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con ' TEXTS OF NAVA THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922.7 ~algeaty probably had ever been ne- : ed. “Obviously, It means an enorfnow tain two ships of the West Virginio class; now under construction. On United States may compicte and re-| L, SUBSEA AND GAS TREATIES PRI SENTED TO-DA DIPLOMATS WHO SIGN NEW FIVE-POWER TREATY | @aving of money,” he said, “und the/the completion of these two ships! the" people. treaty absolutely ends the race | ter IL, Part ig maval competition. At the same The British ‘time, it leaves the security of the ance with the replacement table in Powers red, but it means Chapter II., Part 3, construct two new ‘more. The best thing is the spirit capital ships not exceeding 35,000 manifested by which we were able tons (35,560 metric tons) st —- this coficlusion. ' fe are taking the greatest for- of the sald two ships, the Thunderer, | ward step to establish the reign of King George V., Ajax and Centurion t ° bear be Mar oned of as prescribed in After Secretary Hughes concluded, |“ ter Ii., Part 2 M, Sarraut, head of the French dole-| Article MHl.—Subject to the pro- gation, declared adhesion of France Visions of Article II., the contracting to the naval treaty was ‘sincere and Powers shall abandon their respective t."* u | Se BON GAMA Audie ball Dee and “There are stil! mists hanging 7° PO oot Bex bes con- around and perhaps there may be Structed or acquired by any of the some darkness left in which doubt, font tonnage which wus bey eon. skepticism and after-thoughts may » a stil be obscurely lurking, raut saki. ‘‘And this is precisely what should not be. It must not ap- pear that this contract has been won from some of us through a kind of constraint and accepted against their own wishes."’ i M. Sarraut emphasized that the Trench delegation yielded when they | fett they should yield and resisted on teh points whore they had to do it. —oa TEXT OF TREATY. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The {eat of the five power naval armament limitation treaty follows: DRAFT TREATY. The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan: Desiring to. contribute to the main- Chapter IL, Part 3. Ships which are replaced in accord- ance with Chapter Il., Part 3, shall | be disposed of as prescribed in Part 2 of that chapter, Article 1V.—The total capital ship replacement tonnage of each of the contracting powers shall not excced in standard di metric tons); for the British Empire, 525,900 tons (533,400 metric tons); for France, 175,000 tons (177,800 metric tons); for Italy, 176,000 tons 000 tons (320,040 metric tons). Article V.—No capital ship excced- ing 25,000 tons (35,560 metric tons) Standard displacement shall be ac- quired by or constructed by, for or within the jurisdiction of any, of the contracting powers, GUN CALIBBES ARE LIMITED TO 16 INCHES. Article Vi.—No capital ship of any of very heavy burdens from|the North Dakota and Delaware shall) be disposed of as preseribed in Chap- | Empire may, in acco:d- ' displacement each. On the completion | structed or acquired as specified in| | ent, for the| United States, 525,000 tons (532,400 | (177,800 metric tons); for Japan, 315,- | tenance of the general peace and to reduce the burdens of competition in armament; of the contracting powers shall carry a gun with a calibro in excess of 16 inches (406 millimetres). Articole Vil.—The total tonnage for Have resolved, with a view to 9C- | aircraft carriers of each of the con- complishing these purposes, to con- clude a treaty to limit thelr respect!ve | standard displacement for the United naval armament, and to that ond have/ tates 135,000 tons (18-160 metric appointed their plentpotentiartes, who, | tons); for the British Empire, 135,000 having communicated to each other | tong (137,160 metric tons); for France, their respective full powers, found to! 9,000 tons (60,960 metric tons); for be in good and due form, have agreed | trary, 60,000 tons (60,960 metric tons) ; as follows: for Japan, $1,000 tons (82,296 metric tons). CHAPTER I. Article VIII.