Conference on the Limitation of Armament,
Washington, November 12 1921 - February 6, 1922.
Treaty Between the United
States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan,
Signed at Washington, February 6, 1922. [41]
The United States of America,
the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan:
Desiring to contribute to the
maintenance of the general peace, and to reduce the burdens of
competition in armament;
[41] In English and French;
French text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, Mar.
29, 1922; ratified by the President, June 9, 1923; ratifications
deposited with the Government of the United States, Aug. 17, 1923;
proclaimed, Aug. 21, 1923.
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Have resolved, with a view to
accomplishing these purposes, to conclude a treaty to limit their
respective naval armament, and to that end have appointed as their
Plenipotentiaries;
The President of the United States of America:
Charles Evans Hughes,
Henry Cabot Lodge,
Oscar W. Underwood,
Elihu Root,
citizens of the United States;
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:
The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O. M., M. P.,
Lord President of His Privy Council;
The Right Honourable Baron Lee of Fareham, G. B. E., K. C. B.,
First Lord of His Admiralty;
The Right Honourable Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, K. C. B.,
His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United
States of America;
and
for the Dominion of Canada:
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden,
G. C. M. G., K. C.;
for the Commonwealth of Australia:
Senator the Right Honourable George Foster Pearce, Minister
for Home and Territories;
for the Dominion of New Zealand:
The Honourable Sir John William Salmond, K. C., Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand;
for the Union of South Africa:
The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O. M., M. P.;
for India:
The Right Honourable Valingman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri,
Member of the Indian Council of State;
The President of the French Republic:
Mr. Albert Sarraut, Deputy, Minister of the Colonies;
Mr. Jules J. Jusserand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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 Carlo Schanzer, Senator of the Kingdom;
The Honourable Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Senator of the Kingdom, His
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington;
The Honourable Luigi Albertini, Senator of the Kingdom;
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His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:
Baron Tomosaburo Kato, Minister for the Navy, Junii, a member of the
First Class of the Imperial Order of the Grand Cordon of the
Rising Sun with the Paulownia Flower;
Baron Kijuro Shidehara, His Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary at Washington, Joshii, a member of the First Class
of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun;
Mr. Masanao Hanihara, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jushii, a
member of the Second Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising
Sun;
Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers,
found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
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.
Article II
The Contracting Powers may
retain respectively the capital ships which are specified in Chapter
II, Part 1. On the coming into force of the present Treaty, but
subject to the following 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 prescribed in Chapter II,
Part 2.
In addition to the capital
ships specified in Chapter II, Part 1, the United States may
complete and retain two ships of the West Virginia class now
under construction. On the completion of these two ships, the
North Dakota and Delaware, shall be disposed of as
prescribed in Chapter II, Part 2.
The British Empire may, in
accordance with the replacement 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 completion of the
said two ships the Thunderer, King George 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 respective
capital ship building programs, and no new capital ships shall be
constructed or acquired by any of
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the Contracting Powers except
replacement tonnage which may be constructed or acquired as
specified in Chapter II, Part 3.
Ships which 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
replacement tonnage of each of the Contracting Powers shall not
exceed in standard displacement, for the United States 525,000 tons
(533,400 metric tons); for the British Empire 525,000 tons (533,400
metric tons); for France 175,000 tons (177,800 metric tons); for
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 Powers.
Article VI
No capital ship of any of the
Contracting Powers shall carry a gun with a calibre in excess of 16
inches (406 millimetres).
Article VII
The total tonnage for aircraft
carriers of each of the Contracting Powers shall not exceed in
standard displacement, for the United States 135,000 tons (137,160
metric tons); for the British Empire 135,000 tons (137,160 metric
tons); for France 60,000 tons (60,960 metric tons); for Italy 60,000
tons (60,960 metric tons); for Japan 81,000 tons (82,296 metric
tons).
Article VIII
The replacement of aircraft
carriers shall be effected only as prescribed in Chapter II, Part 3,
provided, however, that all aircraft carrier tonnage in existence or
building on November 12, 1921, shall be considered experimental, and
may be replaced, within the total tonnage limit prescribed in
Article VII, without regard to its age.
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 Powers.
