The Washington Conference

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Excerpt from The Washington Conference: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The Washington Conference on the Limitation of Arma ment was the first conference of World Powers ever held in the United States. From the standpoint of civilization, this Conference was of great importance because it brought to an end a prodigal and a ruinous competition in battle ships, which, if continued, would have resulted in disaster to mankind. From the standpoint of the United States, the Conference was of great importance because it marked our reappearance in the Family of Nations, because it sealed our friendship with the British Empire, because it relieved, at least temporarily, the tension of our relations with Japan. From the standpoint of the Orient, the Conference was of importance because it recognized the military supremacy of Japan in the Far East, and because it impressed upon China the painful and now undisguised fact that her na tional salvation depends very largely upon herself alone. It is the purpose of this book to describe the ominous forces that made the Washington Conference a necessity, to ana lyze the delicate problems with which it was confronted, and to determine, if possible, the extent of its successes as well as of its failures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.