—The replacement of General provisions relating te the | aircratt cartiers shall be effected only limitation of naval armament: as prescribed in Chapter II., Part 3, Article 1—Tho contracting powers| Provided, however, that all aircraft agree to limit their respective naval carrier tonnage in existence or build- armament as provided in the present] ing on Nov. 12, 1921, shall be consid- treaty. ered experimental, and may be re- Articole 1—The contracting rs | Placed, within the total tonnage limit may retain respectively the capital! Prescribed in Article VIT., without re- ships which are in Chapter| ard to its age. If, Part 1. On the coming into force} Article IX, — No alreraft carrer of the present treaty, but subject to|€xeseding 27,000 tons (27,482 metric the following provisions of this|tons) standard displacement shall be article, all other capital ships, built] ®cquired by, or constructed by, for or or building. of the United States, the! Within the jurisdiction of any of the British Empire and Japan shall be| contracting powers. disposed of as prescribed in Chapter| However, any of the contracting UL, Part 2. Powers thay, provided thet (ta. total lowan ral car- U. & RETAINS TWO SHIPS NOW| {innate Or ane exeosded, bulla ING BUILT. not more than two aircraft carriers, In addition to the capital ships each of a ton of not more than - specified in Chapter II., Part 1, the ~ GIVES BAGK LANDS AMOR RTOCHIN tracting powers may use for this pur- pose any two of their ships, whether constructed or in course of construc- Chinese Manager of Railway to Be Supreme—Cost to China 53,000,000 Gold Marks. 1 ’ tion, which would otherwise be scrapped under the provisions of Ar- ticle II. The armament of any air- craft carriers exceeding 27,000 tons (27,432 metric tons) standard dis- placement shall be in accordance with the requirements of Article X, except that the total number of guns to be carried in case any of such guns be of a calibre exceeding 6 inches (152 ; millimetres), except ant'-alrcraft guns and guns not exceeding 5 Inches (126.7 millimetres), shall not exceed eight. Article X. — No aircraft carrier of any of the contracting powers shall carry a gun with a calibre in excess of eight inches (203 millimetres). L—The | Without prejudice to the provisions of 4 Article IX, if the armament carried includes guns exceeding 6 inches (152 millimetres) in calibre, the total number of guns carried, except anti aircraft guns and guns not exceeding & tmohes (126.7 millimetres), si rot exceed ten. If alternuatitely the armament contains no guns exceeding 6 incl¥es (152 millimetres) in calibr the number of guns ts not limited. In either case the number of anti-aireraty guns and of guns not exceeding 5 inches (126.7 millimetres) is not lim- ited. Article X1.—No WASHINGTON, [Feb. Sbantung treaty between China an Japan, consisting of eleven articles in addition to a number of annexes, provides for return by Japan to China of the territory and property in Shantung, as previously reported. The Japanese agreed to turn over the Shantung Railway at a valuation of 63,000,000 gold marks plus Japan- ‘oese expenditures for permanent im- “provements, with allowances for de- /.preciation, in return for Chine gotreasury notes running fifteen yea! but redeemable within five years at vessel of war ex-, ceeding 10,000 tons (10,160 metric % CHARLES CYANS HUGHES limitations as to displacement and armament prescribed by the present treaty for vessels of a similar type which may be constructed by or for any of the contracting powers; pro- vided, however, that the displacement for aircraft carriers constructed for ® non-contracting power shall in no case exceed 27,000 tons (27,482 metric tons) standard displacement. Article XVI.—It the construction of any vessel of war for a non-contract- ing power is undertaken within the jurisdiction 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 lald; and shall also communicate to them the par- ticulars relating to the ship pre- scribed in Chapter I1., Part 3, sec- tion 1 (B), (4) and (5). Article XVII.—In the event of a contracting power being engaged in war, such power shall not use as a vessel of war any vessel of war which may be under construction Within its jurisdiction for any other power, or whieh may lave been constructed within its jurisdiction for another power and not delivered. Article XVIII.—Each of the eon- tracting powers undertakes not to dis- Pose by gift, sale or any mode of transfer of any vessel of war In such ® manner that such vessel may be- come a vessel of war in the navy of any foreign power. FORTS AND NAVAL BASES TO REMAIN AS NOW. Articole XIX.