Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Delegation's Concepts: 1) That the U. S. would accept nothing less than parity, at not more than 400,000 cruiser tons (200,000 less than the British asked) ; 2) That the British proposal to limit cruisers to 7,500 tons could not be tolerated, chiefly because it would make more than 40 fast British steamers potential cruisers, and also because of U. S. lack of naval bases; 3) That the British had stated their position in such bald terms that the Coolidge Administration would not find such a treaty as the British proposed valuable political capital, but rather...
...capital ships should necessarily be extended to auxiliaries." This first point was in itself a polite negation of U. S. aims at the Parley; but the second point squarely supported the British thesis, thus: "The British proposal for reducing the size of capital ships and extending the age limit undoubtedly has merit, proving that it will contribute in no small measure toward the diminution of naval expenditures...
...Majesty George V, King and Emperor, reputedly ordered conveyed to Conservative Premier Stanley Baldwin last week a very strong though private intimation that His Majesty disapproved the Cabinet's sensational proposal to "reform" the House of Lords (TIME, July 4). The reform would limit the number of peers, and thus, by implication, abolish the sovereign's present prerogative to create additional peers at pleasure. Last week not only the King but a very large number of the younger Conservative M. P.'s made known their opposition to the proposed bill which would vastly increase the power...
Contrarily the U. S. proposal was, in essence: "Keep the Washington Treaty intact. Extend its 5-5-3 principle to limit total navy strengths in that ratio...
Eggshell Debate. A major Anglo-U. S. point of contention last week, was whether, if the British proposal to limit cruiser guns to a six-inch bore were adopted, the British could transform their fast merchant fleet overnight into a cruiser fleet by mounting these little guns on the Mauretania, Majestic, Berengaria, Olympic...