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International Law Studies—Volume 21
TREATIES AND RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AND
ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE ON THE
LIMITATION OF ARMAMENT.
(1)
(2) (3)
(4) (5)
(6)
(7)
TREATIES.
A treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy,. and Japan, limiting naval armament.
A treaty between the same Powers:, in· relation to the use of sub-marines and noxious gases: in warfare.
A treaty between the United States of America, the-British Empire, France, and Japan, signed December 13, 1921, relating to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the Pacific Ocean. Declaration accompanying the above Four-Power Treaty.
A treaty between the same Four Powers, supplementary to the above, signed February 6, 1922.
A treaty between all. Nine Powers relating to principl-es and policies to be followed in matters concerning China.
A treaty between the Nine Powers relating to Chinese customs tariff. RESOLUTIONS.
No. 1. Resolution for a Commission of Jurists to consider amendment .of
L~n'i·s of YVar. No. 2.
No. 3. No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6. No. 7.
No. 8. No 9.
Resolution limiting jurisdiction of Commission of Jurists provided in Resolution No. 1.
Resolution regarding the sale of ships before the ratification of the treaty limiting naval arm:n;nent.
Resolution regarding a Board of Reference for Far E'astern Questions.
Resolution regarding Extraterritoriality in China. Resolution regarding Foreign Postal Agencies in China. Resolution regarding Armed Forces in China.
Resolution regarding Radio Stations in China and accompanying Dc·c'arations.
Resolution regarding unification of railways in China and accom-p,1nying Declaration by China.
No.10. Resolution regarding the reduction of Chinese Military Forces. Resolution regarding existing commitments of China or with
resp-ect to Chjnn. Xo. 11.
No. 12. Resolution regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway, approved by all the Po·wers, including China.
No. 13. Resolution regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway, approved by all the Powers, other than China.
TREATIES.
(1) A TREATY BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, AND JAPAN, LIMITING NAVAL ARMAMENT.
The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and .Tapan;
TRAITES.
(1) TRAITE ENTRE LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, L'EMPIRE
BRITAN-NIQUE, LA FRANCE, L'IT ALIE ET LE JAPON LIMITANT LES ARME ..
MENTS NAVALS.
Les Etats-Unis d 'Amerique, !'Empire Britannique, la France, 1 l'Italie et le Japon;
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N AJ.\IES OF PLENIPOTENTIARIES.Desiring to contribute to the
maintenance of the general
peace, and to reduce the bur-dens of competition in arn1a:. 1nent;
Haye resolved, with a v:ew to accomplishing these purposes, to conclude a treaty to limit their respective naval anna1nent, anll to that end have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries;
The President of the United States of America;
Charles--Evans Hughes, Henry Cabot Lodge, Oscar
,V.
Underwood, Elihu Root,Citizens of the United States; His l\Iajesty the I<:ing of the United l(ingdmn of Gre.at Brit-ain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the
Seas, En1perot of Incl:a:
and
The Right Honourable
Arthur James Balfour,
0. l\1., l\1. P., Lord President of His Privy Council;
The Right Honourable
Baron Lee of Fareham, G. B. E., I-C C. B., First Lord of His Admiralty;
The Right. Honourable
Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, IC C. B., His Ambassador Extraordi·· nary and
Plenipotenti-ary to the United
States of America;
for the Dominion of Canada : The Right Honourable
Sir Hobert Laird
Borden, G. C. l\L G., K. C.;
1 Desireux de contribuer au maintien de la paix generale et de reduire le fardeau impose par la competition en Inatiere d'ar-mement;
. Ont resolu, pour atteindre ce but, de conclure un traite limi-tant leur armen1ent naval.
A· cet effet,_les Puissances Con-tractantes ont designe pour leurs Plenipotentiaires:
Le President des Etats-Unis d'An1erique:
Charles Evans Hughes, Henry Cabot Lodge, Oscar vV. Underwood, Elihu Root,
citoyens des Etat~-Unis;
Sa 11ajeste le Roi du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Ir-lande · et des Territoires britan-niques au dela des mers, Empe-reur des Indes:
et
Le Tres-Honorable Arthur James Balfour, 0. M., 11. P., Lord Preesident du Conseil du Roi;
Le Tres-Honorable Baron Lee of Fareham, G. B. E., K. C. B., Premier Lord de l' An1iraute;
Le Tres-Honorable Sir
Auckland Campbell Ged-des, K. C. B., Son Am-bassadeur Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire aux Etats-Unis d' A1nerique;
pour le Dmninion du Canada: Le Tres-Honorable Sir
NAl\IES OF PLENIPOTF:NTJARIES.
29:)
for the Commonwealth of Australia:
Senator the Right Hon-ourable George Fos-ter Pearce, l\IinisFos-ter , for Home and
'1"1erri-tories;
for the Dominion of New
~ealand:
The Honourable Sir John \Villian1 Sal-mond, K. C., Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand;
for the Union of South Af-rica:
The Right Honourable Arthur James Bal-four, 0. l\I., l\1. P. ; for India:
The Right Honourable Yaling1nan Sanka-ranarayana Srin~vasa
Sastri, member of the Indian Council of State;
The President of the French Republic:
l\lr. Albert Sarra ut, Deputy, l\linister of the Colonies;
:Mr. Jules .J. Jusserand. Ambassador Extraor-dinary and Plenipo-tentiary to the United States of America. Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour ; His Majesty the King of
Italy:
The Honourable Car 1 o Schanzer, Senator of the Kingdom ;
The Honourable Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Senator of the I{ingdom, His
pour le Commonwealth d' Aus-tralie:
Le Tres-llonorable George Foster Pearce, Sena-teur, Ministre de l'Intc-rieur et des Territoires;
pour le Dominion de la
N ou velle-Zeland e:
L'Honorable Sir John Willian1 Salmond, K.
C., Juge
a
la Cour Su-preme de Nouvelle-Zelande;pour l'Union Sud-Africaine:
Le Tres-Honorable Arthur James Balfour, 0. M., M.P.;,
pour l'Inde:
Le Tres-Honora9le Va-lingman Sankaranaray-ana Srinivasa Sastri, Membre du Conseil d'Etat de l'Inde;
Le President de la Republique Francaise:
M. Albert Sarraut, De-pute, Ministre des Co-lonies;
M. Jules J. Jusserand, Am-bassadeur Extraord5-naire et Plenipoten-tiaire pres le President des Eta ts-U nis d 'Ame-rique, Grand Croix de l'Ordre National de la Legion d 'I-Ionneur; Sa Majeste le Roi.d'Italie:
L'Honorable Carlo Schan-zer, Sena~eur du Roy-aume;
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GENERAL PRO\~ISIO~S.Arnbassador Extraorcli-nary and Pl. enipotenti-ary at vVashington; The Honourab:re Luigi
Albertini, Senator of the I{ingdorn ;
His l\1ajesty the Emperor of Japan:
Baron Ton1osaburo I{ato, l\1inister for the Navy, J unii, a member of the First Class of the Im-perial Order of the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun with the Pa ulo-vvnia Flower ; Baron I{ijuro Shidehara,
His Ambassador Ex-traordinary and Pleni-potentiary at Wash-ington, J oshii, a mem-ber of the First Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun; Mr. Masanao Hanihara,
Vice l\Hnister for For-eign Affairs, Jushii, a member of the Second Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun;
Who, have communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as fol-lows:
CHAPTER I.
General Provisions Relating to the Limitation of Naval Armament.
ARTICLE I.
