Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

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The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium,...

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The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and...

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The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world...

The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world...

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We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare...

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

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

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

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If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of...

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

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

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

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The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time...

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The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous...

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Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister...

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

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

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require;...

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require;...

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As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by...

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

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

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

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