Main armament of battleships should be limited instead of displacement according to the Dutch newspaper Marineblad dated 1936 no. 2

An item referred to the magazine N.R.M. dated 26 December 1935 reporting that the obtain international agreement about the maximum size of a battleships the main armament was the major issue and not limiting the displacement. If a country wanted to have an extreme large range increasing of the displacement was to be allowed.