—The United States, the British Empire and Japan agree that the status quo at the time of the signing of the present treaty, with regard to fortifications and naval bases, shall be maintained tn their respective territories and possessions specified hereunder: (1) The insular possessions which the United States now holds or may hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean, except (a) those adjacent to the coast of the United States, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone, not including u Aleutian Islands, and (b) the Hawaiian Islands. (2) Hongkong and the insular possessions which the British Empire now holds or may hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean east of the mieridian of 110 degrees east longi- tude, except (a) those adjacent to the coast of Canada, (b) the Common- wealth of Australia and its territories and (c) New Zealand. (8) The following insular territories and possessions of Japan in the Pucitic Ocean, to wit: The Kurile Islands, the Bonin Islands, Amami-Oshinu:, the Loocho Islands, Formosa and the Pescadores, and any insular terri- tories or possessions in the Pacific Ocean which Japan may hereafter ac- quire. The maintenance of the status quu under the foregoing provisions implte< that no new fortifications or naval bases shall bo established in the ter ritories. and possessions specifie!: that no measures shall be taken t+ increase the existing naval faciliti for the repair and maintenance naval forces, and that no increase shall be made in the coast defenses of the territories and possessions above specified. This restriction, however, does not preclude such 1 pair and replacement of wornout othe option of China. . The agreement for management of { the ratlroad provided for a Chinese } managing director, with a Japancse {traMc manager subordinate and § Chinese and Japanese chicf account * ants with joint powe: ‘The Chinese managing director would have su- amt preme control of the road J Another provision declares that the 1 sabancte Consulate, schools and shrines shall be retained by the Jap: yp anese. £ ‘The third article provides for with- © drawal of Japanese troops from Shan- tung, especially on the railroad, und , including Japanese gendarmes, 4s » soon as possible, when the Chinese { Police are ready to take over the rail tons) standard displacement, oti: | than a capital ship or aircraft carric Ishall be acquired by, or constructed by, for, or within the jurisdiction any of the contracting powers, Vew sels not specifically built at fightine ships r taken in time under Government control tor (gitin Purposes, which ave employed on tle-t duties or as troop transports u n some other way for the purpose of as sisting in the prosecution of hostilitior |not be within the limitations of article, ‘ Article XIl.—No vessel of war of after laid down, other than a capital ship, shall carry a gun with a calibre way. fs stipulated that the Jap-|in excess of § inches (203 millimetres) anese troops’ retirement will be ef-| metres). } fected by sections on the railway at|/mMay NOT BE REBUILT diates to be arranged between Japan: ae Wa cnc and Chinese authorities. Entire VESSELS R. , Withdrawal of Japanese troops is to Article XIII. Except as provided «be effected within three months, if|in Article IX., no ship designated in Gv aud not later than aix|the present treaty to be ped emonths, The Japapese garrison at|may be reconverted into a v« of * Tsingtao is to be Withdrawn within | thirty days. H Article four of the treaty, dealing with maritime customs, provides that the Japanese shall return to China } the customs house at Tsingtao, Article five covers the transfer of fe Shantung Railway. To effect the transfer China and Japan are to ap- point three commissioners to compose @ joint railway commission which is to appraise the a arrange f © preparations si be made in more peace for the installation of warlik« armaments for the purpose of con verting such ships into vessels of wai other than the necessary stiffening of decks tor the mounting of guns not exceeding 6 inch (152 millime \ tres) calibre Article XV.