NAVAL DISARMAMENT
BIDS FOR AMERICAN SHIPS. INTENTION OF TREATY OBSERVED. Prma Association—By Talagrnph— OopyrtgiM WASHINGTON, October 10. (Received Oct. 11, at 7.35 p.m.) The Navy Department has received a number of inquiries from abroad in regard to the sale of the warships which are being scrapped under the terms of the Washington Disarmament Treaty, but it has announced that bids from foreign nations or Governments will not be considered. The terms of the sale specifically provide that the dismantling of the vessels must be done in America, and the purchaser can transfer them only to Americans. This step carries out the intention of the Washington Conference that the amount of naval armament actually existing should bo reduced and not transferred.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Following on the French ratification of the Washington Naval Treaties in only Mr Edwin Denby (Secretary of the Navy) called _ a meeting of the American Naval Council to decide upon the programme for the scrapping of ail the American -warships provided for in the treaty. Fifteen existing battleships and seven battleships and four battle-cruisers under construction were to bo dismantled.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18991, 12 October 1923, Page 7
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