The Contracting Powers agree to limit their respective naval armament as provided in the present Treaty.
bassadeur Extraordi-naire et Plenipoten-tiaire
a \Vashington;
L'Honorable LuigiAlber-tini, SE>nateur du Roy-aume;
Sa 1\fajeste l'Empereur
.Japon:
du
Le Baron Tomosaburo Ka to, 1finistre de la :Jfarine, J unii, :Membre de la Premiere Classe de l'Ordre Imperial du Grand Cordon du Soleil Levant avec la Fleur de Paulonia;
Le Baron Kijuro Shide-hara, Son Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Pleni-potentiaire
a
\Vashing-ton, Joshii, Mernbre de la Premiere Classe de l'Ordre Imperial du Soleil Levant;~1. 1fasanao Hanihara, Vice-:Ministre des Af-faires Etrangcres, Jus-hii, Membre de la Se-conde Classe de l' Ordre In1perial du Soleil Le-vant;
lesquels: apres avoir echange leurs pleins pou voirs reconnus en bonne et due forme, ont convenu des dispositions suivantes:
CHAPITRE I.
Dispositions Generales Relatives
a,
Ia Limitation de I' Armement Naval.ARTICLE I.
RETAINED SHU'S.
2U5
ARTICLE II. AR'riCJ~:E II.
The Contracting Powers may retain respectiYely the capital ships which are specified in Chapter II, Part 1. On the con1-ing into force of. the present Treaty, but subject to the fol-lowing provisions of this Article, all other capital ships, built or building, of the United States, the British Empire and Japan shall be disposed of as pre-scribed in Chapter II, Part 2.
In addition to the capital ships specified in Chapter II, Part 1,
the United States may complete and retain tw·o ships of the 1Vest Virginia class now under con-struction. On the completion of these two ships the North Da-kota and Delatvare shall be dis-posed of as prescribed in Chap-ter II, Part 2.
The British Empire may, in accordance \Yith the replace-ment table in Chapter II, Part
3, construct two new capital ships not exceeding 35,000 tons
( 35,560 metric tons) standard displacement each. On the com-pletion of the said two ships the Thunderer, J(ing Geor{Je V, Ajax and Centurion shall be disposed of as prescribed in Chapter II, Part 2.
ARTICLE III.
Subject to the provisions of Article II, the Contracting Powers shall abandon their re-spective capital ship building programs, and no new capital ships shall be constructed or ac-quired by any of the Contract-ing Powers except replacement tonnage which may be
con-Les Puissances Contractantes pourront conserver respective-ment les navires du ligne enu-meres au chapitre II, partie 1. A la mise en vigueur du present Traite et sous reserve des disposi-tions ci-dessous du pre8ent article, il sera dispose comme il est pres-crit au chapitre II, partie 2, de tousles autres navires de ligne des Etats-Unis, de l'Empire Britan-nique et du Japon, construits ou en construction.
En sus des navires de ligne enumeres au chapitre II, partie 1,
les Etats-Unis pourront achever et conserver deux navires actuel-lement en cons~:vuction de la classe
rVest Virginia. A l'achevement
de ces deux navires, il sera dispose
du. North Dakota et du Delaware
comme il est prescrit au chapitre
II: partie 2. ·
L'Empire Britannique pourra, conformement av tableau de rem-placement du chapitre II, partie
3, construire deux nouveaux na-vires de ligne ayant chacun un deplacement type maximum de
35.000 tonnes (35.560 tonnes me-•triques). A l'achevement de ces
deux navires, il sera dispose du
Thunderer, du King George V, de
l' Ajax et du Centun:on comme il est prescrit au chapitre II, partie 2.
ARTICLE III.
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TOXN AGE AND CALIBER PROYISIONS.structecl or acquired as specified in Chapter II, Part 3.
Ships v;rhich are replaced in
accordance with Chapter II,
Part 3, shall be disposed of as
prescribed in Part 2 of that
Chapter.
ARTICLE IV.
The total capital ship
replace-ment tonnage of each of the
Contracting Powers shall not
,exceed in standard
displace-tuent, for the United States
525,000 tons ( 533,400. metric
tons) ; for the British Empire
525,000 tons ( 533,400 n1etric
tons) ; for li1rance 175,000 tons (177,800 metric tons) ; foe Italy
·175,000 tons (177,800 metric
tons) ; for Japan 315,000 tons
(320,040 metric tons).
ARTICLE V.
No capital ship exceeding
:35,000 tons ( 35,560 metric tons)
·standard displacement shall be
.acquired by, or constructed by, for, or within the jurisdiction
·of, any of the Contracting
I--owers.
ARTICLE VI.
No capital ship of any of the
-Contracting Powers shall carry
a gun with a calibre in excess of
·1a inches ( 406 millimetres).
ARTICLE VII.
The total tonnage for aircraft
·carriers of each of the Con tract-ing Powers shall not exceed in
:standard displacement, for the
comme il est specifie au chapitre
II, partie 3.
Il sera dispose selon les pres-criptions du chapitre II, partie 2, des navires remplaces confornle-ment au chapitre II, partie 3.
ARTICLE IV.
Le tonnage total des navires de ligne de remplacement, calcule d'apres le d8placement type, ne
d8passera pas, pour cha~une des
Puissances Contractantes, savoir: pour les Etats-Unis, 525.000 ton-nes (533.400 tonton-nes metriques); pour l'Empire Britannique
525.-000 tonnes (533.400 tonnes
me-triques); pour la France 175.000 tonnes (177 .800 tonnes metriques); pour l'Italie 175.000 tonnes
(177.-800 tonnes metriques); pour le Ja.
pon 315.000 tonnes (320.040 tonnes metriques).
ARTICLE
v.
Les Puissances Contractantes s' engagent
a
ne pas acquerir,a
ne pas construire eta
ne pas fair3 construire de navire de ligne d'undeplacement type superieur
a
35.000 tonnes (35.560 tonnes
me-triques)' et
a
ne pas en permettre la construction dans le ressort de leur autorite.ARTICLE VI.
Aucun navire de ligne de l'une quelconque des Puissances Con-tractantes ne portera de canon d'un calibre superieur
a
16 pouces ( 406 millimetres).ARTICLE VII.
..AIRCllAl'"l' CAHitfERS.
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United States 135,000 tons
(137,160 metric tons) ; for the British Empire 135,000 tons
(137,1f)O metric tons) ; for
France 60,000 tons ( 60,9GO met-ric tons) ; for Italy GO,OOO tons
(60,960 metric tomn ; fo~ Japan
81,000 tons ( 82,296 n1etric tons).
ARTICLE VIII.
Contractantes_, savoir: pour les
Etats-:-Unis 135.000 tonnes (137 .lGO
tonnes metriques); pour l'Empire
Britannique 135.000tonnes(137 .160
tonnes metriques); pour la France 60.000 tonnes (60.960 tonnes metri-ques); pour l'Italie 60.000 tonnes (60.960 tonnes metriques); pour le Japon 81.000 tonnes (82.296 tonnes metriques).
ARTICLE VIII.
The replacement of aircraft Le remplacement des navires
carriers shall be effected only as porte-aeronefs n'aura lieu que prescribed in Chapter II, Part selon les prescriptions du Chapitre 3, provided, however, that all II, partie 3; toutefois il est
en-aircraft carrier tonnage in ex-
I
t~ndu que tous l_es ~aviresporte-istence or building on Nove1nber aeronefs constru1ts ou en
cons-12, 1921, shall be considered ex-
I
truction ala date du 12 novembreperimental, and may be re- 1921 sont consideres comme
na-placed, within the total tonnage vires d'experience et pourront limit prescribed in Article VII, etre remplaces, quel que soit leur
without regard to its age. ag~, dans les limites de tonnage
total prevues
a
l'article VII.ARTICLE IX. ARTICLE IX.
No aircraft carrier exceeding 27,000 tons. (27,432 metric tons)
standard, displacement shall be
acquired by, or constructed by, for or ·within the jurisdiction
of, any of the Contracting
Po·wers.
