If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
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The English Government hopes to hold the same kind of intercourse with Japan as she holds with other nations, and is ready to make war with Japan.
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The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.
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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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