding l.S9O tons
shall be constructed or acquired until
the reduction to 16 per cent Is effected.
Not more than Is per cent OF the
total cruiser tonnage may be htted with
aircraft decks.
Article II allows the transfer Of tom
mage between cruisers Of the second
subcategory and destroyers. But this is
not to exceed 10 per cent of the cate
CORY into which the transfer Is made.
Il is stated in article 10 that the
United States contemplates completion
by 1885 Of IS cruisers Of the first sub
category of an aggregate tonnage OF
$50 900. For each of the three remain
ing cruisers in this subcategory the
United States may substitute 15,1 66
tons Of cruisers in the second subcate-
CORY.
In the event the United States con-
StructS one or more such cruisers. the
sixteenth unit will not be laid down be-
fore 1898 and won't be completed before
1885: the seventeenth will not be laid
down before 1884 and will not be COM
pleted before 1887; while the eighteenth
will not be laid down before 1885 and
will not be completed before 1898.
Disposal Of Vessels.
Article 10 prescribes certain reStric-
| lions to laying down tonnage in the
| different categorieS, while article 2U
deals with disposal and replacement OF
certain British and Japanese vessels
and grants Japan the right to antici-
pate replacement by laying down 49,
200 tons of submarines, of which not
more than $4,000 tons are to be COM
pleted before December 81, 1885.
| Article 81 contains the safeguarding
clause, which, while it does not mem
ton specifically France and Italy, was
inserted to protect Great Britain against
q continental building program involv-
ing those two powers.
The fourth chapter OF the treaty deals
with submarines, and contains single
article, No. %. This article propounds
the doctrine of "humaniZation" Of sub
marine warfare.
The fifth and last part of the treaty
deals with its duration and its rat1t1ca-
| ton. It's first clause, article %, spe-
| cites December 81, 1896, as the terminal
| date, except that part shall remain
operative without the time limit, and
that articles 3, 4, 5, IL, and the annex
1 - tr0r
effective for the same period as the
Washington treaty.
Ratification Is decreed by article "a
to be in accordance with the respective
constitutional methods of the sigma
tories, the ratifications to be deposited
In London as soon as possible. The
| treaty will come into force when the
last of these notifications has been de-
posted.
The rights and obligations Of part
| 8 are limited to the United States,
Great Britain and Japan, who will agree
respecting the date and conditions un-
/ der which the obligations of that part
will bind them in relation to France
and Italy, such agreement determining
| the obligation of France and Italy TO
| the other three.
According to article IS, next to the
final clause in the treaty, after all
|
Britain will communicate part 4 to
all non-signatory powers, inviting them
to concur in it, this being the section
relating to humanization of submarines
The present treaty, in accordance
with article 26, will be in the keeping
of the British government, certified
copies to be transmitted to the other
Signatories.
Meeting for the last time, the dele.
cations to the conference convened al
the call of Chairman Macdonald al
1890 am. today to sign the treaty
evolved after three months OF hare
work.
The delegates seated themselves around
the great horseshoe conference table II
Queen Annes old drawing room, st
James Palace, where three months ant
one day ago they met for the first time
The American delegation, led by Col
Stimson, walked in informal mannel
from their quarters at the Ritz Hote
to ST. James Palace. Despite the rusf
of backing to catch the Leviathan a.
Southampton tonight, toppers and TAN
again were in order.
Mr.. Macdonald, in the chairman
seat, had the French and Americans or