However, any of th~
Con-tracting Powers may, provided
that its total tonnage allow-ance of aircraft carriers is not
thereby exceeded, build not more than two aircraft
car-riers,· each of a tonnag~ of not
more than 33,000 tons ( 33,528 metric tons) standard displace-ment, and in order to effect
economy any of the Contracting Powers may use for this pur-pose any two of their ships,
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Les Puissances Contractantes
s' erigagent
a
ne pas acquerir'a
nepas construire et
a
ne pas faireconstruire de navire porte-aero-nefs, d 'un deplacement type
supe-rieur
a
27.000 tonnes (27 .432tonnes met,riques), et
a
ne pas enpermettre la construction dans le ressort de leur autorite.
Toutefois chacune des
Puis-sances ·contractantes pourra,
pourvu qu'elle ne depasse pas son tonnage total alloue de navires porte-aeronefs, construire au plus deux navires porte-aeronefs,
cha-~un d'un deplacement type
maxi-mum de 33.000 tonnes (33.528
tonnes metriques);
a
cet effet etter-298
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.whether constructed or in cqurse of construction, which would otherwise be scrapped under the provisions of Article II. The arn1amen t of any
air-craft carriers exceeding 27,000
tons (27,432 metric tons)
stand-nrd displacement shall be in
accordance with the require-ments 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), ex-cept anti-aircraft guns and guns not exceeding 5 inch~s.
(127 millimetres), shall not
ex-ceed eight.
ARTICLE X.
No aircraft carrier of any of
the Contracting Powers shall
carry a gun with a calibre in excess of 8 inches. (203
n1illi-metres). Without prejudice to
the provisions of Article IX, if
the armament carried includes guns exceeding 6 inches ( 152 Inillimetres) in calibre the total
number of guns carried, except
anti-aircraft guns and guns not
exceeding 5 inches ( 127
milli-metres) , shall not exceed ten.
If alternatively the armament
contains no guns exceeding 6
.indies (152 millimetres) in
cal-ibre, the number of guns is not
limited. In either case the
number of anti-aircraft guns
and of guns not exceeding 5
inches ( 127 millimetres) is not
limited.
ARTICLE XI.
mines, p_ris
a
son choix parmi ceuxqui, sans cela, devraient etre mis. hors d'etat de servir pour le com-bat aux termes de !'article II. L'arm~ment d'un navire porte-aeronefs ayant un deplacemept type superieur
a
27.000 tonnes·(27 .432 tonnes metriques) sera
soun'lis aux dispositions de !'arti-cle X, avec cette restriction que,. si cet armement comporte un seul canon d 'un calibre ~u perieur
a
6pouces (152 millimetres), le nom-bre total des canons ne pourra depasser huit, non cmnpris les canons contre aeronefs et le3 canons d'un calibre ne depassant
I
pas 5 pouces (127 millimetres).ARTICLE X. '
Aucun navire porte-aeronefs de l'une quelconque des Puissances Contractantes ne portera de canon d'un calibre superieur
a
8 pouces(203 millimetres). Sons reserve
de ]'exception prevue
a l'article
IX, si l'.armement comprend des canons d'un calibre superieur
a
6 pouces (152 millimetres), le nombre total des canons pourra etre de dix au maximum, non compris les canons contre aeronefs et les canons d'un calibre ne depassant pas 5 pouces (127 milli-metres). Si, au contraire, ~'arme ment n"e comprend pas de canon d'un calibre superieura
6 pouces(152 millimetres), le nombre des canons n'est pas limite. Dans les deux cas, le nombre des canons contre aeronefs et des canons d'un calibre ne depassant pas-5 pouces (127 millimetres) n'est pas limite.
ARTICLE XI.
No vessel of war exceeding Les Puissances Contractantes
10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons)
l
s'engagenta
ne pas acquerir,a
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than a cavital ship or aircraft carrier, shall be acquired by, or constructed br, for, or within the jurisdiction of, any of the Con-tracting Pcrwers. Vessels not specifically built as fighting ships nor taken in time of peace
construire, en dehors des navires
de ligne ou des navires porte-aeronefs, de navires de combat • d'un deplacement t_, pe superieur
a
10.000 tonnes (10.160 tonnesmetriques), et
a
ne pas en per-mettre la construction dans le under goyernmcnt control for ressort de leur autJrite. Ne sont fighting purposes, which areem-plo.red on fleet duties or as troop transports or in some other \Yay for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution of hostilities othenvise than as fighting ships, shall not be with-in the limitations of this Ar-ticle.
ARTICLE XII.
Xo Yessel of \Yar of any of the Contracting Powers, hereafter laid down, other than a capital ship, shall carry a gun with a calibre in excess of 8 inches
( 203 millimetres).
ARTICLE X III.
Except as proYided in Article IX, no ship design a ted iu the present Treaty to be scrapped may be reconYerted into a
ves-sel of war.
ARTICLE XIV.
1\ o preparations shall be made in merchant ships in time
of peace for the installation of warlike armaments for the pur-pose of conYerting such ships into Yessels of war, other than the necessary stiffening of decks
for the mounting of guns not
exceeding G inch (152 milli-metres) calibre.
pas soumis aux limitations du present article les batiments em-ployes soit
a
des services de la flotte, soita
des transports de troupes, soita
toute autre par-ticipationa
des hostilites qui ne serait pas celle d'un navire com-battant, pourvu qu'ils ne soient pas speci£iquement construits comme navires combatt'lnts cu places en temps de paix sous l'autorite du Gouvernement dans un but de combat.ARTICLE XII.
En dehors des navires de ligne, aucun navire de con1bat de l'une quelconque des Puissances Con-tractantes, mis en chantier
a
l'avenir, ne portera de canon d'un calibre superieura
8 pouces (2)3 millime tres).ARTICLE XIII.
Sous reserve de !'·exception prevue
a
l'article IX, auc:un navirea
declasser par application du present Traite ne pourrarede-venir navire de guerre.
ARTICLE XIV.
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LllVIITATION ON CONSTRUCTION.ARTICLE XV.
No vessel of war constructed within the jurisdiction of any of. the Contracting Powers for a non-Contracting Power shall ex-ceed the limitations as to dis-placeinent and armament pre-scribed by the present Treaty for vessels of a similar type ·which n1ay be constructed by or for any of the Contracting Pow-ers; provfclecl, however, that the displacement for aircraft car-riers constructed for a non-Contracting Power shall in no case exceed 27,000 tons (27,432 metric tons) stan clard displace-ment.
ARTICLE XVI.
If the construction of any vessel of war for a non-Con-tracting Power is undertaken within the jurisdiction of any of the Contracting Powers, such Power shall promptly inform the other Contracting Powers of the cla te of the signing of the contract and the elate on which the keel qf the ship is laid; and shall also communicate to them the particulars relating to the ship prescribed in Chapter II, Part 3, Section I (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 w:hich may be under construc-tion within its jurisdictiol}- for· any other Power, or which may have been constructed within its jurisdiction for another Power and not delivered.
ARTICLE XV.
Aucun navire de guerre cons-truit pour une Puissance non contracta.nte dans le ressort de l'autorite d'une Puissance Con-tractante ne· devra depasser les limites de deplacement et d'anne-ment prevues au present Traite pour les na vires similaires
a
cons-truire par ou pour les Puissances Contractantes. Toutefois lalimite du deplacement type. des navires porte-aeronefs construits pour une Puissance non contractan te ne devra en aucun cas depasser 27.000 tonnes (27.432 tonnes metriques).ARTICLE XVI.
