For the Union of South Africa:
Charles Theodore te Water, Esquire, High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London;
For the Irish Free State:
Timothy Aloysius Smiddy, Esquire, High Commissioner for the Irish Free State in London;
For India:
Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee, K.C.I.E., High Commissioner for India in London;
His Majesty the King of Italy:
- Admiral of Division The Honourable Giuseppe Sirianni, Senator of the Kingdom, His Minister Secretary of State for Marine;
&Mr. Antonio Chiaramonte-Bordonaro, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James;
- Admiral The Honourable Baron Afredo Acton, Senator of the Kingdom;
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:
- Admiral Takeshi Takarabe, Minister for the Navy;
- Mr. Tsuneo Matsudaira, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James;
- Mr. Matsuzo Nagaï, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians;
Who, having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
PART I
Article 1
The High Contracting Parties agree not to exercise their rights to lay down the keels of capital ship replacement tonnage during the years 1931–1936 inclusive as provided in Chapter II, Part 3 of the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament signed between them at Washington on the 6th February, 1922,[1] and referred to in the present Treaty as the Washington Treaty.
This provision is without prejudice to the disposition relating to the replacement of ships accidentally lost or destroyed contained in Chapter II, Part 3, Section I, paragraph (c) of the said Treaty.
- ↑ TS 671, ante, p. 361.
