THE NAVAL TREATY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10284, 14 January 1922, Page 4

THE NAVAL TREATY.

»i • SOME OF THE PROVISIONS. WASHINGTON, January 10. The Naval Treaty contains a provision for the contracting Powers not to use, for war purposes, any vessels building' in their country for other nations, and to pledge themselves not to dispose of vessels on the scrapping list to other nations which might become warships of such Powers. In the scrapping rules, however, allowance is made that nations may transform two vessels into aircraft carriers even if over the agreed 27,000 tons. , .. Italy is said to have reserved the right when the time of replacement comes, to build two vessels, one of 45 000 and one of 25,000 tons msted of two of 35,000 tons. It is not clear yet whether the Treatv automatically lapses at the end of 15 years, or is subject to denunciation as in the case of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.