Si un navire de guerre, quel qu'il soit, est mis en construction pour le compte d'une Puissance non Contractante dans le ressort de l'autorite d'une Puissance Con-tractante, cette derniere. fera con-naitre, aussi rapidement que pos-sible, aux autres Puissances Con-tractantes la date de signature du contrat de construction et celle de mise sur cale du navire; elle leur communiquera egalement les ca-racteristiques du navire, en se conformant au Chapitre II, par-tie 3, section I (b), (4) et (5).
ARTICLE XVII.
:MAINTENANCE OF STATUS QUO.
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ARTICLE XVIII.
Each of the Contracting Pow-ers undertakes not to dispose by gift, sale or any mode of transfer of any vessel of war in such a manner that such ves-sel may become a T-essel of war
in the Navy of any foreign Power.
ARTICLE XIX.
The United States, the Brit-ish Empire and Japan agree that the status quo at the time of the signing of the present Treaty, with regard to fortifica-tions and naval bases, shall be maintained in their respective
territories and possessions
spec-ified hereunder.
ARTICLE XVIII.
Les Puissances Contractantcs
s' engagent
a
no disposer nia
titre gratuit, nia
titre onereux, ni au-trement, de leurs navires de guerre, quels qu'ils soicnt, dans des conditions pcrmettanta
une Puissance etrangere de lesem-ployer comme tels.
ARTICLE XIX.
Les Etats-Unis, l'Empire Bri-tanniquc et le J apon conviennent
de maintcnir, en matiere de forti-fications et de bases navales, le statu quo tel qu'il existe au jour de la signature du present trai te dans leurs territoires et posses-sions respectifs ci-apres design(s:
( 1) 'l'he insular possessions (1) Les possessions insulaires,
'Yhich the United States now soit actuelles, soit futures, des
holds or may hereafter acquire 1 Etats-Unis dans l'Ocean Paci-in the Pacific. Ocean, except (a) fique,
a
!'exception: (a) de celles those adjacent to the coast of avoisinant la cote des Etats-U nis,the United States, Alaska and del' Alaska et de la zone du Canal
the Panama Canal Zone, not
in-cluding the Aleutian Islands,
and (b) the Hawaiian Islands; ( 2) Hongkong and the
insu-lar possessions which the
Brit-ish Empire now holds or may
hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean, east of the meridian of 110° east longitude, except (a) those adjacent to the const of
Canada, (b) the Commonwealth
of Australia and its Territories,
and (c) New Zealand;
( 3) The following insular
ter-ritories and possessions of Japan in the Pacific Ocean, to
wit: the Kurile Islands, the Bonin Islands, Amami-Oshima,
the Loochoo Islands, Formosa
and the Pescadores, and any
in-•
de Panama, non compris les Iles Aleoutiennes; (b) des Iles Hawai:;
(2) Hong-Kong et les posses-sions insulaires, soi t actuelles, soit futures, de l'Empire Britan-nique dans l'Ocean Pacifique, situees a l'est du meridien de 110° est de Greenwich,
a
!'exception:(a) de celles avoisinant la ~6te du Canada; (b) du Commonwealth d' Australie et de ses Territoires;
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EXECUTION OF TREATY.sul~.r territories or possessions in the Pacific Ocean 'vhich Japan may hereafter acquire.
The maintenance of the
status quo under the foregoing provisions implies that no new fortifications or naval bases shall be established in the ter-ritories and possessions speci-fied that no measures shall be taken to increase the existing naval facilities for the repair
and maintenance of naval
forces, and that no increase shall be made in the coast de-fences of the territories and pos-sessions above specified. This restriction, however, does not preclude such repair and re-placement of worn:...out weapons and equipment as is customary in naval and military establish-ments in time of peace.
ArniCLE XX.
The rules for d~termining ton-nage displ~cement prescribed .in Chapter II, Part 4, shall apply to the ships of each of the Con-tracting Powers.
CHAPTER II.
Rules Relating to the Execution of the Treaty-Definition of T'erms.
CAPITAL SHIPS 'WHICH MAY BE
RETAINED BY THE CONTRACTING
PO,VERS.
' sulaires futurs du Japon dans l'Oc€an Pacifique.
Le maintien du statu quo vise ci-dessus implique:
qu'il ne sera etabli dans les ter-ritoires et possessions ci-dessus vises ni bases navales, ni fortifi-cations nouvelles; qu'il ne sera pris aucune mesure de nature
a
accroltre les ressources navales existant actuellement pour la reparation et I' entretien des forces navales; et qu'il ne sera procedea
aucun renforcement des defenses cotieres des territoires et possessions ·ci-dessus vrses. Toutefois, cette restriction n'em-p(khera pas la reparation et le remplacerrient de l'armement et des installations deteriores, selon la pratique des etablissements · navals et militaires en temps depaix.
ARTICLE XX.
Les regles de determination du
-deplacement, telles qu'elles sont posees au Chapitre II, partie 4, s' appliqueront aux navires de chacune des Puissances Contrac-tantes.
CHAPITRE II.
R
e
gl e s Concernant I'Exikution du Traite-Definition des Termes Em-ployes.PARTIE I.
NAVIRES DE LIGNE QUI PEUVENT
ETRE CONSERVES PAR LES
PUIS-SANCES CONTRACTANTES.
In accordance with Article II Pourront etre conserves· par ships may be retained by each ·chacune des Puissances Contrac-of the Contracting Powers as tantes, conformement
a
1' article specified in this Part. II, les navires enumeresdans 'laRETAINED SHIPS. 303
Ships which 1nay be 1·etaincd by
the United States.
Name: Tonnage.
l\Iaryland --- 32, ()00
California___________ 32, 300 Tennessee _______ ____ 32, 300
Idaho --- 32, 000 New l\Iexico --~--- 32. 000 l\lississippL_________ 32. 000 Arizona ______ --- 31, 400 PPnnsylvania ________ M1,400
Oklahoma---____ 27, 500 Nevada _____________ 27,500 New York--- 27, 000 Texas ______________ 27,000 Arkansas ___________ 26,000 Wyoming--- 26, 000 Florida_____________ 21, 825 Utah _______________ 21,825 North Dakota________ 20, 000 Delaware --- 20, 000
Total tonnage _____ 500, 650
On the completion of the two ships of the lVest Virginia class
.and the scrapping of the North Dakota and Delaware, as pro-vided in Article II, the total
tonnage to be retained by the United States will be 525,850
tons.
Ships 1vhich 1nay be retained by the British E1npire.
~arne: Tonnage.
Royal Sovereign ____ .,.. 25, 750 Royal Oak __________ 25,7~0
Revenge ____________ 25,750 Resolution--- 25, 750 RamilEes --- 25, 750 :\lalaya ---·- 27, 500 Valiant_____________ 27, 500
B:uham ____ --- 27, 500 Queen Elizabeth_____ 27, 500
Warspite____________ 27, 500
Benbow _____________ 25,000 Emperor of India____ 25. 000 Iron Duke__________ ~5. 000 Marlborough--- 25, 000 Hood _____ --- 41, 200 Renown---____ 2G, 500
Repulse --- ____ 26, 500 Tiger --- --- 28, 500
Thunderer ----,--- 22, 500 King George V --- 23, 000
Ajax--- 23, 000
Centurion ___________ 23,000
Total tonnage _____ 580,450
On the completion of the two
new ships to be constructed and
the scrapping of the Thunderer,
King George
V,
Ajax andCen-Navires qui peuvenl elre conserves par les Elals- Unis.
Nom: Tonnage.
