The caption of this photo that dates to 1923 reads: The Climax of the Arms Conference. On August 17, 1923, the treaties negotiated at the Washington Conference became effective with the formal excahnge of ratifications in the diplomatic room of the State Department. Acting in behalf of the five powers were (left to right): Andre de la Boulaye (France); Henry G. Chilton (Britain); Charles Evans Hughes (Secretary of State for the United States); Augusto Rosso (Italy); and Masanao Hanihara (Japan).

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