WASHINGTON TREATY.
LIMITATION OF NAVIES. STARTLING REVELATIONS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Dec. 8. dhe naval correspondent of the Daily Express says Sir George Thurston* writing in Brassey’s Annual, shows how naval architects can get round the Washington Treaty limitations. Sir George Thurston presents a design of ships conforming to the 10,000-ton limit, but carrying nine 18-inch guns, capable of firing a broadside, each projectile weighing 2246 pounds, compared with the war-time light-cruisers’ 600 pounds. . •
The Daily Express points out that the United States is proposing to lay down eight new powerful light cruisers, Japan and France six each, and Italy two.
Captain Knox, an American officer, calls attention to the changes in naval strength which the new light cruisers are making, adding that these will soon make a mockery of the Washington Conference by destroying the agreed ratios and restoring expensive competitive building.’’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 7
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143WASHINGTON TREATY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 7
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