Maryland. .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32. 600 California. . . 32. 300 rrennessee. . . :,2. 300 Idaho... 32.000 New Mexico ... 32.000
Missis&ippi... 3Z. 000
Arizona... ;n. 400 Pennsylvania. . . 31. 400
·Oklahoma... 27.500
NeYa-"a ... 27.500 }.Tew York ... 27.000
Texas. . . 27. 000 Arkansas... 26.000 ·wyoming... 26. ooo Florida ... 21.825
Utah... 21.825 North Dakota. . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 20. 000
Delaware ... 20.000
Total tonnage ... " ... 500.650
Quand les deux unites de la classe West Virginia seront ache-vees et quand ~le North Dakota et le Delaware seront declasses, ainsi qu'.i.l est indique
a
l'article II, le tonnage totala
conserver par les Etats-Upis sera de 525.850 tonnes.Navires qui peu'venl etre consen'eS par l' Empire Britannique.
Nom: Tonnag-e.
Royal Sovereign... . . . 25. 750
Royal Oak... 2.5. 750
Revenge... . . 25. 750
Resolution... 25.750
Ramillies. . . 2.5. 7 50
Malaya . . . 27. 500 Valiant... 27.000 -Barham... 27.000
QuEen Elizabeth.. . . 27. 000
"\Varspite... 27.000 Ben bow. . . 25. 000
Emperor of India... 25.000
Iron Duke.. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 25. 000
Marlborough.. . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 25. 000
Hood. •. . . 41. 200
Renown... . . . 26. 500
Repulse. . . 26. 500
Tiger... 28.500
Thunderer. . . 22. 500
King George V. . . 23. 000
Ajax ... : . . . 23. 000
Centurion. . . 23. 000
Tonnage totaL ... 580. 450
Quand les deux unites nouvelles
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RETAINI:D BlpPS.iurion, as provided in Article II, the total tonnage to be retained by the British Empire will be 558,950 tons.
Ships which n~ay be retained by France.
Tonnage
Name: (metric tons).
Bretagne___________ 23, 500 Lorraine _____ ______ 23, 500 Provence ___________ 23,500 Paris --- 23, 500 Frante _____________ 23,500 Jean Bart__________ 23, 500 Courbet ____________ 23,500 Condorcet ____ --- 18, 890 Diderot _____________ 18,890 Voltaire____________ 18, 890
Total tohnage _____ 221. 170
France may lay down new tonnage in the years 1927, 1929, and 1931, as provided in Part 3, Section II.
Ships which 1nay be retained by Italy.
T·onnage
Name: (metrie tons)
Andrea Doria_______ 22, 700 Cai Duilio__________ 22, 700 Conte Di Cavour____ 22, 500 Giulio Oesare _______ 22, 500 Leonardo Da Vinci___ 22, 500 Dante Alighieri _____ 19, 500 Roma --- J 2, 600 Napoli --~--- 12, 600 Vittorio Emanuele___ 12, 600 Regina Elena --- 12, 600
Total tonnage _____ 182, 800
Italy may lay down new ton-nage in the years 1927, 1929, and 1931, as provided in Part 3, Section II.
Ships which may be retained by Japan.
Name: Tonnage.
Mutsu ______ --- 33, 800 Nagata _____________ 33,800 f.[iuga --- _____ 31, 260 Ise ________ --- 31, 260 Yamashiro__________ 30, 600 Fu-So ______________ 30,600 Kirishima. _____ --- 27, 500 Haruna --- --- 27, 500 Hiyei ______________ 27,500 Kongo --- --- 27, 500
Total tonnage_____ 301, 320
seront declasses, ainsi qu'il est indique
a
l'article II, le tonnage totala
conserver par l'EJ!lpire Bri-tannique sera de 558,950 tonnes.N a vires qui peu vent etre conserves par la France.
Tonnage (tonnes
Nom: metriques).
Bretagne __ ... ___ . _ ... _ .. _. 23. 500 Lorraine ... _._ .. _ ... __ .. __ 23.500 Provence ... ····-·-···: ... 23.500 Paris .... __ . _ .... _ . _ .. _ .. _. __ . 23. 500 France ____ .. _ ... _ ... : 23.500 Jean Bart ... _._ .. _ ... __ .. __ ... 23.500 C"ourbet. .... _ ... _ .. _ .... __ . _. _ 23.500 \ondorcet .... _ .... __ . _... 18.890 Diderot ... ___ ... __ ... __ . _. __ . _ 18. 890 Voltaire .... _ . _ ... _ ... _ . . 18. 890
Tonnage totaL ... _ ... _ .. _ _ _ 221. 170
La France pourra mettre en chantier des navires neufs en 1927, 1929 et 1931,' ainsi qu'il est prevu
a
la partie 3, section II.Navires qui peuvent etre conserves par l' Ita lie.
Tonnage
, (tonnes
•Nom: metriques).
Andrea Doria ... __ ... _ .. _. 22. 700 C'aio Duilio ... ____ .. _ .. _ . __ . 22. 700 C'onte Di C'avour .... _... .. 22. 500 Guilio C'esara _______ ... __ . _... 22. 500 Leonardo D a Vinci ... _ . _ . 22. 500 Dante Alighieri. _ ... _. _.. 19.500 Roma ... _ .... _ .... _ .... _ . . 12. 600 Napoli. ... __ ... _ ... ___ . . 12. 600 Vittorio Emanuele.... . . 12. 600 Regina Elena .. ____ .... __ . _ . .. 12. 600
Tonnage total. ... : . . . 182. ROO
L'Italie pourni mettre en chan-tier des navires neufs en 1927, 1929 et 1931, ainsi qu'il est prevu
a
la' partie 3, section II.N(wires qui peuvent etre conserves par le Japon.
Nom: . Tonnage.
Mutsu .. ·----··---·---· 33.800 N agato ... _ . 33. 800 Hiuga .... _ ... _ ... __ .... 31.260 Ise ... _ ... _. __ .... 31. 260 Yamashiro.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 30. 600 Fu-So . _ . _ . __ . ___ .. __ . _ . ___ . _ . 30. 600 Kirishima ... _ . . . . 27. 500 Haruna----···-·----··---· 27.500 Hiyei ... ___ .... 27.500 Kongo .... _... 27. 500
RULES I!'OR SCRAPPING.
3
0.
)
PAitT 2. PARTIE 2.
RUI.ES FOR SCRAPPING VESSELS OF REGLES APPLICABLES AU DECLAS-~:::.=~ WAH. SEMENT .. :J _DES NA VIRES DE
The following rules shall be obsen·ed for the ·scrapping of Yessels of war which are to be disposed of in accordance with Articles II and III.
I. A vessel to be scrapped must be placed in such condition that it cannot be put to combatant use. II. This result must be finally effected in any one of the following ways :
(a) Permanent sinking of the vessel;
(b) Breaking the vessel up. This shall always involve the destruction or removal of all ma-chinery, boilers and armour, and all deck, side and bottom plat-ing;
(c) Converting the vessel to target use exclu-sively. In such case all the provisions of paragraph III of this Part, except subpara-graph (6), in so far as may be necessary to enable the ship to be used as a mobile tar-get, and except sub-paragraph ( 7), must be previously complied with. Not more than one capital ship may be retained for this pur-pose at one time by any of the Contracting Powers.
GUERRE.
Les regles suivantes devront etre observees pour le declasse-ment des navires de guerre dont on doi t disposer comme il est prescrit aux articles II et III.
I. Un navire pour etre declasse doit etre mis hors d'etat de servir pour le combat.
II. Pour obtenir ce resultat d'une n1aniere definitiv~, on de.vra employer l'un des moyens suivants: (a) submersion du navire
sans 'possibilite de ren-flouement;
(b) demolition. Cette ope-ration devra toujours comprendre la destruc-tion ou l'enlevement de toutes machines, chau-dieres, cuirasses, ainsi que de toutle borde de pont, deflanc etdefond; (c) transformation pour
!'u-sage exclusif de cible. Dans ce cas, on deyra
• observer au prealable
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FIRST STAGE OF SCRAPPING.(d) 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 seago-ing vessels for trainseago-ing purposes exclusively, that is, as gunnery or torpedo schools. The two vessels retained by France shall be of the
Jean Bart class, and of . those retained by Italy one shall be the Dante A.lighieri, the other. of the GiuUo Cesare class. On retaining these ships for the purpose above stated, France and Italy respectively undertake to remove and destroy their con-ning-towers, and not to use the said ships ·as vessels of war.
