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Washington Conference: see naval conferences London Naval Conference (1908–9), composed of delegates of 10 powers, resulted in the influential Declaration of London (see London, Declaration of ). After World War I, U.S. President Harding called the Washington Conference (1921–22). ..... Click the link for more information. . Washington Conferenceofficially International Conference on Naval LimitationConference held in Washington, D.C. (1921–22), to limit the naval arms race and negotiate Pacific security agreements. Several major and minor treaty agreements were drafted and signed: the Four-Power Pact (signed by Britain, Japan, France, and the U.S.) stipulated mutual consultation regarding any issue in the Pacific and affirmed respect for the Pacific territories of signatory nations. The Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty (which Italy also signed) imposed proportional limits on the number of warships each signatory nation could maintain and mandated some actual disarmament; it lapsed in 1936 when Japan was refused equality with the U.S. and Britain. Another agreement regulated the use of submarines and outlawed poison gas in warfare. A Nine-Power Pact (with The Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, and China) affirmed China's sovereignty. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Their negotiations and argumentation at the Paris Peace Conference, the Washington Conference and the League of Nations hearings on Manchukuo may not have yielded many tangible results, but they did achieve smaller goals (such as treaty revisions with individual powers) and laid the foundation for the understanding of international law as a positive instrument to regain China's rightful position in the world. Speaking at the United Jewish Communities Washington Conference in March 2004, U. In the absence of outgoing NEPA treasurer Tom Hagy, Finance Committee chairman Jim Sinkinson presented the treasurer's report to the membership at the Washington conference. |
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