If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.
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As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.Townsend Harris
It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.
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The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.
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In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
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The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.
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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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