JII. (a) Subject to the spe-cial exceptions contained in Article IX, when a vessel is due for scrap-ping, 'the first stage of scrapping, which consists in rendering a ~hip in-capable of further war-like service, shall be im-mediately undertaken.
(b) A vessel shall be con-sidered incapable of further ·warlike service when there shall have been r e m o v e d and · landed, or else de-stroyed in the ship :
(d) Parmi les navues de ligne arri van t
a
partir de 1931a
l' epoque de leur declassement, la France et l'Italie sont autoriseesa
conserver chacune deux batiments navigants, qui seront affectes exclusivement aux ecoles de canonnage ou de torpilles. Pour la France, ces deux na-vires seron t d u type JeanBart. Pour l'Italie, l'un d'euxsera le Dante Alighieri, le second sera du type GiuNo Cesare. La France et l'Italie s' engagenta
ne plus uti-liser comme navires de guerre les navires ainsi conserves d 0 n t l e sblockhaus devront alors etre enleves et detruits.
III. (a) Sous reserves des ex-ceptions speciales de l' Ar-ticle IX, quand un navire doi t etre declasse, la pre-miere operation du declassement, qui consiste
a
mettre le navire hors d'etat derempl.ir ulterieu-rement un service de com-bat, doit etre immediate-ment commencee.SCRAPPING PERIODS.
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(1) All guns and es-sential portions of gun s, fire-control tops and revolving parts of all bar-bettes and turrets;
( 2) A 1 1 machinery
for working
hy-draulic or electric mountings;
( 3) A 11 fire-control
instruments and
range-finders;
( 4) All ammunition,
e x D 1 o s i Y e s and
mines;
( 5) A 11 torpedoes, war-heads and tor-pedo tubes;
( 6) All w i r e 1 e s s telegraphy instal-lations;
(7) The conning .
tower and all side armour, or alter-natiYely all main propelling machin-ery; and
. (8) All landing and flying-off platforms and all other avia-tion accessories.
IV. The periods in which scrapping of Yessels is to be effected are as follows :
(a) In the case of vessels to be scrapped under the first paragraph of Article II, the work of rendering the vessels in-capable of further war-like serYice, in accord- [
ance with paragraph
(1) to us les canons et parties essentielles de canons, lcs hunes de direction de tir et les parties tournantes de tou tes les tourelles barbettes et ferm.ees; (2) toute la machinerie
hydraulique ou elec-trique de manceuvre des affuts;
(3) tousles instruments et les telemetres de direction de tir; ( 4) toutes les
muni-tions, les explosifs et les mines;
(5) toutes les torpilles, cones de charge et tubes lance-torpilles; ( 6) toutes les
installa-tions de telegraphie sans fil;
(7) le blockhaus et toute la cuirasse de ftanc, ou, si l'on pre-fere, tout l'appareil moteur principal;
(8) toutes les platefor-mes d'atterrissage et d' envoi et tous autres accessoues d'avia-tion.
IV. Les delais dans lesquels les operations de declasse-ment des navires devront etre accomplies sont les suivants:
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COniPLETION OF SCRAPPI~G.III of this Part, shall be completed within six months from the. conl-ing into force of the present Treaty, and the s c r a p p i n g shall be finally effected within eighteen months from such coming into force.
(b) In the case of vessels to oe scrapped under the second and third para-graphs of Article II, or under Article III, the work of rendering the vessel incapable of fur-ther war like service in accordance with para-graph III of this Part shall be commenced not -later than the date of co1npletion of its suc-cessor, and shall be fin-ished within six months from the date of such completion. The vessel shall be finally scrapped, in accordance with paragraph II of this Part, within eight-een months from the date of completion of its successor. If, how-ever, the completion of the new vessel be de-layed, then the work of rendering the old ves-sel incapable of further ·war like service in
ac-cordance with
para-grap III of this Part shall · be commenced ·within four years from
en observant les pres-criptions du paragraphe III de la presente Partie, devront etre acheYes dans un delai de six mois et le de-classement devra etre completement termine daris un dela.i de dix-huitmois, l'unetl'autre
a
dater de la mise env1gueur du present
tralte.
(b) S'il s'agit_ de navires
a
declasser d'apres les alin(as 2 et 3 de I' cle II ou d'apres l' Arti-cle III, les operations necessaires pour mettre chacun de ces navires hors d'etat de remplir ulterieurement un ser-vice de combat, en ob-servant les prescriptions du paragraphe III de la yr€sente Partie, devront etre commencees au plus tarda
la date de l'achevement du navire de remplacement et de-vront etre . terminees dans les six mois qui suivront cette date. Le declaEsement, ,opere conformement au para-graphe II de la presente Partie, devra etre ter-mine dans les dix-huitmois qui suivront
l'achevement du navire de remplacement. Si, cependant,
l'acheve-ment du nouveau
REPLACEMJ~NT.
309
the laying of the keel of the new vessel, and shall be finished within six months from the date on which such work was commenced, and the old vessel shall be finally scrapped in accordance with paragraph II of this Part within eight-een months from the date when the work of rendering it incapable of further warlike serv-ice was commenced.
P~-\RT 3.
HEPLACE:MENT.
The replacement of capital ships and aircraft carriers shall take place according to the rules in Section I and the tables in Section II of this Part.
SECTION I.
RULES FOR REPLACEMENT.
les operations neces-saires pour mettre le vieux navire hors d'etat de remplir ulterieure-ment un service de combat, conformement au paragraphe III de la presente Partie,
et
ce travail devra etre ter-mine en six mois. Le vieux navire devra etre definitivement declasse, dans. les conditions du paragraphe II de la pre-sente partie, dix-huit mois apres le com-mencement des travaux de ladite mise hors d'etat.-PARTIE 3.
REMPLACEMENTS ~
Le remplacement des navires de ligne et des navires porte-aeronefs se fera selon les regles de la section I et des tableaux de
. la section II de la presente Partie.
SECTION I.
RIWLES DE REPLACEMEN'l'S.
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PRELil\UN.AlliES TO REPLACE~IE~T.ship tonnage, with the exception of the ships referred to in the third paragraph of Article II,
and the replacement tonnage
specifically mentivned in Section II of this Part, shall be laid clo"\vn until ten years fron1 No-vember 12, 1921.
(b) Each of the Contracting Powers shall communicate
.
prmnptly to each of the other Contracting Powers the follow-ing info,rmation :(1) The names of the capital ships and aircraft carriers to be replaced by new . construction ;
(2) The date of governmental authorization of i·eplace-mfnt tonnage;
( 3) The date of laying the keels of replacement ton-nage.
