Before and After World War IIOne of the main goals of the members of the League of Nations was to figure out how to make a disarmament clause work. It was believed that if they called for the disarmament of countries, it would be much easier to maintain peace between them. However, this was going to be a more difficult task than expected. All nations were paranoid that if they surrendered, other nations would disobey the treaty. Beginning in 1923, they tried to find ways to make the proposal work, but ended in failure. In 1932, a conference on disarmament was held. Germany was angry that no other country had disarmed and declared that if no one else did, it would rearm. At this point, Germany withdrew from the conference, the League and the World Court. Neither the League nor the Conference on Disarmament achieved anything. Germany finally rearmed. Another clause of the Treaty of Versailles concerned the reduction of navies. Representatives of nine powers met in Washington in 1921. They discussed ways to share the sea and set naval boundaries for each other. Some of the issues they agreed on were the size of naval fleets, island possessions, independence from China, and submarines. Britain, France, Japan and the United States have promised to respect their respective islands. A treaty declaring independence from China was signed and submarines were not restricted. The conference lasted six years, after which countries began to build their fleets and the naval race continued. After the Treaty of Versailles, another treaty was concluded, called the Treaties of Locarno. The Locarno Treaties were concluded with the aim of establishing lasting world peace. In 1925, representatives from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia were sent to Locarno, Switzerland. They met to discuss the problems that arose after the Great War. At that time, Germany and France were still against each other. The treaties helped dispel suspicion between Germany and its neighbors. Germany made agreements with France and Belgium to keep the western borders fixed. France renews its ties with Czechoslovakia and Poland. France agreed to support Poland and Czechoslovakia if Germany tried to fight them. Germany promised not to attack France and Belgium.