HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Marco Polo Bridge Incident, War Plan Orange, Washington Naval Conference
Document Summary
Called to confer on great depression and stabilize currencies. Fdr eventually pulled out because he didn"t want to abandon gold standard. Wanted to fill in gaps left by washington naval conference. Failed due to disagreements on offensive and defensive weapons. Both produced limited results, were disillusioning to fdr. Wilsonian concept of force when necessary eclipsed during 20s and 30s, but. Message to the nations of the world: the conference must establish order in place of the present chaos by a stabilization of currencies, by freeing the flow of world trade, and by international action to raise price levels. Similar to hoover, not just state and government working together but countries working together as well. Like taft, belief in power of economic diplomacy for promoting stability and peace. Fdr pursued similar policies to his predecessors, attempted to rescue us from great depression. The end of peace i: japan and manchuria. Japan had always been unhappy with the five power treaty.