( 4) The standard displace-n1ent in tons and metric tons of each new ship to be laid down, and the p r i n c i p a I dimensions, namely, length at water-line, extreme beam at or
below waterline, mean
draft at standard dis-placement;
(5) The date of completion of each new ship and its standard displacement in tons and metric tons, and the principal dimensions, namely, length at water-line, extreme beam at or below waterline, mean j
draft at standard
dis-des navires vises au troi'3ieme alinea de !'article II et
a
l' excep-tion du tonnage de remplaceme~t specifiea
la section II de la presente partie, aucun navire de ligne ne sera mis sur cale avant !'expiration d'une periode de dix ansa
partir du 12 novembre 1S21. (b) Cha~une des Puissances Contractantes communiquera au.ssi rapiclement que possible aux au-tres les informations suivantes:(1) les noms des navires de ligne et des navires porte-aeronefs qui doiVE?nt etre remplaces par des cons-tructions neu ves;
(2) la date de l'autorisation
gouvernementale donnee
pour la construction des navires de remplacement; (3) la date de mise sur cale de chaque navire de rem-placement;
( 4) le . deplacement type en tonnes et. en tonnes metri-ques de chaque unite nou-velle
a
mettre sur cale, ainsi que ses prinripales clin1ensions,a
savoir: lon-g u e u r·a,
I a fl o t t a i son ;largeur maximum
a
ousous la ligne · de flottaison; tirant d'eau moyen corres-pondant au deplacement type;
maxi-DEFENSIVE ADDITIONS.
3
11
placement, at time of
completion.
(c) In case of loss or acci-dental destruction of capital ships or aircraft carriers, they may immediately be replaced by ne'Y construction subject to the tonnage limits prescribed in Ar-ticles IV and VII and in con-formity with the other pro-Yisions of the present Treaty,
the regular replacement
pro-gram being deemed to be ad-Yanced to that extent.
mum
a
ou sous laflottai-son; tirant d'cau moyen correspondant au deplace-mcnt. type.
(c) Les navires de ligne et les navlres porte-aeronefs pourront,
en .cas de perte ou de destruction accidentelle, etre remplaces im-mediatement, dans les limites de tonnage specifiees aux articles IV et VII, par des constructions neu ves effectuees conformemen t
aux dispositions du present
Traite; le programme de rem-placement prevu pour la Puis-sance interessee sera consldere comme ayant ete avance en ce qui concerne le navire perdu ou detruit.
(d) No retained capital ships (d) La seule, refont_e autorisee
or aircraft carriers shall be re- pour les navires de ligne et les
constructed except for the pur-. navires porte-aeronefs conserves pose of proYiding means of de- coneistera
a
munir ces unites de fcnse against air and subma- moyens de defense contre lesat-rine attack, and subject to the taques aerlennes et sons-marines follo·wing rules : The Contract- dans les conditions suivantes: les.
ing Powers may, for that pur- Puissances . Co:z:ttractantes pour-pose, equip existing tonnage ront, dans ce but, ajouter aux with bulge or blister or anti- navires exlstants des souffiages
air attack deck protection, pro- et caissons, ainsi que des ponts
viding the increase of displace- de protection contre les attaques ment thus effected does not ex- aeriennes, pourvu que
l'augmen-ceecl 3,000 tons (3,048 metric tation de deplacement qui en
tons) displacement for each resultera pour les navlres ne
ship. No alterations in side I depasse pas 3.000 tonnes (3.048 armor,· in calibre, number or tonnes metrlques) pour chaque
general type of p1ounting of
I
navire. Sera interdit toutchange-main armament shall be per- . ment dans la cuirasse de flanc, le
mitted except: calibre et le nombre des canons de l'armement · principal, ainsi que
( 1) in the case of France and
Italy, which countries
I
within the limits allowed
tout changement dans son plan general d'installation. Il est fait exception:
( 1) pour la France et l' I talie,
qui pourront, dans les
31.2
. ALTERATIONS.for bulge may increase their armor protection
and the calibre of the
guns now carried on their existing capital ships so as not to exceed 16 inches
( 406 millimeters) and·
( 2) t,he British Empire shall
be permitted to complete,
in the case of the
Re-nown, the alterations to
armor that have already been commenced but tem-porarily suspended.
de deplacement accordee pour le sou:ffiage, accroltre les cuir.assements de pro-tection ainsi que le calibre des canons portes par leurs navires de ligne existants, ala condition que ce calibre ne depasse pas 16 pouces ( 406 millimetres);
(2) pour l'Empire Britannique, qui sera autorise a achever sur le Renown, les
modifi-cations de cuirassement
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REPLACE:l\IENT TABLES.r SECTION II.
REPLACE'l\IEN'l' AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS.
Year. laidShips -down.
UNITED STATES.
Ships completed.
Ships scrapped (age in parentheses).
Maine (20), Missouri (~0), Vir-ginia (17), Nebraska (17), Georgia (17), New Jersey (17), Rhoie Island (17), Connecti-cut (17), Louisiana (17), Ver-mont (16), Kans:1s (16), Min-nesota (16), New Hampshire (15), South Carolina (13), .
Michigan (13), Washington (0), South Dakota (0), Indi-ana (0), MontIndi-ana (0), North Carolina (0), Iowa (0), Massa-chusetts (0), Lexington (0), Constitution (0), Constellation , (0), Saratoga (0), Ranger (0), 1 United States (0).*
1922 ...•... A, B #- •... -j Delaware (12), North Dakota 1 (12).
1923 ...•... 1924 ... · ... .
I
Ships retained. Summary. ·-Pre-
I
Post- .Jutland.
17 1.
15 3~
15 3
15
3-~ 3-~3-~3-~ 3-~ 3-~ 3-~ 3-~ 3-~
:
~
: : :
~
:
~
: : : :
~ ~
: : : :
~
: : : :
~ ~
:
~
:
~
: :
~
: : :
~
: : : : : : : : :· : :
~ ~ ~
:
~ ~ ~ ~
: : :
::1
15 :1
15
3-15 3
i~~::: ::::::::::::::
1
::::
~
:::::::::
~
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1930 ....•... : ... . 1931 ... 1 C, D ... . 1932... E, F ... ~ ... . 1933... G ... . 1934 ... H, I ... C, D ... Florida (2~), Utah (23),Wyo-ming (22).
1935 ... J ... E, F ... Arkansas (23), Texas (21), New
1936 ... K, L ... G ... .
1937 ... M ... H, L ... . 1938 ... N, 0 ... J ... . 1939 ... P, Q ... K, L ... .
1~40 .. _
1
______________ l\1 .. ________ .
1
1!:11 ...
"
I
N, 0 ... ··· 1942 ... P, Q .. : .... .I .
York (21).
Nevada (20), Oklahoma (20) ... Arizona (21), Pennsylvania (21). Mississippi (21) ... . New Mexico (21), Idaho (20) ... . Tennessee (20) ... . California (20), Maryland (20) .. . 2 ships w· est Y irginia class ... .
15 3
15 3
15 3
15! 3
15 3
15 3
12 5
9 7
7 8'
5 10
4 11
2 1~
1 14
0 15
0' 15
*The United States may retain the Oregon and Illinois, for noncombatant purposes,. after complying with the provisions of Part 2, III, (b).
#Two West Virginia class.
NOTE.-A, B, C, D, etc., represent individual capital ships of 35,000 tons .standard
HEPLACEl\'IJ;~NT 'I'ABLES.
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SECTION II.
REl\lPLACEMENT ET DECLASSEl\IENT DES NA VIRES DE LIGNE.
Anne e. Na...-ires mis sur cale.
ETATS-UNIS.
Navires ache,.es.
1
NaYires
a
declasser (age entre parenthese).I
I
Maine (20), Missouri (20), Virginia I(17), Nebraska (17), Georgia (17),
1 New Jersey (17), Rhode Island
I
(17), Connecticut (17), Louisiana (17), Vermont (16), Kansas (16), Minnesota (16), New Hamp-shire (15), South Carolma (13), 1Michigan (13), Washington (0), South Dakota (0), Indiana (0), Montana (0), North Carolina (0), Iowa (0), Massachusetts (0), Lexington (0), ConsHtution (0), Constellation (0), Saratoga (0), Ranger (0), United States (0).* 1922 ... _ .... _ A. B ... __ Delaware (12), North Dakota (12).
