The 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.

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.

The 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.

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

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

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

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.