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