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:: ::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1925 ..•.. 0 .. 0 0 0 .•. oo 0 ·- -0 0-0-0--0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0----0 ·---- 0-0- -· 0 0 0 0 0 0 0---0 Ooo .'
1926.0 0 0- 0-0 0- .. 0-0-0-0 0 0 0--0 0-0 oo 0 0 0 ° oo 0 00 ·- .. 0 .. 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 .·.- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
1927 0 ooo 0 0 0-0- Oo 0 0 0 0 oo 0 - .. 0 ·- 0 0-- oo-- - .. 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-- -· 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0-0 .. 19280 0 0 0- -0 0 0 0 .. 0--- .. - 0 0 0 0 0 oo 0- .. 0-0 0 0 0 0- .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 ·- 0 0 0-0-0-0 0 0 0---0 0 0 1929.0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ooo 0 0 .. 0 -·--- oo 0 0--0-- 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 -· 0-0- .. -0 0 .. 0-0 0 0-00 0 oooo 19300 0 0 0 0 -0 0--0 .. 0-0 0 0 0 0 oooo .. Oo ·- 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0-0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 ooo 1931 ... C. D ... ····-·-··-o··- ·o···o·ooooo···o·o···o .. o:
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I
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·.
~ ~::::::: :::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
~::::
1931. ....
1
H, I. ... C, D ... Florida (23), Utah (23), Wyoming
(22).
1935 ... J.o ... 0... E, F ... Arkansas (23), Texas (21), New
I ,.. York (21).
1936 ... K, L ... G .. 0 ... Nevada (20), Oklahoma (20) ... . 1937 .. _ _ _ M .... __ .. _.. H, L _ .... _ _ _ Arizona (21), Pennsylvania (21) .. . 1938... ~. 0 .... 0 ... J .. _ .... 0 .... Mississippi (21) ... __ .... _ .... .. 1939 ... P, Q ... K, L ... New Mexico (21), Idaho (20) ... . 1940 .. 0 ... M ... o ... ! Tennessee (20)o ... .. 1941. .... 1 ... N, 0 ... 1 California (20), Maryland (20) .... .
1942 •... 0 ... 0 ... P, Q. 0. : . ... 2 Navires de la classe "West Vir-ginia."
Navires
conserves.
Nombre total.
Pre-] Post-·
Jutland. 17 I 1
15 3' 15 3 15 3 15 1 3
15 3 15 3 15 3 15 3 15 3 15 3 15 3 15 1 3
12 5 9 7'
7 8'
5 10
4 11
2 13 1 14 0 15 0 15 * Les Etats-Unis pomTont conserver l'Oreqon et l' Illinois pour des destinations autres
que le combat en se conformant aux disp:>sitions de la Partie 2, III, (b).
# 2 de la classe "'Vest Virginia."
~OTE.-L~s lettres A, B, C, D, etc., repres::mtent chacune un navire de ligne de.35.000
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Year. laid down. Ships
REPLACEJ\IENT TABLES.
BRITISH EMPIRE.
Ships completed.
Ships s~rapped (age in parentheses).
Commonwealth (16), Agamem-. non (13), Dreadnought (15), Bellerophon (12), St. Vincent (11), Inflexible (13,, Superb (12), Neptune (10), Hercules (10), Indomitable (13), Teme-raire (12), New Zealand (9), Lion (9), Princess Royal (9), Conquerer (9), Monarch (9), Orion (9), Australia (8), Agin-court (7), Erin (7), 4 building
, or protected.* .
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:I: :
: : : : : :: : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : :
: : : :: : : : : : : : : :
1924 ... ~ ... 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • . • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • 1925 ... A, B ... King George V (13), Ajax (12), Centurion (12), Thunderer (13). 1926 ... · ... . 1927 ... . 1928 ... · ... . 1929 ... . 1930 ... .
.1931 ... C, D ... : ... · ... .
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::::: :::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1934 ... H, I. ... C, D ... ' Iron Duke (20), Marlborough(20), Emperor of India (20), Benbow (20).
1935 .... J ... E,F ... Tiger(21),QueenElizabeth(20), Warspite (20), Barham (20). · 1936 ... K, L ... G ... Malaya (20), Royal Sovereign
(20).
Revenge (21), Resolution (21) .. .
H. I ... . 1937 ... M ... .
Royal Oak (22) ... . Valiant (23), Repulse (23) ... . Renown (24) ... ··•·. ~ ... . Ramillies (24), Hood-(21) ... . A (17), B (17) ... 1
J ... . K,L ... . M ... . N,O ... . P,Q ... . 1938 ... N, 0 ... .
1939 ... P, Q ... . 1940 ... . 1941 ... . 1942 ... , ... .
---Ships retained. Summary.
Pre·
I
Post-Jutland.
21 1
21 1
21 1
21 1
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
17 3
13 5
9 7
7 8
5 10
4 11
2 13
1 14
0 15
0 15
* The British Empire may retain the Colossus and Collingwood for noncombatant purposes, after complying with the provisions of Part 2, III (b).
#Two 35,000-ton ships, standard displacement.
REPLACRl\1ENT TABLES.
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REMPLACEMENT ET DECLASSEMENT DES NAVIRES DE LIONE.
EMPIRE BRITANNIQUE.
Annre. Navires mis sur cale.
~
archeves. Navires,
I
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1
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:
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l
::::::::::::::
-.A,-
B:::::::
192fL _______________ - _- -- ---1927.---- - 1928.---- ----i~~:::::
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1
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1931. _ _ _ _ C, D __ .. _. ______________ _ 1932 _____ E, F ________
---1933. _ _ _ _ G _________ _
1934. ____ H,
r. _______
-c~-:0-_-::::::Navires a declasser (age entre parenthese).
Commonwealth (16), Agamemnon (13), Dreadnought (15), Bellero-phon (12), St. Vincent (11), In-tlexible (13), Superb (12), Nep-tune (10), Hercules (10), Indom-itable (13), Temeraire (12), New Zealand (9), Lion (9), Princess Royal (9), Conqueror (9), Mon-arch (9),0rion (9), Australia (8),
Agincourt (7), Erin (7), 4 en con-struction ou en projet.*
I
-Kilig-
·aeo~ge-v-·
-(13-)~-:Ajax--(1-2-)~-Centurion (12), Thunderer (13).
-1:0n.· :Duke- c2o);
~ra~iG0~0liili·c2o\-Emperor of India (20), Benbow (20).
E, F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tiger (21), Queen Elizabeth (20), 1
vVarspite (20), Barham (20). 1935.-. J-
--1936 _____ K,L ______ _ 1937 .. _ _ _ ~L _______ . _ 1938. ____ N, o ______ _ 1939. ____ P, Q ... . 1940 ... -- ---.---1941 .. --- ---1942.---- --- -·
---G ___________
1
Malaya (20), Royal Sovereign (20) _ H, L .. _ _ _ _ _ _ Revenge (21), Resolution (21) _. __ _ J ____________ Royal Oak (22)---K, L ________ Valiant (23), Repulse (2-3). __ _. ____ _
M. _________ ., Renown (24). ____________________ . N, 0 ______ . _ Ramillies (24), Hood (21) .... ______ 1
P, Q ________ A (17), B
(17)---·---1
Navires conserves.
Nombre total.
Pre- I
Post-Jutland.
21 1
21 1
21 1 21 1 17 3 17 3 17 3 17 3 17 3
17 3 17 3 17 I 3 17 I 3
13 5
9 ,.., I
7 8 5 10
4 11
2 13 1 14 0 15 0 15
*
L'Empire Britannique pourra conservar le Colosws et le Collingwood pour des desti-nations autres que le combat en se conformant aux disp:>s1tions de la Partie 2, III, (b).# 2 navires de 35.000 tonnes de deplacement type.