—No vessel of war con iway's actua) value structed within the jijrisdiction of any its transfer in not of the contracting pqwers for a non- {otherwise than as fighting ships, shail | this! j United Stat INTO | ‘Tenness } Mexico, ant ships in tine ot | weapons and equipment as is cus- tomary in naval and military estab. lishments in time of peace, Article XX.—The rules for deter mining tonnage displacement pr ribed in Chapter If, part 4, shall apply to the ships of each of the con raeting powers, CHAPTER II. Rules relating to the execution o/ the treaty—definition of terms. Part 1. Capital ships which may be << (ained by the contracting power. In accordance with Article II., ships may be retained by each of the con any of the contracting powers, here-| tracting powers as specified in tins | part Ships which may be etained by the Maryland, 22.600; California, 3 800; Idaho, 32,000 32,000; Mississippi, Arizona, 31,400; Pennsylvant | Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, 27,000; Texas, ANTS, Wyoming, : | Florida, uh, 5; Nort! | Dakota, 20,000, and Delaware, 20,000 Total tonnage, 500,650. On the ympletion of the two ships Jot the West Virginia class and the scrapping of the North the total tonnage to be retained by the United States will be tons, | Ships which may be retained by | British Empire | Royal Sovereign 0; Revenge, Ramillies, 730 0 Mut ARTHUR BALFOUR, 600; Queen Elizabeth, spite, 27,500; Benbow, peror of India, 25,000; Iron Duke, 25,000; Marlborough, 25,000; Hood, 41,200; Renown, 26,500; Repulse, 24,600; Tiger, 28,500; 'Thunderer, 22,600; King George V., 23,000; Ajax, 23,000, and Centurion, 23,000. Total tonnage, 580,450. On the completion of the two new ships to be constructed and the scrap- ping of the Thunderer, King George V., Ajax and Centurion, as provided tr Article II., the total tonnage to be retained by the British Empire will be 558,950 tons. 27,500; War- 25,000; Eim- Ships which may be retained by France: Bretagne, 23,500; Lorraine, 28,500; Provence, 23,500; Paris, 33,500; France, 23,500; Jean Bart, 23,500; Courbet, 23,500; reet, 18,890; Diderot, 18,890, and Voltaire, 18,890. Total tonnage, 221,170. France may lay down new tonnage in the years 1927, 1929 and 1931, as provided in Part III., Section LU. Ships which may be retained by Italy: Andrea Doria, 22,700 tons; Caio Duilio, 22,700; Conte di Cavour, 22,500; Giulio Cesare, 22,500; Leon- ardo da Vinci, 22,500; Dante Alig- hieri, 19,500; Roma, 12,600; Napoli, 12,600; Vittorio Emanuele, 12,600, and Regina Elena, 12,600. Total tonnage, 182,800. Italy may lay down new tonnage in the years 1927, 1929 and 1931, as pro- vided in Part II., Section IL Ships which may, be retained by Japan: Mutsu, 33,800; Nagato, 33,800; Hiuga, 31,260; Ise, 31,260; Yamashiro, jen jof guns, Dakota and Delaware, as proyided in Article If, 30,600; Fu-So, 30,600; Kirishima, 27,500; Haruna, 27,600; Hiyei, 27,500, and Kongo, 27,500. Total tonnage, 302,320, Part 2. Rules for scrapping vessels of war: The following rules shall be ob- served for the scrapping of vessels of war which are to be disposed of in accordance with Articles IT. and III. 1, A vessel to be scrapped must be placed in such condition that it can- not be put to combatant use. I, This result must pe finally ef- fected in any one of the following ways: (a) Permanent sinking of the ves- (b) Breaking the vessel up. This hall always involve the destruction or removal of all machinery, boilers and armor, and all deck, side and bottom plating; (c) Converting the vessel to target use exclusively. provisions of paragraph 3 of part, except sub-paragraph 6. far as may be necessary to enable the ship to be used as a mobile target, and except sub-paragraph 7, must be previously complied with, Not more than one capital ship may be retained for this purpose at one time by any of the contracting powers. (a) Of the capital ships which would otherwise be scrapped under the present treaty in or after the year 1931, France and Italy may each retain two sea-going vessels for training purposes exclusively, that ts, as gunnery or turpedo schools, The two vessels retained by France shall be of the Jean Bart class, and_of those retained by Italy one shail the Dante Alighieri, the other of the Guillo Cesare class. On retaining these ships for the purpose above stated, France and Italy respectively undertake to remove and destroy thelr conning towers and not to use sald ships as vesscls of war SCRAPPING TO BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY. Subject to the special ex- Whe Gad ceptions contained in Article IX., when a vessel is due for scrapping, | the first stage of scrapping, which .