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

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.

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

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

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.