When I initiated this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and after the Geneva Conference and a determination that the causes of that failure could be met with adequate preparation and preliminary…
Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. A member of the Republican Party, Hoover was born in Iowa but later moved to California. Before his presidency, he served as the Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928, where he focused on promoting economic growth and efficiency. Hoover was also known for his humanitarian efforts during World War I, leading relief efforts in Europe and earning a reputation as a skilled administrator.
The French and Italian Governments have shown the utmost good will in this Conference in an endeavor in the interest of world peace
The economic importance of the accomplishment can best be measured in terms of the situation developed at the Geneva Conference.
There are no political undertakings of any kind in the present treaty except an agreement for the regulation of the conduct of submarines against merchant ships in time of war.
The whole agreement is a great step in world peace, and for the first time is an assurance of American parity in naval strength.
There are no political undertakings of any kind in the present treaty, except an agreement for the regulation of the conduct of submarines against merchant ships in time of war.
I am very greatly pleased with the final success of the Naval Arms Conference in London
The most vital feature of its great accomplishments for peace is the final abolition of competition in naval arms between the greatest naval powers
I am greatly pleased with the final success of the Naval Arms Conference in London and I have today telegraphed the delegation expressing my approval of the result achieved and my admiration for their patience and determination in an…
When I undertook this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and during and after the Geneva Conference
I wish to congratulate the delegations of the other governments for their constructive and courageous action.
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, upon the transfer of the consulate at Loanda, Angola, to Leopoldville.





