The China Municipal Government, as the Cabinet of Yen Hui ching, sent Ke Sze Sao, Gu Weijun and Wang Chonghui as plenipotentiaries, David Z. T. Yui and Jiang Menglin as national representatives, Zhu Foding as secretary, and a huge delegation consisting of more than *** 130 people attended. Wu Chaoshu, the deputy foreign minister of Guangzhou government, was also represented in the original plan. However, Sun Yat-sen refused to recognize the Beijing government, demanding that he be sent by himself, and Wu Chaoshu did not go.
There are two main items on the agenda of the Washington meeting: one is the issue of limiting naval armaments; The second is the Pacific and Far East issues. To this end, two committees were formed: the "arms limitation Committee" was attended by five naval powers: Britain, the United States, Japan, France and Italy; The "Committee on Pacific and Far East Issues" was attended by representatives from nine countries, and the two committees held discussions separately. The main achievements of the conference include three important treaties: the four-nation treaty, the five-nation naval treaty and the nine-nation convention. These three conventions are collectively referred to as the "Washington Treaty".
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The Washington Conference adopted the Nine-Nation Convention.
19 19 After the Paris Peace Conference, the contradiction between the United States and Japan became increasingly acute because of the competition for interests in China.
192 1 The United States was eager to change Japan's dominant position in China, disintegrate anglo-japanese alliance and isolate Japan, so it held this meeting in the name of solving the China issue. The proposal was put forward by the Beiyang government of China at the behest of the United States. During the meeting, China proposed to withdraw tariff autonomy, cancel consular jurisdiction, withdraw foreign troops in China and recover concessions and leased land, but all of them were rejected.