If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.