However, any of the
Contracting Powers may, provided that its total tonnage allowance of
aircraft carriers is not thereby exceeded,
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build not more than two
aircraft carriers, each of a tonnage of not more than 33,000 tons
(33,528 metric tons) standard displacement, and in order to effect
economy any of the Contracting Powers may use for this purpose any
two of their ships, whether constructed or in course of
construction, which would otherwise be scrapped under the provisions
of Article II. The armament of any aircraft carriers exceeding
27,000 tons (27,432 metric tons) standard displacement shall be in
accordance with the requirements 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), except anti-aircraft
guns and guns not exceeding 5 inches (127 millimetres), shall not
exceed 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 millimetres). Without prejudice to the provisions of
Article IX, if the armament carried includes guns exceeding 6 inches
(152 millimetres) in calibre the total number of guns carried,
except anti-aircraft guns and guns not exceeding 5 inches (127
millimetres), shall not exceed ten. If alternatively the armament
contains no guns exceeding 6 inches (152 millimetres) in calibre,
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
No vessel of war exceeding
10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) standard displacement, other than a
capital ship or aircraft carrier, shall be acquired by, or
constructed by, for, or within the jurisdiction of, any of the
Contracting Powers. Vessels not specifically built as fighting ships
nor taken in time of peace under government control for fighting
purposes, which are employed on fleet duties or as troop transports
or in some other way for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution
of hostilities otherwise than as fighting ships, shall not be within
the limitations of this Article.
Article XII
No vessel of war 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 XIII
Except as provided in Article
IX, no ship designated in the present Treaty to be scrapped may be
reconverted into a vessel of war.
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Article XIV
No preparations shall be made
in merchant ships in time of peace for the installation of warlike
armaments for the purpose of converting such ships into vessels of
war, other than the necessary stiffening of decks for the mounting
of guns not exceeding 6 inch (152 millimetres) calibre.
Article XV
No vessel of war constructed
within the jurisdiction of any of the Contracting Powers for a
non-Contracting Power shall exceed the limitations as to
displacement and armament prescribed by the present Treaty for
vessels of a similar type which may be constructed by or for any of
the Contracting Powers; provided, however, that the displacement for
aircraft carriers constructed for a non-Contracting Power shall in
no case exceed 27,000 tons (27,432 metric tons) standard
displacement.
Article XVI
If the construction of any
vessel of war for a non-Contracting Power is undertaken within the
jurisdiction of any of the Contracting Powers, such Power shall
promptly inform the other Contracting Powers of the date of the
signing of the contract and the date on which the keel of 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 which may be under construction within its
jurisdiction for any other Power, or which may have been constructed
within its jurisdiction for another Power and not delivered.
Article XVIII
Each of the Contracting Powers
undertakes not to dispose by gift, sale or any mode of transfer of
any vessel of war in such a manner that such vessel may become a
vessel of war in the Navy of any foreign Power.
Article XIX
The United States, the British
Empire and Japan agree that the status quo at the time of the
signing of the present Treaty, with
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regard to fortifications and
naval bases, shall be maintained in their respective territories and
possessions specified hereunder:
(1) The insular possessions
which the United States now holds or may hereafter acquire in the
Pacific Ocean, except (a) those adjacent to the coast of the United
States, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone, not including the Aleutian
Islands, and (b) the Hawaiian Islands;
(2) Hong Kong and the insular
possessions which the British 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 coast of Canada, (b) the
Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, and (c) New Zealand;
(3) The following insular
territories 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 insular territories or
possessions in the Pacific Ocean which 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
territories and possessions specified; 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 defences of the territories and possessions above
specified. This restriction, however, does not preclude such repair
and replacement of worn-out weapons and equipment as is customary in
naval and military establishments in time of peace.
Article XX
The rules for determining
tonnage displacement prescribed in Chapter II, Part 4, shall apply
to the ships of each of the Contracting Powers.
CHAPTER II.-RULES RELATING
TO THE EXECUTION OF THE TREATY-
DEFINITION OF TERMS
PART 1.-CapitaL Ships
Which may Be Retained by the Contracting Powers
In accordance with Article II
ships may be retained by each of the Contracting Powers as specified
in this Part.
SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY THE UNITED STATES
Name: Tonnage
Maryland ................................................ 32,600
California .............................................. 32,300
Tennessee ............................................... 32,300
Idaho ................................................... 32,000
New Mexico .............................................. 32,000
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SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY THE UNITED STATES-Continued
Name: Tonnage
Mississippi ............................................. 32,000
Arizona ................................................. 31,400
Pennsylvania ............................................ 31,400
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
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Total Tonnage ....................................... 500,650
On the completion of the two
ships of the West Virginia class and the scrapping of the
North Dakota and Delaware, as provided in Article II, the total
tonnage to be retained by the United States will be 525,850 tons.
SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Name: Tonnage
Royal Sovereign ......................................... 25,750
Royal Oak ............................................... 25,750
Revenge ................................................. 25,750
Resolution .............................................. 25,750
Ramilies ................................................ 25,750
Malaya .................................................. 27,500
Valiant ................................................. 27,500
Barham .................................................. 27,500
Queen Elizabeth ......................................... 27,500
Warsprite ............................................... 27,500
Benbow .................................................. 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
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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 and Centurion, as provided
in Article II, the total tonnage to be retained by the British
Empire will be 558,950 tons.
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SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY FRANCE
Name: Tonnage
(metric tons)
Bretagne ................................................ 23,500
Lorraine ................................................ 23,500
Provence ................................................ 23,500
Paris ................................................... 23,500
France .................................................. 23,500
Jean Bart ............................................... 23,500
Courbet ................................................. 23,500
Condorect ............................................... 18,900
Diderot ................................................. 18,900
Voltaire ................................................ 18,900
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Total Tonnage ....................................... 221,170
France may lay down new
tonnage in the years 1927, 1929, and 1931, as provided in Part 3,
Section II.
SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY ITALY
Name: Tonnage
(metric tons)
Andrea Doria ............................................ 22,700
Caio Duilio ............................................. 22,700
Conte Di Cavour ......................................... 22,500
Giulio Cesare ........................................... 22,500
Leonardo Da Vinci ....................................... 22,500
Dante Alighieri ......................................... 19,500
Roma .................................................... 12,600
Napoli .................................................. 12,600
Vittorio Emanuele ....................................... 12,600
Regina Elena ............................................ 12,600
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Total tonnage ........................................ 182,800
Italy may lay down new tonnage
in the years 1927, 1929, and 1931, as provided in Part 3, Section
II.
SHIPS WHICH MAY BE RETAINED
BY JAPAN
Name: Tonnage
(metric tons)
Mutsu ................................................... 33,800
Nagato .................................................. 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
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Total tonnage ........................................ 301,320
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PART 2.-Rules for Scrapping
Vessels of War
The following rules shall be
observed for the scrapping of vessels 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 machinery, boilers and armour,
and all deck, side and bottom plating;
(c) Converting the vessel to target use exclusively. In such
case all the provisions of paragraph III of this Part, except
sub-paragraph (6), in so far as may be necessary to enable the
ship to be used as a mobile target, and except sub-paragraph
(7), must be previously complied with. Not more than one capital
ship may be retained for this purpose at one time by any of the
Contracting Powers.
(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 sea-going vessels for training 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
Alighieri, the other of the Giulio Cesare class.
On retaining these ships for the purpose above stated, France
and Italy respectively undertake to remove and destroy their
conning-towers, and not to use the said ships as vessels of war.
III. (a) Subject to the
special exceptions contained in Article IX, when a vessel is due for
scrapping, the first stage of scrapping, which consists in rendering
a ship incapable of further warlike service, shall be immediately
undertaken.
(b) A vessel shall be
considered incapable of further warlike service when there shall
have been removed and landed, or else destroyed in the ship:
(1) All guns and essential
portions of guns, fire-control tops and revolving parts of all
barbettes and turrets;
(2) All machinery for working
hydraulic or electric mountings;
(3) All fire-control
instruments and range-finders;
(4) All ammunition, explosives
and mines;
(5) All torpedoes, warheads
and torpedo tubes;
(6) All wireless telegraphy
installations;
(7) The conning tower and all
side armour, or alternatively all main propelling machinery;
and (8) All landing and
flying-off platforms and all other aviation accessories.
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IV. The periods in which
scrapping of vessels 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 incapable of further warlike service, in
accordance with paragraph III of this Part, shall be completed
within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty,
and the scrapping shall be finally effected within eighteen months
from such coming into force.
