Four-Power Treaty
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The Four-Power Treaty was a treaty signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Japan at the Washington Naval Conference on 13 December 1921. It was partly a follow-up to the Lansing-Is
First page of the treaty
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
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The Anglo-Japanese Alliance was an alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan which was effective from 1902 to 1923. The treaty creating the alliance was signed at Lansdowne House in
Four-Power Treaty
…with each other in the event of a dispute over territorial possessions. However, the main result of the Four-Power Treaty was the termination of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902. The powers agreed to respect each other’s Pacific island dependencies for ten years…
Japanese copy of the alliance treaty
Hayashi Tadasu, Japanese signatory of the alliance
Illustration by E.Huskinson for the Conservative Party c. 1905–1910.
Lord Lansdowne, the British signatory