| consists in rendering a ship Incapable of further warlike service, shall be im- mediately undertaken. (b) A vessel shall be considered in- capable of further warlike service when there shall have been removed and landed, or else destroyed in the ship: (1) All guns and essential pertions fire-contro! tops and re- volving parts of all barbettes and tur- rete; (2) All) machinery for hydraulic or electric mountings; | (a) All fire-control Mstruments and range-finde (4) All ammunition, mines; | (6) All explosives and torpedoes, war-heads and | torpedo tubes; (6) All wireless telegraphy installa- tions (1) The conning tower and all side armor, or alternatively all main pro- pelling machinery; and (8) All landing and flying-off p forms and all other aviation access Hes Iv. which affected periods in as follows: a (A) In the case of vessels to be scrapped under the first paragraph of Article II., the work of rendering the vessels incapable of further war- like service, in accordance with Para- staph IM. of this part, shall be com- pleted within six months from the coming into force of the present treaty, and the scrapping shail be fi- nally effected within eighteen months from such coming into force. SHIPS MUST BE SCRAPPED WHEN REPLACED. (B) In the case of vessels to be scrapped under the second and third paragraphs of Article Il, or under In such case, all the this) In 80) Article LIL, the work of rendering the vessel incapable of further warlike service in accordance with Paragrapl: | UI. of tiis part shall be commenced not later thun the date of completion of its successor, and shall be within six months from the date o such completion. The vessel shatl iy finally scrapped, in accordance wi.ir Paragraph Il. of this part, witin eighteen months from the date of completion of its successor. If, how ever, the completion of the new. ve' sel be delayed, then the work of ren- ther warlike service with Paragraph III. of this part shall Le commenced within four years trom vessel shall be finally scrapped in ac- cordance with date when the work of incapable of further was commenced. Part 3. Replacement. The veplacement of capital and aircraft carriers shall take plac yccording to the rules in Section I und the tables in Section If part “ vendering it SECTION |. working Rules for Replacement. Section II. of this part, be replaced limits prescribed In Article IV. Article VIL. The keels of such new construction may, except. ar other |wise provided in Article VIIT ‘the tables in Section II. of this part, ‘he laid down not earlier than seven teen s from the date of comple CONTRACTING POWERS. h of th shall communic of the other contracting following information: (1) The and aircraft carriers to be repla new construction: (2) The date of Governmental au thorization of replacement ion " contracting te promptly pow (By to each “l by (3) The date of laying the keels of replacement tonnage; (4) The standard displacement tons and metric tons of ench new shir to be laid down and the princip |dimensions, namely, lensth at wate tor bec clave di mM wv wiH of completion of « and Imoent in tons and ship iis standard displace metric (ups, and the finished | dering the old vessel incapable of fur- | in accordance Paragraph II. of this} part within eighteen months from the warlike service ships of this | by new construction, but within the and and in FACTS TO BE GIVEN ALL THE powers names of the capital ships anEee “SARRAUT | principal dimensions, namely, lengt at water-line extreme beam at or be- low water-line, mean draft at stand- ard displacement, at time of comple- tion, struction of capital ships or aircraft carriers, they may immediately be ro- placed by new construction subject to the tonnage limits prescribed in Articles ITV. and VII, and in conform- ity with the other provisions of the Present treaty, the regular replace- ment programme being deemed to be advanced to that extent. EXCEPTIONS TO BENEFIT FRENCH AND ITALIAN NAVIES. | alreraft carriers shall be reconstructed | except for the purpose of providing means of defense against air and sub- marine