"After deliberation of the French Superior Council of National De fence, and by means of cor tai precisions, the following hus serve as the: busi of the the French and British Gov ing formula, whi plained by the new for limitation of naval material (The following is taken textually from the Franco-British agree ment.) special limitation of larger "In view of this, and in view of the successive technical concessions which the Admiralty had made since the Naval: Confererse, it was clear that they attached capital interest only to this particular point. Tt was for that reason that in order to reduce the number of categories they demanded in the first place the proposition made by Sir Austen Chamberlain in March, which main-tuned a category of large cruisers, ut at the sume time did not even The limitation for which the distinguish smaller cruisers from Conference for Disarmament will ait will deal with the following: four classes of naval unita:—
1, Capital ships—that is to ships of more than 10,000 tons, for armed with guns of more than eight-inch calibre.
2 Aeroplane-yarners of more than 10,000 tons.
8. Surface sh 13 of 10,000 tons or less, armed with guns of a calibre higher than six inches and up to eight inch 4, Deepwater submarines that fy to aay, of more than 6,000 tons, "We were thus led to consi that the only method of removing the diMieulty wag to Admiralty a special larger cruisers, but to exclude any Hirnitacion for amaher cruisers.
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