London.
The London World Naval Conference, led by the United Kingdom, was formally convened. In addition to European countries such as the UK, France, Germany, and Austria, extraterritorial powers like East Africa, the United States, and Japan were also invited.
Aside from Russia, which was unable to attend due to special reasons, this world naval conference was essentially an internal meeting of the imperialist powers. Even if other countries wanted to participate, they simply did not have the national strength for it—after all, only imperialist countries had the capability to engage in a naval arms race on a scale sufficient to reshape the world's maritime order.
"Mr. Bruce, why are you East Africans wearing masks over your mouths?"
Outside the venue, the East Africa delegation was particularly eye‑catching, because every one of them was wearing a mask, making them stand out sharply from the crowd.
