NAVAL DISARMAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 9

NAVAL DISARMAMENT.

CONFERENCE RESULTS. BRITAIN WELL SATISFIED.' PRESIDENT HOOVER’S APPROVAL. (United Press Association. —By .Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 12, 9.5 a.in. LONDON, April 11. Mr Ramsay MacDonald to-day issued the following statement to journalists in the name of Britain: “We ape very well satisfied. I think that the agreement is a substantial step in the direction towards which we have been striving in the face of difficulties which at times appeared to be.almost insurmountable. “We are most grateful to the Press for the way they have helped us, not only for what they have said, but also for what they have left unsaid.” AMERICAN DELEGATION. COURAGEOUS ACTIONS. • Received April 12, 11.20 a.m. WASHINGTON, April 11. President Hoover stated to-day that he had communicated . to the American naval delegation his approval of the results achieved. He had commended the members of the delegation for their courageous actions and most constructive accomplishment in the abolition of competition in the construction of naval arms. SIGNING OF TREATY. POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. COMPLICATED BUSINESS. Received April 12, 11.5 a.m. LONDON, April 11. Following a meeting of the heads of the delegations, a communique was issued stating that the meeting appointed a Committee of Jurists to draft a treaty, assisted by experts. A plenary session will be held on Thursday, when the treaty will be signed, if possible. The heads recognise that the drafting of the treaty is a complicated business and may not be finished by Thursday. If not, the signing will take place as sobn after Easter as possible, and for this purpose the heads of the delegations will presumably remain. NATIONS’ TONNAGES. PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT. LONDON,. April 11. It is understood that the tonnages under the three-Power agreement will be as follow: Eight-inch Cruisers. Destroyers. Tons. Tons. British Empire 146,800 British Empire •150,000' ! United States 180,000 United States 150,000 Japan . 108,400 Japan 105,500 Six-inch Cruisers. British Empire 192,200 Submarines— United States 149,500 Each, 52,700 tons. Japan •. 100,450 THE FLEETS OF THE WORLD. The following table shows the numerical strength of the world's fleets on February 1, 1929: — Brit.

EmSoviet GerTypo of Warship. pire. U.S.A. Japan. France. Italy. Union, many. Battleships ... 16 18 r 6 9 4 4 8 Battle Cruisers 4 — 4 — — — Cruisers ... 52 32 34 15 14 4 8 . Cruiser Minelayers Armoured Coast Defence Ves1 — 3 — — sels and Monitors .' 3 1 — — Aircraft Carriers 7 3 5 1 1 Flotilla Leaders 16 — — • 7 11 Destroyers 140 309 101 54 65 32 24 Torpedo Boats — 122 •—' 7 46 6 7 Submarines 52 69 52 45 15 — Sloops 31 — — 8 23 4 — Coastal Motor Boats 6 — 3 3 104 25 — Gunboats & Despatch Vessels — 11 3 46 7 2 2 River Gunboats 18 11 8 10 2 6 — Minesweepers 33 42 10 26 44 20 32 In, addition, Britain had 9 cruisers building; U.S.A. 8; Japan. 7: Franco. 4 Italy, 4:. Russia, 2; and Germany 4. Britain had 18 submarines buildinir: U.S.A 2; Japan, 8; Franco, 40; and Italy, 10.