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FIRST CONFERENCE The first conference was a continuation of the debates of the 2nd Hague Conference , with the United Kingdom hoping for the formation of an International Prize Court. Ten nations sent representatives, the main naval powers of Europe and the United States and Japan . The conference met from December 4 , 1908 to February 26 , 1909. The agreements were issued as the Declaration of London, containing seventy-one articles it restated much existing international maritime law. Unfortunately, the signatories' governments did not all ratify the Declaration and it never went into effect. During the First World War the neutral United States pushed for the major antagonists to respect the treaty, hoping that the good protection in the Declaration for neutral vessels would be enforced. SECOND CONFERENCE The London conference of construction, tighter controls on Submarine warfare, and the continuation of limits on Aircraft Carrier s signed in the London Naval Treaty . The next meeting was planned for 1935. THIRD CONFERENCE The December 1935 meeting was held with the treaties having a year to run. It marked the effective collapse of the controls, as Japan withdrew from the agreement after her requests for parity in naval power with the big two were rejected. The remaining powers signed a weak agreement, the Second London Naval Treaty , on tonnage and the UK, France and the USA agreed a ratio of construction. All five powers were constructing vessels violating the agreements by 1938. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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