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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27cm, 1998.

WORLD'S NAVIES...

EFFECT OF WASHINGTON TREATY.

A return issued on May 17th gives par ticulars of the fleets of the British Empire, the United States, Japan, France, Italy Bussin, and Germany, as well as showing the vessels which are being built."

With regard to battleships the retuni shows that the greatest strength belongs to the United States of America, under which country 31 vessels are entered as built com pared with 18 for Great Britain and 11 for Japan. Eight of the American hips, how ever. Are LO be scrapped under the Washington Treaty, while live are shown as

dismantled, and in

of bone to be scrapped under the Treaty, learing the effective. respectively.

BOWERN & C

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of the two The countries at 18 and six entries in respect of battleships in the case of the other Great Powers are:France, 9; Italy,

Minister of Marine having power to dispose of three); Russia, 4: anil 8. Britain and the United States Germany, are cach shown to be building two battle- whipe, while seven battleships in construction

Americh are in

be scrapped under the The

other entries under the only of building are those of Japan, ' where two vessel being built are to be

tion). 19 (the

build and one for Russia, on which

has been stopped.

and Japan are the only Powers. haring battle cruisers, there being four in the British includith Navy and seven in the Japanese, which are to be scrapped.

The four battle oraisers under construction for the United States are to be scrapped, and two for the Japanese Navy to be scrapped

under the Treaty are to be converted into -aircraft

other power carriers.

of vessel. building this class

In the case of construction in any State, "of cruisers, of which none is now in course or

America possesses the greatest strength-. ten in all-Franco ranking cext with SIL There are three cruisers in the Italian Navy, two in that of

one, and Japan and sin, Russia owns

ure without.

The

Britain is supreme in the matter of light i cruisers, for, including six, belonging to Dinions, there are 48 of this type of vessel Navy, while four more are be

under

ranks second in light cruisers, d.hy Italy, with ten built and two projected. The United States have at present nine light cruisers, but ton are under construction. Russia is building eight. France has fiva built and three building, and Germany two built and one building...

construction and six pro Japa

( aircraft carriers the British Empire has four, with two being built, while the United States and Japan have one each: The United States has two building and France

oac.

In the matter of tropedo-boat destroyers, the United States Navy outnumbers the British Navy by nearly two to one, haying 318 as compared with 180, hat has none building, compared with Great Britain's four under construction. The United States are also shown to possess the greatest number of submarines of any of the Fowers, while considerable additions are still being made

their Na

Navy. The respective figures are Great Britain

tralian and Canadian seven in the Aus

Navies), 46;

86, building

8. United States (including four on sale 101; building, 27. Japan, do; building, 11, and 28 projected. France, $7; building, 13.

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GOVERMENT CLAIM OVER DREDGING CONTRACT...

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The Mixed Courts in Cairo recently gave judgment on the phase of the dispute, involving large sums of money gyptian unpleasant features, between the Egyptian Government and Messra. Bos and Co, the Dutch harbour work contractors.

In 1918 this firm was entrusted by the Egyptian Goverment with the work of extending Suez Irbour in order to provide moro ample accommodation for oil veksels. a flat rate of payment was For dredging a "greed on with the proviso that an increase be considered if rock or hard agglo- merate were truck, Such an increase was concede in September, 1920. In the summer

of 1921 the Government ing

on the nature of the material then dredger, and subsequent inquiries causcu

Egyptian Government to stop its pay mente un the grounds of misrepresenta tion and misapplication of the special. agreement. further es

cause of dispute

CATOSE out of the

the contents of the lighters removing the material and payments were temporarily suspended, the Egyptian Government believing that the contractors were over-

but payments were eventually re wed. The contractors" now claimed £1,500 on the ground that there had been con- siderable siltago over the dredged bad; and therefore the comparative levels at which they were being paid were inaccurate. Ther Egyptian Government consented to arbitration. Two arbitrators, one from Bach

met and expressed the February, 19

Goveru

eide, 1992, that the Egyption in

ment owed the evntmelors £112,000 plus £12,000, interest, which was duly

duly paill Thereafter the Egyptian Government review, ed the whole conduct of the contractors and the highest legal advisera récominend ed cancellation of the contract on grounds including alleged fraud. Moreover, the Egyptian Government appointed s mittee to investigate the responsibility of the officials concerned in supervising the

execution of the contract.

coin-

Mixed While the contractors applied to the

Courts to appoint arbitrators. to investigate the work done.. The Govern ment resisted the application, contending that it was not a matter for arbitration.. The Courts dismissed the application, leav-' ing both sides free to take sach, netion as they many deem desirable. The case is exciting considerable interest in Egypt.,

'BIG WHISKY' DEAL.

The following cable har recently been sent by Mary, John Dewar and Sons, Ltd., to their agents abroad. Buchanan Dewer and John Walker and Fons have completed two million pound dead by pur chasing entiro business of James Watson, Duades, including whisky stocks of five and half million gallons, also banded warehouses and offices in Dundee also following live distilleries ––Forkmore,“ Dufftown, Qrd, Gjeneraz, and Pultenay- wick, besides joint interest in several other distileries."

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