We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.
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The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.Townsend Harris
In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
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The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.
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If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.
Townsend Harris
If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three.
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If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
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