Washington Arms Conference (also called the Washington Disarmament Conference, or the Conference on Limitations of Armaments) in progress at Memorial Continental Hall (1776 D St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States) in Washington DC. Japanese delegates are seen outside the building with French Prime Minister Aristide Briand.
Elihu Root, American statesman, poses outside a building (likely Memorial Continental Hall) during his tenure as a delegate to the Washington Disarmament Conference. He removes his hat and smiles. (The conference was also called the Washington Arms Conference, or the Conference on Limitations of Armaments)
View from above. Large crowd assembled in street Some carry a large Egyptian flag (during time of riots and unrest in Egypt, and Egypt seeking independence from Great Britain). Crowd swarms around car carrying Egyptian Nationalist Leader Saad Zaghlul Pasha as he returns to Egypt from exile in Europe. Some even climb on his car. Zaghlul Pasha poses for photograph by open window.
British warship, HMS Glow Worm, arrives in Port at Funchal, Madeira Island, carrying Emperor Charles (Karl) of Austria and his wife Zita, Empress Consort, in exile. The ship fires a salute from its guns. Emperor Charles and his wife Empress Zita debark from a small boat at the Funchal wharf. They are joined by their family. Policemen control the crowd. Emperor Charles and his wife leave a church, escorted by a Roman Catholic Priest, and get into a car. Exteriors of the Villa Quinta de Monte, the Habsburg family’s residence in exile. View of a furnished room with harp and statuary at the Villa Quinta de Monte (Caminho do Monte 192, 9050-288 Funchal, Portugal). A guard marches outside the building. Emperor Charles and Zita get out of the car and walk. Crowd looks on.
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Commanding General of the Allied forces, welcomed by Native American Indian Crow tribe members, as he arrives by railroad train during a visit in the United States soon after the end of World War I. Other United States officials are present at the event, held at Crow Agency, Montana on the Crow Reservation. Native Americans give gifts to Marshal Foch and perform a traditional dance to welcome Marshal Foch. Marshal Foch and other officials walk alongside the Indians, keeping time, rhythmically, with the steps of the Native American Indian men.
Ellis Loring Dresel, U.S. Charge' d'affaires stands on sidewalk in Berlin, Germany, with other diplomats, following the signing of Peace Treaty between the United States and Germany, after World War I. He enters a car along with other officials. View of signed Treaty of Peace, signed by Mr. Dresel and also by German Foreign Minister, Dr. Friedrich Rosen.
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