attack, and subject to the fol- lowing rules: The contracting powers may, for that purpose, equip existing air attack deck protection, providing the “increase of displacement thus ef- fected does not exceed 3,000 tons (3,048 metric tons) displacement for each ship. No alterations in side armor, in calibre, numbey or general type of mounting of main armament shall be permitted except: (1) In the case of France and Italy, which countries within the limits allowed for bulge may increase their armor protecWon and t¥ éalibre of the guns now carried on their existing capital ships so as not to exceed 16 inches (406 millimetres); and (2) The British Empire shall be | permitted to complete, in the case of |the Renown, the alterations to armor that have already been commenced but temporarily suspended. With these scrapping provisions’ carried out at once, the naval powers will retain the following capital ships: | America — Maryland, Califor- | nia, Tennessee, Idaho, New Mex- ico, Mississippi, Arizona, Penn- sylvania, Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyoming, Florid. Utah, North Dakota, Delaware—a total of 500,650 tons; but the United States can com- plete two West Virginia type | ships, wher upon she must scrap the North Dakota and Delaware, leaving her during the naval holi- day with a total of 525,850 tons, Britain—Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Revenge, Resolution, Ramil- lies, Malaya, Valiant, Barham, | Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Ben- bow, Emperor of India, Iron Duke, the laying of the keel of the new ves- sel, and shall be finished within six! Marlborough, Hood, Renown, Re- months from the 4: on which such; pulse, Tiger, Thunderer, King work was commenced, and the old| George V., Ajax and Centution— | total pf 22 ships, avith a tonnage of 830,450, but with permission to construct now two new ships, fol- Jowed by the scrapping of the Thunderer, King George V., Ajax and Centurion, thus giving her a holiday tonnage of 558,950. Japan—Mutsu, Nagato, Hiuga, Ise, Yamashiro, Fu-So, Kirishma, Haruna, Liyei, Kongo—a total of >| 301,820 tons, Italy—Andrea Doria, Caio Din- Ho, Conte Di vour, Giulio Se- sare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Dante Alighieri, Roma, Napoli, Vittario Emanuele, Regina Elena—a total of ten ships with 182,100 tons. (A) Capital ships and aircraft car-| France — Bretagne, Lorraine, riers twenty years after the | Provence, France, Jean Bart, date of their completion may,| Courbet, oCndorcet, Diderot, Vol- except as otherwise provided in| taire—a total of ten ships with Article VIII. and in the tables in 221,170 tons. THE TABLES IN SECTION Th i order above prescribed in whic: ure to be scrapped is in accord. ance with their age, It is understood that when replacement begins accord tlon of the tonnage to be replaced, |ing to the above tables the order of, provided, however, that no capital serepping in the case of the ships o! ship tonnage, with the exception ot of the contracting powers may the ships referred to in the third jbe varied at its option; provided, how- paragraph of Article II., and the re- jever, that such power shall scrap in | placement tonnage specifically men- {etch year the number of ships above tioned in Section TI. of this part, | stated shall be laid down until ten years from Nov. 12, 1921. Part 4, Definitions—l’or the purposes of the present treaty the following expres sions are to be understood in the sense defined in this part. 1, Capital Ship—A capital ship, in the case pf ships hereafter built, is de- fined as a vessel of war, not an air-| authentic, shall displacement ex- ceeds 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons)| the United States, standard displacement, or which car-| copies thereof #h craft carrier, whose {vies a '$ ine (207 millimetres) An aireratt car splacement in excess (10,180 metric toi plucement designed fo ni Ac of ) stona, the spe exclusive purpose of It must be so construg ft can be launched tuere landed thereon, and not de 1 constructed cag yin «nore powerful armament t allowed to under Article »| Luns lid it IX (C) In case of loss or accidental de- | (D) No retained capital ships or tonnage with bulge or blister or anti- | s defined as a vessel of war with 10,000 caprying an thal or | Article X. as the case may