Topic: naval conferences

naval conferences series of international assemblies, meeting to consider limitation of naval armaments, settlement of the rules of naval war, and allied issues. The 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). Several treaties resulted. The Five-Power Treaty limited tonnage of aircraft carriers and capital ships and arranged for the United States, Great Britain, and France to scrap a number of... Read more