Washington Naval Conference
- Conference of all world powers- wanting disarmament
- The first SALT talks for disarmament (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
- C.E. Hughes Nov. 12: "the way to disarm is to disarm" 1
- The treaty limiting the number of capital ships
- 4 part naval plan of Hughes: 5-5-3-1.67 parity
- America and Britain set themselves up to have the biggest navies in the world. (US had more seas to protect, Britain had the empire therefore they got the biggest military allowance)
- Germany wasn't allowed a navy (Paris Peace Conference)
- Built U-boats
- Resulted in 3 major treaties:
- 4 power treaty to respect pacific possessions
- 5 power treaty
- 9 power treaty to guarantee open door and independence of China
- USA, UK, Italy, France, Japan
- Treaties lacked enforcement
- (US gets involved in naval treaties- not practicing isolationism)