(b) In the case of vessels to
be scrapped under the second and third paragraphs of Article II, or
under Article III, the work of rendering the vessel incapable of
further warlike service in accordance with paragraph III of this
Part shall be commenced not later than the date of completion of its
successor, and shall be finished within six months from the date of
such completion. The vessel shall be finally scrapped, in accordance
with paragraph II of this Part, within eighteen months from the date
of completion of its successor. If, however, the completion of the
new vessel be delayed, then the work of rendering the old vessel
incapable of further war-like service in accordance with paragraph
III of this Part shall be commenced within four years from 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 eighteen months from the date when the work of
rendering it incapable of further warlike service was commenced.
PART 3.-Replacement
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
(a) Capital ships and aircraft
carriers twenty years after the date of their completion may, except
as otherwise provided in Article VIII and in the tables in Section
II of this Part, be replaced by new construction, but within the
limits prescribed in Article IV and Article VII. The keels of such
new construction may, except as otherwise provided in Article VIII
and in the tables in Section II of this Part, be laid down not
earlier than seventeen years from the date of completion of the
tonnage to be replaced, provided, however, that no capital ship
tonnage, with the exception of the ships referred to in the third
paragraph of Article II, and the replacement tonnage
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specifically mentioned in
Section II of this Part, shall be laid down until ten years from
November 12, 1921.
(b) Each of the Contracting
Powers shall communicate promptly to each of the other Contracting
Powers the following information:
(1) The names of the capital ships and aircraft carriers to be
replaced by new construction;
(2) The date of governmental authorization of replacement
tonnage;
(3) The date of laying the keels of replacement tonnage;
(4) The standard displacement in tons and metric tons of each new
ship to be laid down, and the principal dimensions, namely,
length at waterline, extreme beam at or below waterline, mean
draft at standard displacement;
(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 waterline, extreme beam at or below
waterline, mean draft at standard displacement, at time of
completion
(c) In case of loss or
accidental destruction of capital ships or aircraft carriers, they
may immediately be replaced by new construction subject to the
tonnage limits prescribed in Articles IV and VII and in conformity
with the other provisions of the present Treaty, the regular
replacement program being deemed to be advanced to that extent.
(d) No retained capital ships
or aircraft carriers shall be reconstructed except for the purpose
of providing means of defense against air and submarine attack, and
subject to the following rules: The Contracting Powers may, for that
purpose, equip existing tonnage with bulge or blister or anti-air
attack deck protection, providing the increase of displacement thus
effected does not exceed 3,000 tons (3,048 metric tons) displacement
for each ship. No alterations in side armor, in calibre, number or
general type of mounting of main armament shall be permitted except:
(1) in the case of France and Italy, which countries within the
limits allowed 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) the British Empire shall be permitted to complete, in the case of
the Renown, the alterations to armor that have already
been commenced but temporarily suspended.
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SECTION II
REPLACEMENT AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS
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REPLACEMENT AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS
BRITISH EMPIRE
SECTION II
REPLACEMENT AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS
FRANCE
SECTION II
REPLACEMENT AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS
ITALY
SECTION II
REPLACEMENT AND SCRAPPING OF CAPITAL SHIPS
JAPAN
NOTE APPLICABLE TO ALL THE
TABLES IN SECTION II
The order above prescribed in
which ships are to be scrapped is in accordance with their age. It
is understood that when replacement begins according to the above
tables the order of scrapping in the case of the ships of each of
the Contracting Powers may be varied at its option; provided,
however, that such Power shall scrap in each year the number of
ships above stated.
PART 4.-Definitions
For the purposes of the
present Treaty, the following expressions are to be understood in
the sense defined in this Part.
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CAPITAL SHIP
A capital ship, in the case of
ships hereafter built, is defined as a vessel of war, not an
aircraft carrier, whose displacement exceeds 10,000 tons (10,160
metric tons) standard displacement, or which carries a gun with a
calibre exceeding 8 inches (203 millimetres).
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
An aircraft carrier is defined
as a vessel of war with a displacement in excess of 10,000 tons
(10,160 metric tons) standard displacement designed for the specific
and exclusive purpose of carrying aircraft. It must be so
constructed that aircraft can be launched therefrom and landed
thereon, and not designed and constructed for carrying a more
powerful armament than that allowed to it under Article IX or
Article X as the case may be.
STANDARD DISPLACEMENT
The standard displacement of a
ship is the displacement of the ship complete, fully manned, engined,
and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition,
equipment, outfit, provisions and fresh water for crew,
miscellaneous stores and implements of every description that are
intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or reserve feed
water on board.
