Shearer, Ernest C.2022-12-132022-12-13195413765392https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12847The Washington Conference of 1922 was the first general conference of World Powers ever held in the United States. It marked our participation in international affairs as a world power of the first rank. Its aims were two-folds to bring about a limitation of armaments on the part of the principal Allied and Associated Powers; and to solve Pacific and Far Eastern problems by a concerted effort on the part of nine nations, including the United States, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan Belgium, China, The Netherlands, and Portugal. [...]application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital