Dominion sea power changes the postwar treaty problem

The closing counterfactual assumes that World War I ends broadly as it did historically. It allows a changed Dogger Bank to damage the German scouting force so badly that a later Jutland-style operation does not occur. Several Dominion governments would by then have spent nearly a decade learning the value of sea power and operating their own capital cruisers. Australia would consequently be one of several imperial naval powers whose interests Britain had to accommodate. The expectation is that some Washington Naval Treaty agreements would fail under those conditions. The precise settlement remains an open question for viewers.