be. Standard Displacement—The stand- | ard displacement of a sitip is the dis- placement of the ship complete, fully | manned, engined and equipped ready | ‘for sei, including all armament and | ammunition, equipment, outfit, pro- visions and fresh water for crew, mis- cellaneous stores and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or reserve feed water on board. | TONNAGE BASED ON ___ 2,240 POUNDS ‘OR 1,016 KILOS. in the present The word “ton” | ric tone, the ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kilos), |*"Vemsets now completed shall retain thelr present -rating of displacement | tonnage in accordance with their na- | tional system of measurement. ever, a power expressing displacement in metric tohs shall be considered for | thé application of the present ‘treaty | as owning only the equivalent dis: placement in tons of 2,240 pounds. A vessel completed hereafter shall be rated at its displacement tonnage when in the standard condition de fined herein. | CHAPTER III. Miscellaneous Provisions. | Article XXi—If during the | of the present treaty the requirements of the national security of any con-| tracting power in respect of naval de. fense are, in the opinion of that! power, materially affected by any change of «iréumstances, the’ con- | thacting powers. Will, at the request of such: power, meet; in conference with | a view to the’ reconsideration of the provisions of the; treaty and its) amendngent by mutual agreoment. {| In ¥few of possible technical and | scientific developments, the United States, after consultation with the jother contracting powers, shall ar- | range for a conference .of all the con- | |tracting powers which shall convene {as soon as posible after the expira- / Mion of eight yéars from the coming | into force of the present treaty to! consider what changes, if any, in the | treaty may be necessary to meet such developments. | | ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN THE | + EVENT OF WAR. | Article XXH.—Whenever any con- | |tracting power shall become engaged | in a war which in its opinion affects | the naval defense of its national se- | curity, such power may after notice | to the other contracting powers sus: pend for the period of hostilities its obligations under the present treaty | other than those under Articles XIII. | and XVII,, provided that such power | shall notify the other contracting | powers that the emergency is of such | ach acter aa ito requite such sus- | pension. ‘ i | The remaining’ contracting powers | shall ih ‘such’ lease ‘consult together | with & view: to‘agreement as to what | totmiorary-tiodifications, if any, should | | hey made im the treaty as between! | themselves,: Should such consultation | not’ produce agreefnent, duly made in} accordance with ‘the constitutional methods of the respective powers, any one of sald contracting powers mi} by giving notice to the other con- | tracting powers, suspend for the period of hostilities its obligations | {under the present treaty, ‘other than | those under Articles XIH.' and XVII. | On the cessation of hostilities the ; contracting powers’ will’meet in con- | ference to consider | tions, if any, should be made in the | provisions of the present treaty. PROVISIONS FOR TERMINATION | | OF THE TREATY. } | Article XXH—Tho present treaty | shall remain in force until Dec, 3!, | 1936, and in case none of the mnt | tracting powers shall have given no- | tiee two years before that date of its l intention to terminate the treaty, it | !shaf continue in forco until the | piration of two years from the date !on which notice of termination shail be given by one of the contracting | | powers, whereupon the treaty shall | terminate as regards all the contract- {ing powers. Such notice shall be communicated in writing to the Government of tn~ United States, which shall immedi- ately transmit a certified copy of tx ‘notification to the other powers and | inform them of the date on which it ‘was received. The notice shalt iv | deemed to have been given and shall | take effect on that date, ; In the event of notice of termina- tion being given by the, Government} of the United States, such notice tives at Washington of the other con- tracting powers, and the notice shall be deemed to have been given and Similar tables are provided for | communication made to the sald diplo- Franco: anq:tialy {matic representatives. | NOTE APPLICABLE TO ALL; Within ono year of the date on which a notice of termination by any jpower has taken effect all the ec tacting powers shall mect in confer- ence. | ASKS PROMPT ACTION ON RAT: FICATION. | Article XXIV.