In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

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

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

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

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 time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.