The word "ton" in the present
Treaty, except in the expression "metric tons", shall be understood
to mean the ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kilos).
Vessels now completed shall
retain their present ratings of displacement tonnage in accordance
with their national system of measurement. However, a Power
expressing displacement in metric tons shall be considered for the
application of the present Treaty as owning only the equivalent
displacement in tons of 2240 pounds.
A vessel completed hereafter
shall be rated at its displacement tonnage when in the standard
condition defined herein.
CHAPTER III.-MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Article XXI
If during the term of the
present Treaty the requirements of the national security of any
Contracting Power in respect of naval defence are, in the opinion of
that Power, materially affected by any change of circumstances, the
Contracting Powers will, at the request of such Power, meet in
conference with a view to the reconsideration of the provisions of
the Treaty and its amendment by mutual agreement.
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In view of possible technical
and scientific developments, the United States, after consultation
with the other Contracting Powers, shall arrange for a conference of
all the Contracting Powers which shall convene as soon as possible
after the expiration of eight years from the coming into force of
the present Treaty to consider what changes, if any, in the Treaty
may be necessary to meet such developments.
Article XXII
Whenever any Contracting Power
shall become engaged in a war which in its opinion affects the naval
defence of its national security, such Power may after notice to the
other Contracting Powers suspend for the period of hostilities its
obligations under the present Treaty other than those under Articles
XIII and XVII, provided that such Power shall notify the other
Contracting Powers that the emergency is of such a character as to
require such suspension.
The remaining Contracting
Powers shall in such case consult together with a view to agreement
as to what temporary modifications if any should be made in the
Treaty as between themselves. Should such consultation not produce
agreement, duly made in accordance with the constitutional methods
of the respective Powers, any one of said Contracting Powers may, by
giving notice to the other Contracting Powers, suspend for the
period of hostilities its obligations under the present Treaty,
other than those under Articles XIII and XVII.
On the cessation of
hostilities the Contracting Powers will meet in conference to
consider what modifications, if any, should be made in the
provisions of the present Treaty.
Article XXIII
The present Treaty shall
remain in force until December 31st, 1936, and in case none of the
Contracting Powers shall have given notice two years before that
date of its intention to terminate the treaty, it shall continue in
force until the expiration of two years from the date on which
notice of termination shall be given by one of the Contracting
Powers, whereupon the Treaty shall terminate as regards all the
Contracting Powers. Such notice shall be communicated in writing to
the Government of the United States, which shall immediately
transmit a certified copy of the notification to the other Powers
and inform them of the date on which it was received. The notice
shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect on that
date. In the event of notice of termination being given by the
Government of the United States, such notice shall be given to the
diplomatic representatives at Washington of the other Contracting
Powers, and the notice shall be deemed to have been given
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and shall take effect on the
date of the communication made to the said diplomatic
representatives.
Within one year of the date on
which a notice of termination by any Power has taken effect, all the
Contracting Powers shall meet in conference.
Article XXIV
The present Treaty shall be
ratified by the Contracting Powers in accordance with their
respective constitutional methods and shall take effect on the date
of the deposit of all the ratifications, which shall take place at
Washington as soon as possible. The Government of the United States
will transmit to the other Contracting Powers a certified copy of
the procès-verbal of the deposit of ratifications.
The present Treaty, of which
the French and English texts are both authentic, shall remain
deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States,
and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that
Government to the other Contracting Powers.
IN FAITH WHEREOF the
above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty.
DONE at the City of Washington
the sixth day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two.
[SEAL] CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
[SEAL] HENRY CABOT LODGE
[SEAL] OSCAR W UNDERWOOD
[SEAL] ELIHU ROOT
[SEAL] ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR
[SEAL] LEE OF FAREHAM
[SEAL] A. C. GEDDES
R. L. BORDEN [SEAL]
G. F. PEARCE [SEAL]
JOHN W SALMOND [SEAL]
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR [SEAL]
V S SRINIVASA SASTRI [SEAL]
A SARRAUT [SEAL]
JUSSERAND [SEAL]
CARLO SCHANZER [SEAL]
[SEAL] V. ROLANDI RICCI
[SEAL] LUIGI ALBERTINI
[SEAL] T. KATO
[SEAL] K. SHIDEHARA
[SEAL] M. HANIHARA
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