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Which is, more or less, what happened. Australia was represented in the negotiations, as part of the British Empire. The Australian delegate signed the treaty. As a party to the treaty, it was bound by the obligations.Where this discussion came in was the statement that Australia wasn't obliged to dispose of the AUSTRALIA. Part 1 Article II dictated that only certain specified capital ships could be retained. AUSTRALIA was not one of those ships, and was listed in Part 3 Section II as one of the ships to be scrapped. Therefore AUSTRALIA could not be retained.In fact, Australian desires were evidently at least partly accomodated in that Australia was excluded from the prohibition on new fortifications or naval bases in the Pacific.
Which is, more or less, what happened. Australia was represented in the negotiations, as part of the British Empire. The Australian delegate signed the treaty. As a party to the treaty, it was bound by the obligations.
Where this discussion came in was the statement that Australia wasn't obliged to dispose of the AUSTRALIA. Part 1 Article II dictated that only certain specified capital ships could be retained. AUSTRALIA was not one of those ships, and was listed in Part 3 Section II as one of the ships to be scrapped. Therefore AUSTRALIA could not be retained.
In fact, Australian desires were evidently at least partly accomodated in that Australia was excluded from the prohibition on new fortifications or naval bases in the Pacific.
