FRENCH ACCEPT RATIO
BUT NOT FOR DEFENSIVE CRAFT
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FROM; PARIS. (HHIIO rum AHOCIATIOK.—COfMI6«.) (IMOIAI, TO AUSTRALUN.N.Z. PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 21, 10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 20th Deo. The French delegates have accepted the Hughes naval ratio, which allots to France 175,000 tons of capital ships; Sut they decline to accept the same pro- . portion in regard to defensive ships, such, as cruisers, torpedo-craft, and. submarines. [As fair as the figures are now available, the tonnage allotted for the various navies aye as follow -.—Britain, 582,050 tons; United States, 525,850 ,tons; Japan, 315,000 tons; France, 175,000 tons. The British and American figures are regarded as equal in value, because the existing British ships are less modern than the American.]
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 149, 21 December 1921, Page 7
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119FRENCH ACCEPT RATIO Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 149, 21 December 1921, Page 7
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