—The present treaty {shall be ratified by the contracting | powers in accordance with their re spective constitutional methods and shall take effect on the date of tn deposit of all the ratifications, whi: shall take place at Washington os |soon as possible, The Government of the United States will transmit to tra other contracting powers a certified copy of the proverbat of the deposit of | ratifications. | ‘The present treaty, of which the '¥nglish and French texts are both remain deposited in the Government of and duly certified 1 be trangyiitted by the archives of sun with a calibre exceeding that Government to the other con- tracting powers In faith whereot the plenipotentiaries present treaty Done at the City Washington the ——-- day of ———— one thousand nine hundied and twenty-two above-named ave signed the destroyer, ture of Ki. 8. MO.) B06. Adve. ante mn genuine beare (Be sure pou be BR How- | term | what modifica-! | be given to the diplomatic represenia- | shall take effect on the date of the) OTHER TREATIES. ; BAR SUBMARINES! AND POISON GASE i i Merchant Ships Protectéd Fron f Unwarranted Attack ‘by New Agreement, + WASHINGTON, Feb. 1--Follo the texts of the resolutions. ning the use of poison gas and § stricted submarine warfare, p adopted by the conference, 4 aun were incorporated in a separate 1 Presented to the world at a pi | session of the Arms inge ti aay: Conferénge SUBMARINE WARFARE, 1 ig a The sighatory powers to make more effective adopted by civilized natiéné for th protection of the lives of néut and non-combatants at sea in of war, declare that among the rules the following are "to: te deemed an established: part ‘of: frig ternational law: PERe 1. A merchant vessel’ miust ordered to submit to. visit search to determine its cl C before it can be seized. A merchant vessel must hot,» attacked unless it refuses to sub! mit to visit and seareh afte! warning, or to proceed \a#, di rected after seizure, © | A merchant vessel must not b destroyed unless the crew ani Passengers have been first place in safety. Belligerent submarines not under any circumstances ex empt from the universal. rul above stated, and if a submarine| eannot pture a merchant vessel! in conformity with these rules thi ing law of nations requi if to desist from attack 4nd from cal seizure and to permit the mer- chant vessel to proceed unmo- lested i. The signatory powers invite all other civilized powers to express their assent to the foregoing state- ment of established law so that there may be a clear public un- derstanding throughout the werld of the standards of conduet by which the public opinion of the world is to pass judgment upon | future belligerents, LiL J ‘The signatory powers recognize the practical impossibility +f using submarines as commerce destroyers without violating, they were violated in the recen' war of 1914-1918, the require. rfients universally accepted civilized nations for the tl tion of the lives of neutrals non-combatants, and to the: that the prohibition of the use q submarines as commerce destro; ers shall be universally 48 a part of the law of natio they now accopt that prohibit as henceforth binding as betweei themselves and they invite other nations to adhere thereto. POISON GAS. The use in war of asphyziating! poisonous or other gases and analogous liquids, materials and devices having been justly «con demned by the general opinion. o! the etvilized world and a prohibit tion of such use having been de-' clared in treaties to which a ma- jority of the civilized powers are parties; Now to the end that this pro- hibition shall be universally ac-] cepted as u part of internation law, binding alike the conscience and practice of nations, the sig tory powers declare thelr assei to such prohibition, agree to b bound thereby between them’ selves and invite all other elvill: nations to adhere thereto, Advt. on page 1 FUNERAL DIRECTORS. ‘T KNICI DNESDAY - LOMB ri SRM ES. A. BYRNE, 14 W. PHONE RECTOR 6140. 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