One of the main objectives for the people in the League of Nations was to figure out how to make a disarmament clause work. It was thought that if they called for disarmament for the countries it would be much easier to sustain peace between each other. However this was going to be a more difficult task then they expected. All the nations were paranoid if they gave up their arms other nations would disobey the treaty. Starting in 1923 they tried to figure out ways to make the proposal work and they only ended in failure. In 1932 a Disarmament Conference was held. Germany was angry that no other countries had disarmed and said that if no one else did she was going to rearm. At this point German withdrew from the conference, the League, and the World Court. Neither the League nor the Disarmament Conference got anywhere. Germany eventually rearmed. Another clause of the Treaty of Versailles was the reduction of navies. Representatives of nine powers met in Washington in 1921. They were discussing ways to share the sea and setting naval boundaries for each other. Some of the issues they agreed on were size of naval fleets, island possessions, independence of China, and submarines. Great Britain, France, Japan, and the United States promised to respect each others islands. A treaty that stated the independence of China was signed and submarines were not limited. The conference went on for six years after which the countries began building up their fleets and the naval race continued. After the Treaty of Versailles another treaty came about called the Locarno Treaties. The Locarno Treaties were made in an effort to get lasting world peace. In 1925 representatives from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were sent to Locarno, Switzerland. They met to discuss problems that arose after the Great War. At this time Germany and France were still against each other. The Treaties helped to get rid ...
